Investment Casting OverviewInvestment Casting Overview

Signicast Investment CastingsSignicast Investment Castings

The Investment Casting Process

Injection Molding ToolingInjection Molding Tooling

Inject Inject PatternsPatterns

Robotic Wax CellRobotic Wax Cell

Pattern AssemblyPattern Assembly

Cluster AssemblyCluster Assembly

Shell BuildShell Build

DipDip

RainfallRainfallSanderSander

De-Wax and BurnoutDe-Wax and Burnout

Melt & PourMelt & Pour

Melt & Robotic Melt & Robotic PourPour

PourPour

Pull Pull and and Hold Hold MolMold d

Shell & Part RemovalShell & Part Removal

Automated Finishing Cell- Gate Automated Finishing Cell- Gate Grind,Grind,

Sandblasting and InspectionSandblasting and Inspection

Gate GrindGate Grind

Machining and Machining and SecondarySecondary

Painting- Powder Painting- Powder CoatingCoating

Case Studies and ExamplesCase Studies and Examples

ORIGINALLY PLASTIC ORIGINALLY PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDEDINJECTION MOLDED

PAINTED CASTING

• CF-8 STAINLESS STEELCF-8 STAINLESS STEEL

• STRONGER, MORE DURABLE, AND CORROSION STRONGER, MORE DURABLE, AND CORROSION RESISTANTRESISTANT

Brown Deer

The Journey

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Established in 1959 – “Sign-I-Cast”

New Ownership – 1981

There Must Be A Better Way – 1990

Hartford Manufacturing Complex – 1993

The Pritzker Group - 2008

Hartford Mfg Complex

Facilities

435,000 ft2 manufacturing space

Medium to high volume production

Part size: 1oz to 20 lbs.

Carbon/low alloy steels & stainless steel

In house heat treat

Corporate tooling center

HMC-5 secondary operations module

Machining

Assembly

Powder Coat

Hartford, WI

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