Need of Automation in Investment Casting Industry Due to Major Defects Caused By Manual Operations (Case Study) |
Author(s): |
| Vanikar Nilesh Pramod , College of Engineering Pune; Dr. Ohol S. S, College of Engineering Pune; Rajendra Anjikar, Siddha Laxmi Engg. Inds. Pvt. Ltd. |
Keywords: |
| Defects, Manual Labour, Automation, Consistency, Precision, Cost of Quality, Reliability, Safety |
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Investment casting process is used worldwide to manufacture as cast precision castings specially for super alloy castings mainly for Aerospace and Automotive Industry. The process of investment castings is very complicated compared to other commonly used casting processes. Very crucial stages in this process are 1) first coat of zircon silica on pattern assembly and 2) Metal pouring in preheated shells. These two stages of the investment casting processes are usually performed manually in small scale Investment casting foundries causing defects which increase the cost of quality and scrap. This increases delivery lead time affecting profit gains. This scenario is typical for small scale investment casting foundries making small yet high production castings. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV3I90489 Published in: Volume : 3, Issue : 9 Publication Date: 01/12/2015 Page(s): 718-721 |
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