What is Copper Investment Casting
Copper is a material that can be formed into any complex shape, part, and component. This is suitable for the investment casting process. Using these processes, it can able to produce both low and high volumes runs of copper base casting. Aside from that, it can eliminate additional machining such as forging, CNC machining, etc.
Copper investment casting can serve many commercial and industrial applications. It is highly applicable in the fabrication process wherein ductility, conductivity, and corrosion resistance are needed.
Copper-Based Alloy Investment Casting Materials
Ucasting offers a wide range of copper base alloy materials to provide versatility, especially on your investment casting projects. Below are some of the materials options for copper investment casting:
High Copper Alloy
- C81500
Yellow brass
- C85800
Silicone Bronze and Brass
- C87600
- C87800
- C87400
- C87500
Manganese Bronze
- C86500
- C86300
Tin Bronze
- C90500
- C91300
- C90300
Aluminum Bronze
- C95500
- C95800
- C95400
Benefits of Using Copper Investment Casting
Copper Based alloy parts provide excellent advantages some of these are the following below:
- Flexible design
- Less waste
- Strong manufacturing cost
- Can create more precise
- Reduced the need for secondary machining
- Corrosion resistant
- Good ductility
- Low wear and tear rates
- High electrical and thermal conductivity
- Easy post-casting processing
- Bearing qualities with self-lubrication
- Highly strong and durable
- Excellent machinability
- Favorable mechanical properties
- Goof castability and so on
Application of Copper Investment Casting
In a process of copper investment casting, we make different parts that widely use in various application such as:
- Ship propellers
- Plumbing fixtures
- Electrical wires
- Decorative valves
- Musical instruments
- Locks
- Tools for no-sparking applications
- Bushes
- Bearings
- Gears
- Marine applications and much more.
Surface Finish for Copper Investment Casting Parts
Surface finish techniques are depends on factors such as preferred appearance, dimensional appearance, and mechanical properties. Below are surface finish options:
- Polishing
- Anodizing
- Painting
- Powder coating
- Passivation, etc.
Copper Casting Methods
There are many existing methods for producing copper casting. It is divided into six separate methods including:
- Shell molded casting
- Sand casting and CO2 process
- Chill casting
- Centrifugal casting
- Die-casting
- Continuous casting
There are also other processes which are the precision investment casting and plaster molding casting.
Copper Investment Casting Inventory
Below are the following investment casting inventory:
- C100
- C1100
- C106
- C83600
- CW024A etc.
Certifications
The copper Investment Casting process meets different certifications such as:
- ISO 9001
- ISO 13485
- ISO 14001
- ISO 45001
- CE
- RoHS
- PED
- SGS and more.
