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Best Al Alloy casting?

I am designing a new component that will be sand or investment cast.
The alloy grade needs to be readily machinable but most importantly it
needs to be tough. Ideally the component would be machined from bar
stock and while that is feasable for a few prototypes it's not
approriate for production. What cast grade and heat treatment would be
closest to wrought bar stock?
All feedback appreciated.
Flyn
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Flyn
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Take a close look at ZA-27. Close to the strength of CI, but can be sand, plaster, investment and die casted depending on your volume requirements and machining costs. Bar stock is available for prototyping but you will lose the "skin" effect you get from castings. Machines well.
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F. George McDuffee
Thanks George. Very interesting as I hadn't previously considered Zinc alloys. They may well have other applications for me but in this particular case I was looking at Aluminium alloys because mass is critical. I didn't realise that zinc alloys are approximately twice as heavy as Al! Didn't realise it was so strong either. We actually have a number of cast steel and stainless parts that I may reconsider in zinc alloys in future.
Any similar recommendations in Aluminium?
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Flyn
Sure they can.
The Policy writer is not a structural Engineer. Should something happen Im sure they will come out with a structural engineer to check the installation. Its then they will determine if he is covered.
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bainite
Hi Flyn,
There are other casting alloy can be considered in your case if mass is important, such as titanium, you can contact me at snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com, we can talk about it,
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factories
Hi Flyn,
There are other casting alloy can be considered in your case if mass is important, such as titanium, you can contact me at snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com, we can talk about it,
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