The advantages
For the whole process chain
From purchasing to design to production: The Lost Foam casting process offers advantages throughout the whole process chain. Engineers as well as designers, technicians and buyers profit from this.
Innovative possibilities in design engineering
- highly complex component designing
- flexible integration of secondary functions
- reduction of material and weight
- undercuts and ducts
- no backdrafts needed
- high flexibility with regard to changes
Advantages of the casting technique
- One burrless component instead of welded or joined individual parts
- Hardly any machining operations and post-treatment
- Pre-casting of drillings and channels
- Omission of venting
- Omission or reduction of feeders
- Easy demolding
Economic efficiency
- significant product cost advantages
- low tool costs, no core boxes
- minimal tool wear
- low staff requirements
- high function integration
- rapid prototyping is possible
- reduction of production and storage space
- less raw material needed due to elimination of backdrafts
Environmental and health aspects
- low physical strain due to light patterns and low odor nuisance
- very low dust and noise emissions due to minimal fettling effort
- reusability of the molding material
- waiver of binders
The process in comparison
