Case Study
Weldment Conversion Illustrates Strength of Investment Casting
“During a foundry tour, we showed a new customer
several different castings, discussing the varied reasons that other customers come to Aristo-Cast for help. As part of these discussions, it was mentioned that we could take a weldment and create a casting from it with better properties. This stayed with them, and when one of their longtime customers came back to them to reorder additional parts, it was decided that this was the perfect opportunity to convert the weldment to an investment casting,” explained Paul Leonard. Aristo- Cast’s engineers worked with the customer to enhance the design, resulting with a more easily producible component. The customer was extremely happy with how much better the casting operates and how much better it looks than the weldment that they had been using. Since that time, the customer has continued to work with Aristo-Cast, converting all of their other weldments to investment castings.
PART: Induction Wear Tube Size: 2.90 x 3.21 x 8.38”
Aristo-Cast, Inc. Alloy: 17-4pH
Notes: Investment casting created from weldment conversion enhances design and functionality of part.
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