Investment Castings for Firearms | Aero Metals

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Investment Castings for Firearms | Aero Metals | La Porte, IN

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Investment casting can be a game changer for you if manufacture firearms.
Near net shape parts are now available with high strength, and in any quantity.
Think outside the mold
With investment casting-or, what is often called lost wax casting-you can literally pour the most intricate and sophisticated metal parts into a net- or near-net shape, with very little to no need for machining, threading, assembly or other finishing stages.
Working with Aero Metals, a fully integrated, engineering-centric investment casting specialist, you can push your design boundaries, while streamlining production, to achieve your most ambitious product innovations.
Visit us at www.aerometals.com

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@maffioli14 3 жыл бұрын

6 years later and suppressors still take nearly a year to get. I wish they were right on lesser restrictions.

@RedRubberRadio 4 жыл бұрын

This is super wholesome. Seems like a great operation. Best luck with everything

@davefellhoelter1343 Жыл бұрын

as a guy with OJT developing, mixing, selling, and delivering casting binders, and tooling, while working in Foundries, and Forges. I APROVE! Looks Fun to Me!

@partgurus 11 ай бұрын

thanks for the approval....

@aracalibasi2047 3 жыл бұрын

Nice process, what I like you guys are guide the people on right direction. I always trust the experts.

@partgurus 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@Tigris_River_Sand_Fleas Жыл бұрын

This can be done at home a lot easier than most believe. I use lost wax casting using PLA and mixed metals. Dip it a couple of times in your slurry and then sand it. *Test your slurry until it's appropriate* Repeat 5-7 times. *Make sure it's completely dry in between dipping* Melt out your waxed "Plastic 3D printed" part at 450F. Pour your steel, let cool and sand imperfections *NOTES* -Sand your waxed "Plastic" to at least 400 mesh* -Use good ventilations -Pour upright not laying flat.

@partgurus Жыл бұрын

Sure but not everyone is handy.... easier to just buy the finished part?

@Tigris_River_Sand_Fleas Жыл бұрын

@@partgurus one could say, not everyone has a lot of money, right? You don't have to be handy. You're literally just melting metal and pouring it. Minor sanding for fit and finish. "So easy a caveman can do it". Anyone can get a fire hot enough with the help of a vacuum cleaner blowing air onto a fire and smelting down some aluminum cans with about a dozen pennies in the mix. Take your melted metals and pour in the hole. Don't pour in the wrong hole or it'll look like shit ;)

@pieterveenders9793 8 ай бұрын

Sure, if you only intend to use weak or at most medium strength aluminium alloys or pot metal/zinc. If you want to cast high strength aluminium alloys and actually retain all their potential strength you're going to have to properly de-gas it, which isn't something an amateur is capable of doing. After all they use specially made high speed rotating nozzle argon degassers, which takes some very serious engineering. And pretty sure that if you want to cast steel alloys you're going to need to do it under an inert atmosphere or vacuum too in order to prevent oxidation and gas absorption.

@bluesbondsman 4 жыл бұрын

That's cool ! a local business that I had no idea was involved with firearms production.

@chrisyork4093 4 жыл бұрын

This awesome. I like how they stated one of the guys is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. I just got my LSS Green Belt a few months ago, will go for black belt next year. I also just ordered a cnc mill hoping to do similar work. 🙏🏼

@whebsonrodrigues8628 9 ай бұрын

Amigo Você tem o esquema deste projeto 1911? Gostaria muito de reproduzir uma idêntica com detalhes full metal

@womanofsteel8948 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and a lot of people didn’t know that the M1 A was a rifle here because of investment casting

@matteolozano3477 Жыл бұрын

That is so cool and awesome 👏 👍 👍 👍 👍

@partgurus Жыл бұрын

Good stuff eh?

@karenmalcolm7052 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should move into airsoft/gel blaster.. Huge market in Australia for gel blasters gearboxes and parts... Looks like alota detail and strength can be maintained thru casting awesome i thought u could only cnc with from billet.. I didn't no u could cnc cast alloys and other metals.. Cool guys. : )

@matthawksworth 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@jkeelsnc Жыл бұрын

Ruger is famous for using this process.

@partgurus Жыл бұрын

Yes, and they make great products

@jkeelsnc Жыл бұрын

@@partgurus quite true. I have a P95 myself and it is a tank

@DMX-PAT 5 жыл бұрын

What are the current firearm manufacturers that use investment casting?

@JVRottweil 4 жыл бұрын

I think Ruger still does

@mattdg1981 4 жыл бұрын

Ruger started there revolvers with investment casting since their introduction in the 50's. Very cheap to produce, very fast to produce, and very strong frames. Ruger revolvers are famous for their strength.

@hellohun7331 4 жыл бұрын

The Ruger mi I 14 with the exception of the barrel is all IC.

@charredskeleton 3 жыл бұрын

@General ElectricLost wax is easier and cheaper. Forging is debatably stronger, which is how machined frames generally start out.

@andrewlambert7246 3 жыл бұрын

Thousands of years old tech. One can also buy from wax molds. The rest is easy.

@debpeterson4173 3 жыл бұрын

Do you make frames for aluminum Vintage pistols? I have a Smith and Wesson model 5903 . The Frame Rails are worn and I have no other option to repair the frame Rails.

@tomallen6073 2 жыл бұрын

Bill Ruger lead the way.

@shadyp-zv3uf 3 жыл бұрын

Can we order receivers or handgun blowers from you?

@ozzlemc4650 4 жыл бұрын

What verdict on investment casting barrels, is it strong enough?

@Schrodingers_kid 3 жыл бұрын

Still needs heat treatment

@JenMichel100 Жыл бұрын

can we cast gun barrel?

@mustafagbar2304 Жыл бұрын

No just firearm

@mustafagbar2304 Жыл бұрын

You need forged carbon steel

@arnehefer5749 4 жыл бұрын

Can you cast gun frames with zinc?

@yourlocaltoad5102 3 жыл бұрын

You can cast them in zinc, but they will be weaker. Many blank guns have zinc frames and parts just to ensure that the gun couldn’t safely be converted to fire regular ammunition.

@pieterveenders9793 8 ай бұрын

Yes, but only weak caliber ones like .22 LR and .32 ACP.