Advantages of Chill casting
Chill casting has, amongst others, the following advantages.
Complex Geometries
Precise steel molds guarantee the manufacturing of casting parts with high dimensional accuracy. Machine-made sand cores allow the creation of complex cavities and structures, similar to 3d metal printing.
Excellent surface quality
The gentle chill casting process allows for a steady material flow into the mold with only minor swirls. This makes the so produced parts less porous and more easily weldable.
High mechanical characteristic levels
Because of the high thermal conductivity of the mold, the molten mass solidifies faster, which leads to a fine-grained and dense structure with very good firmness characteristics.
Efficient Production
With the permanent and re-usable chill casting mold, high numbers of to 500.000 parts can be manufactured economically. Completely automated casting processes allow for a fast but flexible production.
Precise gravity die casting
MWS also proves its capabilities in gravity die casting. We deliver dimensionally accurate castings from permanent metallic moulds. Through rapid cooling, we ensure higher mechanical properties. Based on our technology leadership in sand casting, we can also produce hollow structures in permanent metallic moulds through the utilisation of sand cores.