Casting Techonology
HOVADUR® special alloys showing excellent thermal conductivity are essential materials for construction in casting technology
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About Casting Technology
Casting Technology
Your advantages:
- Low piston wear
- Increased lifespan of the shot chamber
- Simple handling of the piston system
Our range of products:
- Pistons > Piston Adapter Systems
- Shot chambers
- Die venting systems
- Moulds for continuous casting
Types of Die Casting Applications
Select from the range of applications below to find out more
High Pressure Die Casting
Die Casting
Continuous Casting
Amorphous Metals
High Pressure Die Casting
High Pressure Die Casting (abbreviation HPDC) is an industrial casting procedure for series and mass production of construction parts. Due to their special properties, our HOVADUR® alloys are well established in die casting for decades.
Pistons made of HOVADUR®CNCS or CCNB have significant advantages compared to steel pistons:
- Reduction of cycle time
- Increased lifespan of the shot chamber
- Increased productivity
- Reduction of costs
- Optimized cooling due to improved circulation of the cooling agent
- Very quick replacement of pistons without special tools
- Connection between adapter and piston rod according to customer specification
HOVADUR® KAS
HOVADUR® KAS V
HOVADUR® KAS R
HOVADUR® KAS RR
Die Casting
HOVADUR® alloys offer excellent resistance to hot cracking and superior cooling efficiency.
Die casting is a process in which molten metal is poured or injected into a permanent die through a sprue located at the bottom of the mold. Our specially developed HOVADUR® alloys are essential to this process, delivering clear performance advantages:- Reduced cycle times
- Extended die service life
- Enhanced casting quality
Our HOVADUR® alloys are used in the following casting processes:
- Gravity die casting: Liquid metal is poured into permanent metal molds using gravity alone.
- Low-pressure die casting: Liquid metal is poured into permanent metal molds under low controlled pressure.
Low pressure mould
Low pressure mould
Continuous Casting
HOVADUR® cooling dies are used in both horizontal and vertical continuous casting.
Continuous casting is a process in which molten metal is poured into a mold with a defined cross-section. As it passes through the die, the metal solidifies into a continuous strand. Dies may be one-piece or multi-piece, depending on the application. There are two main types of continuous casting:- Horizontal casting, commonly used for copper alloys and smaller strand sizes
- Vertical casting, often used for steel and other metals
Cooling die for continuous casting
HOVADUR® alloys also provide great cooling qualities and their resistance to hot cracking is considerably better compared to conventional alloys.
Dam blocks
Twin continuous casting plant
Narrow side for slab continuous casting
Amorphous Metals
HOVADUR® casting wheels are used in the production of amorphous metals.
Amorphous metals (also known as metallic glasses) are a group of alloys that, unlike conventional metals, do not have a crystalline structure. Instead, they exhibit a disordered, glass-like atomic arrangement. To produce these materials, the molten metal is injected onto HOVADUR® casting wheels, enabling the formation of their unique structure.
The amorphous structure is the result of extremely quick cooling. This makes special demands on the casting wheels, e. g. concerning thermal conductivity, which our HOVADUR® alloys are able to meet. The same procedure applies also for e. g. brazing foil and nano-crystalline foil.
Draft of the procedure
Rolling of a casting wheel
CB2-casting wheel
Casting wheels as eye-catcher on a fair
