Industry APPLICATIONS

Whether a valve housing or a modular conveyor or a machine component, the demand for precision castings made of steel alloys in various industrial sectors is enormous. Kepler cast provides the best manufacturing solution and produces complex castings with the highest precision using lost wax technology. Here through versatile industrial applications of our products in many different areas.

LOST WAX PROCESS

Based on the Lost wax technology we produce high quality products of intricate shapes and forms with an accurate precision. This process offers freedom of material, Shape, geometry and size, enabling us to produce based on customer specific requirements with a maximum efficiency. Focus of this process avoids the machining cost and material cost in comparison to other conventional production processes.

Die Development

  • Tool design - 'Negative' of final casting
  • Aluminium or Steel tool

Wax injection

  • Automatic wax injection at accurate pressure and temperature

Wax pattern cluster

  • Assemble pattern onto sprue
  • Accurate gate for metal flow

Shelling of sand

  • Sprinkle ceramic sand
  • Formation of sand layers

Heat treatment

  • Achieve the desired material properties

Knock out and Cutting

  • Removal of sand layers
  • Dismantle the wax pattern

Pouring

  • Melt down the desired steel alloy
  • Element analysis of steel alloy

Dewaxing and Backing

  • Wax melting from ceramic form
  • Increase of shell strength

Fettling

  • Sawing off the Sprue
  • Grinding off castings

Surface treatment

  • According to customer requirements, mechanically processed

Quality control

  • Validation of Dimension and tolerances

Shipment

  • Packaging and shipment of finished goods

Features of the investment casting process

Properties Description
Shape tolerance Freedom in style and design
Roughness High surface quality & low roughness values (Ra 1.6 – 6.3 μm)
Dimensional tolerance High dimensional accuracy and precise tolerances (Indian Standard 11166 – Class 2)
Materials Virtually any steel alloy can be cast
Complexity Complex shapes can be cast as a single component
Machining Little to no machining is required
Undercuts Products with undercuts can be cast
Series Suitable for smaller and larger series

QUALITY

A casting component that is produced at Kepler Cast, from idea to Implementation the focus stays on quality and thereby you opt for certainty and reliability. Each phase of development and production adheres to quality standards. Achievement of high surface roughness, high precision, significant degree of shape and geometry and application of versatile materials sets benchmark at Kepler Cast.

Quality Assurance

Raw Material control

  • Material element analysis
  • Wax hardness
  • Wax Viscosity
  • Sand granular test

Design control

  • Tool design control
  • Wax pattern cluster control
  • Solidification analysis

Process control

  • Wax melting point temperature
  • Ash content
  • Slurry viscosity
  • Shell hardness
  • Humidity and dust control

Production planning and control

  • JOB Card
  • Real time tracking of goods movement
  • CPK Matrix
  • KANBAN process

Casting

  • Elemental analysis - Spectroscopy
  • Rockwell Hardness
  • Casting surface roughness
  • Non destructive test
  • Corrosion test
  • Visual inspection
  • Elongation test

Machining

  • CMM
  • Surface roughness
  • Mechanical testing
  • Dimension control
  • Custom gauges

Certificates and credentials

  • ISO 9001 : 2015 ( Quality Management System )
  • PED 2014/68/EU & AD 2000W0 ( Pressure Equipment Directive – EU )
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VALUE STREAM

Value stream at Kepler Cast is a mechanism for addition of value to Product since from idea to implementation. Our focus on time, quality, cost reduction and continuous improvement process enables not only delivering precision casting components but adding value to the final products and benefits to customers. Each milestone in the order fulfilment process for our customers, we live with an impression of adding value, be it production Process, be it logistics, be it a delivery timeline or be it a consultation.

Product Traceability

Traceability allow customer to track the product details from our digital records.

Delivery Reliability

Scheduling algorithm at Kepler cast allow us to agree on customer order confirmation date and pre visibility of scheduling ensures the on-time commitment to customers thereby reduces the warehouse cost.

Logistics

Supply chain process focus on Logistics costs, transit time, reliability and supply chain risk. Optimization and evaluation of logistics cost structure is a key factor that make products available to customer cost efficiently.

Design optimization

Key facets on optimization are Casting simulation, material reduction, Sprue cluster, gate formation and solidification analysis.

Product Marking

Type and identification of casting can be agreed with customer and on need customer wish marking methods can be applied.

Sampling

High precision tool molding and Pre-Production samples ensures right product quality. Originality, Quickness and Cost effectiveness are benchmarks for Production at Kepler cast.

E-Data Exchange model

Our ERP System support diverse communication interfaces for data exchange electronically ensuring fast and accurate channel of communication.

Rapid prototyping

Rapid prototyping generates a physical product based on the 3D model file for the design analysis and analyze the subassemblies.

Consultation

With our rich experience in the area of precision casting, machining and prototyping will support you in an appropriate and right way.

About us

Kepler Cast is a development partner and producer of high-quality precision castings in stainless steel, produced according to the “Lost Wax” process. Kepler Cast has a modern state of the art facility at Rajkot in the state of Gujarat India. In addition, as a supplier, we are also the “preferred development partner” for various intricate steel components to various well-known customers.

We satisfy the high standards of quality in the sector concerning product quality, delivery reliability and process stability.

19 Years of rich industry experience in the metal field and transmitting the experience from one generation to the second motivated us in delivery of finished goods for our customers as single source solution.

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