In most cases with custom designed products, 70 – 95% of total product cost is the result of design decisions. To enhance our mutual success and to underscore its commitment to its customers, O'Fallon Casting regularly engages in educating and partnering with it’s customers to help them create the best casting designs possible.
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Investment Casting 101
O’Fallon Casting’s Investment Casting-101 class was founded to address our Customers’ need for the “Specialized Expertise” in the art of Investment Casting Design. IC-101 classes are held at customer locations and at no cost. IC-101 participants gain a perspective as to the cost-impact of design decisions. The class is low on promotion, high on content, and taught from a perspective of best industry practice. Each student is provided a class textbook to keep and use as a future reference.
The focus of IC-101 is to provide instruction to Engineers and Designers involved in the design of castings. Abbreviated sessions can be held for technical and administrative staff that also might benefit from a better general knowledge of the subject.
An IC-101 Class Encompasses Three Broad Topics That Are Tailored To Address Specific Customer Needs:
If Your Company Has An Interest In Scheduling An IC-101 Class:
Please contact your O’Fallon Casting Sales Engineer for more details.
Aluminum Investment Casting Design Guide
Castings present a cost effective solution for the manufacture of complex shapes that reduce part count and improve the affordability, manufacturability and reliability of an engineered product. However, successful casting design does require a specialized expertise. Good casting design translates into both direct savings from lower manufacturing cost and reduced part count and also from indirect savings from higher levels of quality, more reliable deliveries and lower administrative costs.
The Aluminum Investment Casting Design Guide helps you understand the investment casting process, it’s strengths and weaknesses, and how to apply design practices to produce a successful casting.