American Casting Company
American Casting Company delivers premier quality investment castings with the industry’s shortest lead times. Located in Hollister, CA, we work with a variety of super alloys and other high performance materials at our investment casting foundry. Our unique lean manufacturing systems are certified to both ISO 9001 and AS9100, allowing us to serve medical, aerospace, and other critical industry applications. American Casting Company applies modern manufacturing principles to an age-old metal working process. Historically, Investment Casting (Lost Wax Casting) has been viewed as having slow development cycles with long lead times. American Casting created a leaner, more effective system. We incorporate lean production philosophies with the latest technology, delivering complex parts with ultra-fast standard lead times. Our best-in-class methods consistently meet the most stringent aerospace and medical industry quality standards.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Metal
- Market Focus:
- Nationally (across the country)
- Year Founded:
- 1999
- Employees:
- 11-100
- Turnover:
- $10,000,000 US - $100,000,000 US
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
Speed
Our lean manufacturing process design is changing customer expectations for cycle and lead times. Quality investment castings can be manufactured in days, not months.
Quality
American Casting Company is certified to both ISO 9001 and AS9100.
Advanced Processing
We utilize the latest in 3D printing technologies and vacuum melting for rapid development of products in superalloys and other high performance materials for the aerospace and medical industries.
Investment Casting Foundry
Investment casting (also known as lost wax casting) is an advanced manufacturing process used to make precision metal parts from a wide range of standard and super alloy materials. The end products are not only dimensionally accurate, but are durable, strong and adhere to some of the highest quality standards that exist today. This is especially true in the aerospace and medical industries where investment castings are utilized extensively as an economical way to produce parts with complex geometry from difficult to process materials.
The investment casting manufacturing process is accomplished by first building wax molds that contain consumable part patterns on them. Each part pattern matches the geometry of the desired finished part with “gates” added which creates an inlet for metal to flow into the cavity later in the process. The molds are then coated with ceramic and stucco until a shell thickness of approx. 3/8” is achieved. Next, the wax is melted out of the ceramic cavity and re-filled with molten metal. The casting process is completed by knocking the ceramic off the mold, cutting the now metal parts free, grinding off the gates and applying a final sand blast finish (see Investment Castings tab for complete overview).
The key to producing investment castings with good dimensional accuracy is to start with high quality patterns and select the correct scale factor. This is accomplished by either making injection tooling or 3D printing the part patterns directly from 3D CAD data and selecting the scale factor based on par alloy. At American Casting foundry we are experts at all of these things, and our experienced foundry engineers can help you make the correct decisions for what will be best for your application.
At American Casting Company we understand that high quality, low cost and short lead times are very important to our customers. To ensure we can provide these elements, we employ a lean manufacturing approach to each operation required throughout the casting process in our investment casting foundry. Doing so eliminates waste, lowers cost and increases quality. We incorporate multiple steps into single manufacturing processes and cross train technicians. For example: wax injection, mold building and first dipping are all done by the same operator which speeds up the process and minimizes hand offs. The same manufacturing methodology is used company wide for all areas of the business which saves time and money for our customers.
We have a team of experts with vast experience in manufacturing investment castings parts that comply with the highest and most stringent industry standards. Besides this, we focus on speed and are known for producing parts in the industries shortest lead times. We also focus on customer service and communication which ensures you will receive unmatched service. So, if you are looking for a quality investment casting manufacturer then look no further because we have you covered. Please contact us today for your next investment casting project.
American Casting Delivers these Advantages:
Premier Quality Investment Castings Delivered in Days, not Months.
American Casting Company applies modern manufacturing principles to an age-old metal working process. Historically, Investment Casting (Lost Wax Casting) has been viewed as having slow development cycles with long lead times. American Casting created a leaner, more effective system. We incorporate lean production philosophies with the latest technology, delivering complex parts with ultra-fast standard lead times. Our best-in-class methods consistently meet the most stringent aerospace and medical industry quality standards.
Latest 3D Printing Technology and Materials:
Whether manufacturing prototypes, or first article and custom production products, we utilize the latest in 3D printing equipment and manufacturing technologies. We also specialize in the processing of nickel based superalloys (Vacuum Melt), cobalt based alloys, including implant grade CoCrMo, stainless steels and other critical aerospace and medical device materials.
Cycle Time and Lead Time Measured in Days.
We’ve created a new industry benchmark. American Casting’s unique system means that you no longer have to wait months to receive quality investment castings. Our unique system combines linked processes with lean principles to eliminate queue times. We have a consistent flow of product helping us to quickly and reliably meet our customers’ needs.
Change Requests are More Flexible:
The same unique system that gives us world class speed gives you extreme flexibility in making changes. We implement your change requests almost instantaneously. This means that you can increase quantity and make other changes without incurring setup charges or increasing lead time.
Consistent ISO Quality Rating.
American Casting Company’s quality system is certified to AS9100 and ISO 9001. We also regularly receive high customer satisfaction scores for product quality and on-time delivery. Short process cycle times and the use of the latest manufacturing technologies allow us to give you the highest in quality and responsiveness.