ASTM 4140 Gear Cast Steel Parts Sprockets Lost Wax Castings Foundry

ASTM 4140 Gear Cast Steel Parts Sprockets Lost Wax Castings Foundry

Product Description and Process

Alloy Steel Investment Casting Sprocket & Gear Parts Lost Wax Castings Manufacturer

Production process: green sand molding, pre-coated sand molding, lost wax investment casting process

Machining process: CNC machine, machining center, lathe, mill machine, drill machine, etc.

Surface treatment process: paint coating, electrophoretic coating, electrogalvanizing coating, black oxide coating, powder coating, etc.

Product Material and Uses

Normally produce with ASTM A148/148M, ZG40Mn, ZG40Cr, ZG20SiMn, ZG35SiMn, ZG35CrMo, ZG35CrMnSi, etc.

The alloy steel casting products are widely used for Auto-cars, trains, trucks, vehicle components, mining machinery components, agricultural machinery parts, textile machinery parts, construction machinery parts, etc.

Low Alloy Steels add alloying elements such as nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), and molybdenum (Mo) to attain specific properties. Depending on the alloying elements used, there can be great variation between different low alloy steels.

The total alloy content can range from 2.07% to approximately 10.5%. For many low-alloy steels, the primary function of the alloying elements is to increase hardenability (the degree to which the steel will harden during heat treatment). Alloy additions can also be used to reduce environmental degradations under certain specified service conditions.

High Alloy Steels are usually a type of stainless steel, the most widely consumed commercial high alloy steel. Stainless steels contain at least 10.5% chromium, along with other alloys such as nickel to alter other properties (such as strength or weldability) in addition to corrosion resistance.

Advantages of Investment Casting

INVESTMENT CASTING VS. SAND CASTING

Sand castings are made by creating a negative in a bed of sand to create the cavity for casting. A sand shell creates a rough exterior to castings. Typical surface finish of sand castings are 250 Ra as cast, and need extensive work afterwards to create a surface finish that is acceptable in most applications. Sand castings can also not hold as tight of tolerances as Investment Castings, and will likely need more machining than an Investment Casting.

Investment casting uses a ceramic mold that can produce a much smoother finish, typically averaging 125 Ra surface finish as cast. Investment castings also greatly reduce the amount of machining that will be required after casting by holding a .005”/inch tolerance for the majority of applications.

The Investment Casting Process

Benefits of Investment Casting

Alloy Steel Grade Standard 

Alloy Structural Carbon Steel Grade Standard