Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Signicast

Signicast
Brown Deer & Hartford, Wisconsin

The Partnership of Engineered Products and Signicast Corporation
Successful business partnerships are hard to find. Since 1969, Signicast Corporation and Engineered Products have built a principal-agency partnership with an unshakable foundation. Signicast brings quick lead times, outstanding quality, design assistance, and vertical integration to the table. Engineered Products offers a knowledgeable and responsive sales force, complete understanding of the investment casting process, and engineering support. The partnership that Signicast and Engineered Products have built can provide customers with upfront concurrent engineering to lower costs while improving component performance. Located in each other’s backyards, both Signicast and Engineered Products are responsive to new customers and their investment casting issues. Whether you are new to investment castings or not, placing a call to Engineered Products will be the best call you can make for your company.

About Signicast Corporation
What began as a small, family-owned company in 1959 has grown into one of the leading investment casting providers in the world. Utilizing automation and continuous flow manufacturing processes, Signicast offers the industry’s fastest throughput of only 4.5 days. Signicast also provides customers with concurrent engineering to ensure all components are made better, faster, at less cost. With six manufacturing facilities, Signicast can produce the most complex parts ranging from 1 oz. to 100 pounds. Signicast proudly serves the following markets:

Power Tools
Hand Tools
Fluid Handling
Heavy Equipment
Lawn and Garden
Medical
Doors and Windows
Railroad

Firearms
Fitness Equipment
Safety
Agriculture
Recreational Vehicles – Marine
Electronic Controls
Automotive
Many More ...

Why Investment Casting?
Investment casting is considered a “net shape” or “near net shape” process. Most any configuration can be investment cast. The key to economical use of this process is to fully utilize its flexible capabilities and incorporate as much value into the cat piece as possible. No other metal working process provides the design freedom and variety of ally selections available with investment casting.

Process Comparison


Process

Tolerance Capability

Design Freedom

Alloy Selection

Size Range

Lead Time

Volume Capability

Surface Finish

Tool Cost

Machining Costs

Investment Casting

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Short

All

Good

Average

Low

Die Casting

Excellent

Excellent

Poor

Good

Long

High

Good

High

Low

Powdered Metal

Excellent

Fair

Good

Fair

Long

High

Excellent

Average

Low

Stamping

Excellent

Good

Fair

Fair

Short

High

Excellent

High

Low

Forging

Fair

Fair

Good

Fair

Long

High

Fair

High

High

Sand Casting

Good

Good

Good

Good

Short

All

Fair

Low

High

Fabrication

Fair

Fair

Good

Good

Medium

All

Fair

Low

High

 

Engineered Products is a proud rep of Signicast. Contact Engineered Products to learn what Signicast can do for you.