Iron casting

In China and Germany, GF Casting Solutions builds lightweight solutions alongside heavy but flexible designs for construction equipment, renewable energies, agriculture and forestry machinery.

Innovative iron components for your application

The global demand for innovative iron components is rising.  GF Casting Solutions supports their customers in the developent and production of high-complex iron solutions. Casting technology is the best choice for a high level of functional integration in complex components. We develop and produce optimized solutions for various applications by offering the whole value chain.

 

 

Value add in iron casting

Molding

Core making

Melting

Casting

Coating

CNC machining + assembly

Our development scope

With our Research & Development department in our headquarter, Schaffhausen, Switzerland and in Suzhou, China, we want to support you with many years of experience, broad know-how and quality excellence in:

  • Material development
  • Process development
  • Design development
  • Validation & testing

3D-printed sand molds

Value add in sand 3D-printing for iron casting

Data preparation

3D-printing

Post processing

More information about Sand 3D-printing for iron casting solutions

With the serial production of 3D-printed sand cores for sandcasting processes, GF Casting Solutions is your reliable partner providing know-how and state-of-the-art technology with a twin job box providing a build volume of 1,800 x 1,000 x 700 mm each.

Moreover, GF Casting Solutions agreed on a long-term development partnership with ExOne GmbH to quickly benefit from future development of the technology and to bilaterally improve the production processes. Our customers benefit from the time and cost reductions for prototypes and spare parts, higher process reliability—no assembly of cores—and virtually infinite freedom of design.

Cold-hardening phenol 3D printer

Build Box
1800 x 1000 x 700 mm
Build Box 1800 x 1000 x 700 mm
Material Cerabeads (Ceramic Sand)
Silica Sand
Layer  0.26 mm

Production cost reduction

By using prototypes to test your product beforehand, you can eliminate potential flaws already in the design phase which, in the end, will reduce the overall costs.

Shorten time-to-market

Using prototypes in the development phase will not only reduce costs, but the time-to-market, too. All the learnings from the prototype phase will save time and resources when you start with the serial production.

Close to serial conditions

Without the limitations of conventional core making technology, previous multiple-part components can be fused to one single part, increasing integrity and reducing weight and costs.

Consulting service

If you lack the experience with additive manufacturing for prototypes, our dedicated team of experts is happy to assist you either with creating your design or help you to further optimize it according to the 3D printing process. Please get in touch with us.

Materials

Together with our partners, we can offer a variety of alloys for the reliable and flexible production of prototypes under serial conditions. New geometries are not only beneficial for new products, but open up completely new areas of application. Get in touch with our experts to learn more!

Freedom of design

Additive technology allows us to create extremely complex geometries with no additional effort. Through design and engineering know-how and the use of latest technology, we create your product with exactly the design you need.


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