Precision Casting

Precision casting (also called investment casting) is the production of small to smallest castings using the lost wax casting process. The castings are characterized by their detail exactness, dimensional accuracy and surface quality. Cutting machining can often be avoided

Production Examples

               

FG BremseIMG 1107                    FG tibia 01         FG gewehrteilIMGP1101
   

 

   
FG pumpenradIMG 1104  

FG femur 01

  FG zahnradIMGP1011
         
                                         


 

We supply parts in various alloys:

  • Aluminum
  • Copper and Zinc Alloys
  • Carbon Steel
  • Low Alloy Steel
  • Stainless Steel (Ferritic, Martensitic, Austenitic)
  • Duplex Steel
  • Nickel Alloys, Stellite
  • Cobalt Base Alloys (CoCrMo)

  

Tolerances for Fine Casting
Nominal Mass for Steel Parts for Aluminium Parts
bis 12.0 mm +/- 0.13 mm +/- 0.10 mm
12 > 25 mm +/- 0.18 mm +/- 0.15 mm
25 > 37 mm +/- 0.25mm +/- 0.20mm
37 > 50 mm +/- 0.30 mm +/- 0.25 mm
50 > 62 mm +/- 0.38 mm +/- 0.30 mm
62 > 87 mm +/- 0.46 mm +/- 0.38 mm
87 > 125 mm +/- 0.56 mm +/- 0.46 mm
125 > 187 mm +/- 0.66 mm +/- 0.53 mm
187 > 250 mm +/- 0.76 mm +/- 0.61 mm
250 > 312 mm +/- 0.86 mm +/- 0.69 mm
312 > 375mm +/- 1.01 mm +/- 0.76 mm
375 > 460 mm +/- 1.17 mm +/- 0.90 mm

 

Tolerances - Wall Thickness (Steel + Aluminum)
Up to a surface of 500 cm2 +/- 0.20 mm
From a surface of 500 cm2 +/- 0.30 mm

Company

  • Durofer AG
    Moosstrasse 20
    9014 St. Gallen

Warehouse Metals

  • Durofer AG
    Allmendweg 8 / Riverside
    Halle 330
    4528 Zuchwil

Warehouse Chemicals

  • Hausamann Lagerhaus AG
    Bahnhofstrasse 1
    8560 Märstetten