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News Release from: Norse Precision Castings | Subject: Sand casting aluminium enclosures
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 February 2003
Sand casting provides economic design
variants
Experience in mould design, particularly the feeders and the fluidity of aluminium, enables tolerances of +0.4mm and wall thickness of 3mm to be achieved in aluminium sand castings.
Norse Precision Castings produce design variants of aluminium enclosures, cases and chassis etc., economically by sand casting The sand mould often contains up to eight cores carefully pieced together, often enabling product variations to be made by changes to only one or two pieces
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Aluminium casting techniques at Norse Precision Castings can achieve tolerances of 0.4mm and wall thickness of 3mm, and sizes approaching one metre cube
Sand casting is an art as old as technology itself, but the accuracy of modern day sand casting ranks it alongside the best metal forming techniques available, both cost and styling benefits suggest designers should give it serious consideration for anything less than high volume production.
Aluminium casting techniques at Norse Precision Castings can achieve tolerances of + 0.4mm and wall thickness of 3mm.
Experience in mould design, particularly the feeders and the excellent fluidity of aluminium, enables cavities and strengthening ribs, even logos, to be incorporated.
Good machinability post casting then allows the finished part even tighter tolerances.
With the absence of high tooling costs, sand casting equates well to products with a series of variants although runs of several thousands of casting are well within capability at Norse Precision Castings in Bedford.
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