Capabilities
CFM has over 60,000 square feet of manufacturing space. With this infrastructure, we’re able to produce castings with unrivaled speed, accuracy, and repeatability.
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Low Volume Molding and Core-Making
Air Set/ No-Bake Precision Molds
At CFM we utilize no-bake precision molds in order to produce the highest quality precision castings.
The no-bake molding technique allows us to create large and accurate molds. Virtually all metals can be cast via no-bake molding with component weights ranging from less than a pound to several hundred thousand pounds.
No-bake molding with resin-bonded sand is the most flexible and reliable sand process for complex castings. The mold, due to the addition of the resin, will harden at room temperature, and produces excellent surface finishes, and can be used for very large castings.
To maintain consistency, we ensure that the physical properties of the molding sand are tested prior to introduction to the molding system.
Molding machines
We operate two different molding machines in order to accommodate varying loads.
M1000XLD Palmer High-Speed
Continuous Mixer
Handles up to 1,000lbs of sand per minute, and flaskless cope or drag sizes of up to 50″ × 50″
BFM250 Del Sol High-Speed
Continuous Mixer
Handles up to 250lbs of sand per minute, and flaskless cope or drag sizes of up to 30” × 30”
Quality Cores
We use two different types of cores:
Air-set or no-back cores
Shell cores
Our Core-Making Machines
We use the M250XLD Palmer High-Speed Continuous Mixer as well as two BP Shell core machines in order to mix and bind sand and resin and produce high-quality cores.
Sand Reclamation
All sand used in the molding process is recycled and reused. There are two different methods by which we contain, preserve, and reuse sand in different molds.
Mechanical Reclamation
Mechanical reclamation involves breaking down poured molds using vibration and processing the resultant sands through a series of screens, after which it is transported to storage for reuse.
Thermal Reclamation
Roughly 20% of all mechanically reclaimed sand is further processed through a thermal reclamation system where the remaining resin is removed from the sand grains.
Thermally reclaimed sand is then blended back with mechanically reclaimed sand at the mixers to ensure the proper composition of sand and resin in each mold.
This reduces the amount of new sand used within the foundry and not only reduces our waste stream but also improves cost-effectiveness.