what's Casting technology

Casting technology is a forming process for the production of metallic products. It is one of the most economic measures for the production of complex geometrical component geometries of all kinds.

The forming of parts and semi-finished products occurs through melting and subsequent cooling of metal in a mold, together with the corresponding chemical composition. Various plants make different casting technologies for the relevant final products possible. 

The term casting technology includes numerous production methods for metallic products, which are cast into a mold and mainly completed through mechanical machining. Casting technology describes the part production, which takes place through the casting of liquefied metal through heat into an appropriate mold and which therefore belongs to the so called forming processes.

Cast parts are produced through different casting procedures and casting technologies. We have the fully automated production process through moulding machines, as well as manual production processes, for example the hand-moulded process, with less mechanical processing steps but a subsequent mechanical and shape-cutting finishing for especially precise shapes and final dimensions. The decision for the optimum casting technology is based on the customized material and the application area of the cast parts. Through various heat treatment processes, metals of various grades and mechanical properties can be produced. For cast blocks of particularly pure metal, a remelting process through ESU-electrodes or DETEM-plant is made after the regular block casting, in order to remove or rather disperse undesired elements via their slag-bonding.