Alcast Company Machine Shop
With the CNC machining division at the Alcast Company aluminum foundry, we can also provide single source support for machined aluminum castings at the lowest overall cost. When you combine our expertise in permanent mold aluminum castings with our extensive capability in turning, vertical milling, broaching, balancing, and gear tooth shaping, we can provide the highest quality finished machined aluminum castings.
CNC Lathes
| The Alcast machine shop includes 6 horizontal CNC lathes of various sizes and 1 verticle CNC lathe which are currently used to turn aluminum castings up to 24 inches in diameter. Our CNC lathes are used mostly for turning the impellers and stators for aluminum torque converters |
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| The CNC lathe to the right is mostly dedicated to deflashing some of our aluminum castings. Many aluminum castings produced using segmented cores have a large amount of excess flash that must be removed from the casting. This can be a labor intensive job when done by hand, and by automating the removal of the flash Alcast Company can provide more competitive prices for finished aluminum castings. |
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CNC Machining Centers
| The Alcast machine shop also includes 3 vertical CNC machining centers and 1 horizontal CNC machining center which are commonly used to machine cast aluminum valve bodies, tuves and covers. |
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| Many of our aluminum castings require more than one step in the machining process, such as these cast aluminum torque converters that were first turned on one of our CNC lathes and then later drilled and tapped on this Vertical Machining Center. |
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Broaching and Gear Shaping
| The Alcast machine shop also includes an internal broaching machine which is used to cut gear teeth or splines on the inside bore of many of our aluminum torque converters. The broaching machine pulls a toothed cutting tool, called a broach, through the inside bore of the aluminum casting. This cuts the internal teeth in one pass making it a very efficient process. |
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| This is an example of one of Alcast Company's aluminum castings that has been broached. |
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| Alcast Company's machine shop also offers gear shaping services for our aluminum castings. This process is often used on castings where the teeth of the bear do not go all the way through the part such as the aluminum casting shown below. |
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Aluminum Casting Balancing
| Two aluminum casting balancing stations also compliment the Alcast Company machine shop. Many of our cast aluminum torque converters are balanced to insure they run smoothly on the finished product. |
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Parts Washing
| Alcast Company also offers parts washing services of our aluminum castings to insure no coolant residue is left on the parts from the machining processes. |
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Leak Testing
Alcast Company can provide in house leak testing of many of our machined aluminum castings including our aluminum valve bodies, covers, and housings
Assembly of Finished Aluminum Castings
| Alcast Company can also provide assembly of our finished castings such as this aluminum casting that we heat shrunk a steel ring gear on to the outer diameter. |
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