Sand Castings
At Meloon Foundries Inc., we offer our clients the best in sand casting. Our no-bake and green sand casting methods can handle your heavy, large and complex castings up to 93" long, 93" wide and 48" high. Our castings can be corrosion resistant, heat and wear resistant and tested for tensile strength and Brinell hardness.
Meloon can handle a wide variety of aluminum and copper based alloys. We also offer additional services, such as rapid prototyping, pattern design and production, heat treating and metal certification.
If you work in the medical, railroad or OEM machine building industries, Meloon is your one-stop-shop for all your sand casting projects. For more information about our sand casting services, please see the details below or contact a representative at Meloon today.
Typical Production
- No Bake Molding of an Aluminum Window Grate for the Architectural Industry
- No Bake Molding of an Aluminum Impeller for Centrifugal Blower Builders
- No Bake Molding of an Aluminum Plenum for the Plastic Film Manufacturing Industry
- Green Sand Casting of a Bronze Spider for the Paper Making Industry
- Green Sand Casting of a Bronze Columbarium Face Plate for the Architectural Industry
Sand Castings Capabilities
| General Capabilities |
Heavy Castings
Large Castings |
Complex Castings |
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| Casting Method |
No-Bake
Green Sand Casting |
| Casting Features |
Corrosion Resistant
High Tensile
Heat Resistant |
Heat Treated
Wear Resistant
Specific Conductivity |
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| Casting Mold Type |
Single Use |
| Casting Process Materials |
Green Sand
No-Bake Sand |
| Casting Length |
Up to 93 in |
| Casting Width |
Up to 93 in |
| Casting Height |
Up to 48 in |
| Thinnest Section Castable |
1/8 in |
| Casting Weight |
Ounces to 2,000 lbs |
| Tolerance (+/-) |
.030 in |
| Aluminum Alloys |
SR319
355
356
A356
443 |
535
713
771
ZA12 |
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| Temper |
T-6
T-51 |
| Copper Base Alloys |
C89833 (Non-leaded C836)
Aluminum Bronze
Manganese Bronze |
Silicon Bronze
Other Copper Based Alloys as Requested |
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| Additional Services Provided In house |
Rapid Prototyping
Steel Shot Blasting
Stress Relieving |
Heat Treating
Metal Certification
Pattern Design |
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| Additional Services Available from Qualified Sources |
X-ray
Zyglo
Machining |
Powder Coating
Painting
Anodizing |
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| Quality Control |
Metallographic Lab
Sand Testing Lab |
Spectrograph
Mechanical Testing |
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| Testing |
Tensile
Brinell Hardness |
| Inspection |
X-ray
Liquid Particle |
| Production Volume |
Small to Medium Production Runs |
| Typical Lead Time |
4 to 6 weeks
Expedited Services Available |
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