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Development & Design Technology Machining Tool shop Quality assurance  











Development & Design

• 15 engineers
• full development of casted parts
• FEA analysis (statics, dynamics, fatigue and modal analysis)
• prototype manufacturing
• physical testing (statics, dynamics, fatigue and modal test)
• design of casting dies and trimming tools
• computer simulation of filling and solidification (ProCast)

• CAD software
Unigraphics
Solid Edge
Pro/Engineer
Solid Works

Technology

Aluminium high pressure die casting  
• 6 types of AlSi alloys
• castings weight from 10 g to 8 kg
• full automated casting cells
• real time shot control
• vacuum assisted casting
• local squeeze technology
 
   

Casting shop

Melting shop
• 8 melting furnaces
3x gas shaft furnace Striko Westofen 2t/1t
3x gas crucible furnace Morgan and Lac
2x electric crucible furnace Morgan
• total melting capacity 4 600 kg/hod

• 6 types of AlSi alloys
EN AC-46000 EN AC-AlSi9Cu3(Fe)
EN AC-47100 EN AC-AlSi12Cu1(Fe)
EN AC-44300 EN AC-AlSi12(Fe)
EN AC-43400 EN AC-AlSi10Mg(Fe)
ADC 12 (according JIS H 5302)
AlSi9Cu3 (according PSA standard B541120)

• nitrogen degassing unit
• chemical spectro analysis Spectro
• density index check device (Dichtindex)

Casting shop
• 23 casting machines with closing force 250t to 1050t
• 20 full automated casting cells with real time shot control
(automatic ladling/dosing, extracting robot, automated sprayer, trimming press)

1 x CLH 250
1 x RTL 3-250 (2x ABB robot)
1 x CLH 400
3 x RTL 400 (ABB robot - Wollin sprayer)
2 x RTL 500 (ABB robot - Wollin sprayer)
3 x Bühler 530 (ABB robot - Wollin sprayer)
1 x CLH 630
3 x RTL 750 (ABB robot - Wollin sprayer)
3x Toshiba 800 (ABB robot - Wollin sprayer, Reis robot - Reis sprayer)
3 x Bühler Evolution 840 (ABB robot - Wollin sprayer)
3 x Bühler Evolution 1050 (ABB robot - Wollin sprayer, Reis Robot - Wollin sprayer)

   

Finishing area

• tumbling machines Rössler & Walter Trowal
• shot blasting machines Disa
• heat treatment
• manual deburring

Machining

• 16x CNC milling centers - 14 vertical, 2 horizontal (Chiron, Haas, Cincinnati, Okuma)
• 13x CNC turning machines (Okuma, Takisawa, Haas, Index)
• special dedicated machines
• leak testing devices
 
 

Tool shop

• CNC & conventional machining
• 5x milling machines with high speed cutting (3x Deckel Maho, 2x MAS Kovosvit)
• 4x electro erosion machines (Agie)
• 1x wire cut machine (Fanuc)
• spot press for die testing
• annual production around 120 dies
 
 

Quality assurance

• X-ray Seifert 160 kV
• tensile test machine
• 4x 3D coordination machine
• profile/contour meter
• roundtester
• hardness tests equipment
• UV penetration test