Case Study


Sand Casting Convert Saves Time and Cost


a solid, engineer Paul Leonard knew investment casting could solve costly and extensive expenses. “Our customer came to us for help in reviewing a sand casting


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design to see if there was any features which we could help to either reduce or eliminate some of the machining that was required to produce this detail complete to print,” Leonard described. Aristo Cast took the original design that weighed approximately 3.5 lbs and reduced the weight as an investment casting to less than 2.0 lbs. Allowing the machine house to cut the overall machine time in half. “We are extremely happy with the results. We’ve reduced


the amount of material required to create the castings, saved on machine time and cost, as well as reduced the timing by over a month,” Leonard concluded, “It’s another success story for Aristo Cast, as well as our customer.”


ICI Committee Updates ® NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER OF THE INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE


hen Aristo Cast was presented with a detail that was originally designed as a sand casting, but due to the delivery requirements it was going to be machined from


Steering Assist Housing Size: 9” x 8” x 8” Alloy: Aluminum (356)


Michael Perry P


Naum Cherepakhov


lease note that Michael Perry and Naum Cherepakhov were inadvertently omitted from the


December issue of INCAST where Institute committees were published. Cherepakhov has accepted a position on the 2015 Publications Committee and Perry has accepted one on the Education Committee.


The ICI would like to express its most sincere


gratitude to the people who have donated their time and knowledge to our committees.


12 ❘ February 2015 ®


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