INVESTMENT CASTING

SEYBERT CASTINGS UTILIZES A CUSTOM INVESTMENT CASTING PROCESS. IT IS WELL SUITED FOR SMALL, INTRICATE ZINC ALLOY AND ALUMINUM ALLOY CASTINGS, AS WELL AS MEDIUM SIZED PARTS. IDEAL QUANTITIES RANGE FROM 1 TO THOUSANDS OF PARTS.

AS WITH ANY TRADITIONAL INVESTMENT CASTING PROCESS, BURNOUT PATTERNS ARE USED. OUR BURNOUT PATTERN BUILDING PROCESSES CAN BE SUMMARIZED INTO THREE GENERAL CATEGORIES.

WAX MOLDING - SEYBERT MOLDS WAX PATTERNS IN RUBBER TOOLING.

INJECTION MOLDING - SEYBERT INJECTION MOLDS THERMOPLASTIC OR WAX INTO INEXPENSIVE HARD TOOLING (MACHINED ALUMINUM).

RAPID PROTOTYPE BURNOUT PATTERNS - SEYBERT PRODUCES HIGHLY TOLERANCED THERMOPLASTIC RAPID PROTOTYPE BURNOUT PATTERNS ON SANDERS MODEL MAKER II 3D PRINTERS DIRECTLY FROM 3D FILES. SEYBERT ALSO UTILIZES OTHER TYPES OF 3D BURNOUT PATTERNS SUCH AS CASTFORM™PS, AND THERMOJET™.

EACH OF THESE BURNOUT PATTERN TYPES HAVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. OUR CUSTOMERS RELY ON US TO DETERMINE AND EXPLAIN TO THEM OUR RECOMMENDED PATTERN AND MOLD BUILDING TECHNOLOGY FOR THEIR APPLICATION.

INVESTMENT CASTING SPECIFICATIONS MIN. PART SIZE - NO PART IS TOO SMALL
MAX. PART SIZE* - 4 X 4 X 8 IN.
MIN. WALL THICKNESS 0.015 IN.
MAX. WALL THICKNESS 0.375 IN./ ZINC ALLOY
MAX. WALL THICKNESS 0.750 IN./ ALUM. ALLOY
TOLERANCES - DEPENDS ON PATTERN MAKING PROCESS

*LARGER PARTS EVALUATED ON INDIVIDUAL BASIS.