Aluminum Permanent Molding Specialist Since
1951
ISO Rated
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Design Specs
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 Permanent
Molds
Sand
Casting
Air-Set
Sand Casting
Heat
Treating
Quality
Control
Machine
Shop Services
Modern
Equipment
Strategically
Located
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| Advantages of Permanent Molding |
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Permanent Molds, made of steel or cast iron, are used for two major purposes. First, for products in continual production that must meet consistent tolerance requirements and still have a competitive unit cost, and second, for short run products with critical tolerances.
Obviously, Permanent Molding tooling is more expensive than Air-Set or conventional sand casts; but, advantages far outweigh negatives. In addition to maximum tolerance integrity, Permanent Molding is faster, enables single or multiple cavity molding, and produces castings that are easier to machine. Casting size is limited only to carrier capacity. Our standard carrier capacity is 22" x 34" but we can accomodate any size carrier a customer may need.
| Quality Air-Set Sand Casting | Air-Set Sand Casting is the happy medium between Permanent Molding and Conventional sand casting. Slightly more expensive than regular sand casting and less costly than Permanent Mold tooling, rock-hard AirSet Molds are perfect for limited run castings, that have complex cavity or special quality requirements. |
| Heat Treating |
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Ace Foundry has a modern electric furnace that can heat-treat castings up to 30" in diameter and five feet in length. Heat treating is used to make castings harder, stronger and more machinable. Furnace heat is thermostatically controlled and monitored.
| Quality Control |
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Continual inspections performed throughout the production sequence account for Ace's reputation as a quality house. Every item produced at Ace is inspected first by an operator at a production station, then by a roving quality control inspector, and if secondary services are required, by our Machine Shop Quality Control Inspector.
A final inspection occurs prior to shipping. Every effort is made to ship only castings that have passed our critical Quality Control inspections.
| Versatile Capacity |
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Ace Foundry can cast virtually any size item in two major aluminum alloys: 319 and 356; the latter considered to be adapted to Heat Treating and Machinability.
Click here to view aluminum alloy spec sheets. Click here to view basic casting design rules.
Secondary services,
via our machine shop or selected outside sources, include Permanent Mold
fabrication, Pattern Making, Turning, Milling, Center Grinding and
Polishing. Complete product assembly on selected items is offered.
| Equipment to do your job! |
Ace Foundry has sufficient furnace capacity for large or small production items. Only quality ingot aluminum is melted. No scrap metal is ever used at Ace. Permanent Mold carriers are hydraulically or pneumatically operated. Air-Set and conventional sand casting equipment are modern and well maintained. Machine Shop facilities include late model equipment. |
| Central Location | Shipping, either by truck, rail or air, to all parts of the country is easy and economical due to Ace's strategic location in Kansas City, Kansas.....here in the "heart of America". |
For more information, Please complete our on-line information request form.
Your authorized Ace Foundry representative is:
Jerry J. Emerson
e-mail: je@jemerson.com
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Let us quote your project over the internet! Please email the files to: or send via regular postal mail to the address above. |