INVESTMENT CASTINGS - MALABOU
Malabou is capable of supplying Investment Castings ranging from a few grammes (approx. 1/2 oz.) in weight to about 75kgs.
Investment Casting or lost wax is a precision near net shape casting method in which the accuracy and definition of complex shapes shall be achieved.
The advantages of investment casting process include:
High dimensional accuracy
Excellent surface finish
Wide range of metals can be cast
Complex, detailed and intricate parts can be cast
No flash or parting lines
Elimination or reduction of downstream operations such as machining significantly reducing total cost.
Investment Casting Tool Design
Malabou designs and manufactures Investment Casting tooling (known as Dies) from drawings and solid models supplied by the customer.
These dies are used to make the wax patterns that shall form the mould cavity to cast into.
All our tooling is water cooled and machined from Aluminium blocks, giving excellent surface finish and tool life.
Material Grades
Malabou supplies Investment Castings in alloys ranging from normal carbon steel and stainless-steel grades to very special alloys to meet applications including:
Corrosion Resistance
High Temperature Applications
Cryogenic Applications
Wear and Abrasion
High Strength
General Castable grades include:
Carbon Steel
Low Carbon Steel
Medium-carbon Steel
High-carbon Steel
Low Alloy Steels
Stainless Steel
Ferritic Stainless
Austenitic Stainless
Martensitic Stainless
Duplex, Super Duplex Stainless
Precipitation Hardening (PH) Stainless
Duplex-Precipitation Hardening Stainless
High Temperature Grades
Chromium-Iron Alloys
Chromium-Nickel-Iron Alloys
Nickel-Chromium-Iron
Non-Ferrous Grades such as High Tensile Manganese Bronze
Brass and Copper Alloys
