G81 Can Cycle
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This has been a frustrating project. We were hoping to have the casting done in Australia. After waiting several months for our first 10 samples, we were notified that the samples were complete, but the foundry no longer wanted to do the job. Samples and tooling were sent to the US. The sample castings were not up to our quality standards and the tooling had been damaged. The damage was repaired on the tooling by the foundry, but the tooling also showed a history of damage and repairs.
I sent the tooling and a sample casting to a foundry I work with here in the US. This US foundry reported back that they also were not impressed with the quality of the castings. They also reported that the design for the patterns, core boxes, and the assembly of components for casting was a bad design, and this had led to the multiple indications of damage and repair to the tool.
So, I bit the bullet and paid to have new tooling made for the casting process. The new tool is beautiful, and we are expecting casting samples in the next week or so. We have used the original sample castings from Australia to start our machining tool path on our 5-axis mill.
So, we are close, stay tuned
This has been a frustrating project. We were hoping to have the casting done in Australia. After waiting several months for our first 10 samples, we were notified that the samples were complete, but the foundry no longer wanted to do the job. Samples and tooling were sent to the US. The sample castings were not up to our quality standards and the tooling had been damaged. The damage was repaired on the tooling by the foundry, but the tooling also showed a history of damage and repairs.
I sent the tooling and a sample casting to a foundry I work with here in the US. This US foundry reported back that they also were not impressed with the quality of the castings. They also reported that the design for the patterns, core boxes, and the assembly of components for casting was a bad design, and this had led to the multiple indications of damage and repair to the tool.
So, I bit the bullet and paid to have new tooling made for the casting process. The new tool is beautiful, and we are expecting casting samples in the next week or so. We have used the original sample castings from Australia to start our machining tool path on our 5-axis mill.
So, we are close, stay tuned