After the successful prototype, the first test series followed and, because it was promising, the samples immediately afterwards. With success! The moulded parts - lids in the explosion-proof range - which are now manufactured using the laminar diecasting process, have now been launched on the market. Further orders for well-known customers have already been received.
Only Aluminium Laufen AG Liesberg offers the laminar diecasting process in Switzerland.
How does the new process work? Dirk Franz, Head of Casting Sales and Foundry Operations Head explains: "Laminar diecasting combines - simply explained - the short cycle times of diecasting with the good product properties of gravity diecasting. This is more cost-efficient and has better mechanical properties than gravity diecasting."
The advantage of the laminar diecasting process is the slow mould filling with precisely controlled final speed and the high final density. Because of the very low casting speeds, the casts have no flash and there is also no tendency to stick to the mould wall. In addition, alloys can be cast in the laminar diecasting process in the same way as in
low pressure diecasting or
gravity diecasting. Laminar diecasting is ideal for thin-walled parts with high loads and the finished components are lighter than gravity diecasting.
We have had the Bühler 420 die casting machine for laminar diecasting completely overhauled and the latest Bühler control system installed.
The advantages of the laminar diecasting process at a glance:
- Heat treatment possible, which improves the mechanical properties
- Weldable
- Alloys can be cast as in low or gravity diecasting
- High final density
- Burr-free castings with uniform wall thickness
- Suitable for thin-walled castings with maximum strength
- Lighter than gravity diecasting
- More economical for customers
We manufacture aluminium castings using diecasting, low-pressure casting, gravity diecasting - and more recently laminar diecasting.
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