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Horizontal continuous casting plant

Semi industrial direct chill casting machine for horizontal continuous casting of Aluminium alloys with real time control unit

 

Our services

  • Production of customized formats and alloys, also special alloys  
  • Alloys for welding wire production
  • Process technology for high-quality, near net shape semi-products for direct processing of the semi-finished products (e.g. forging) 
  • Infrastructure for extended casting tests including peripheral equipment

Technical Data

manufacturer
  • HPI - High Performance Industries
 
furnace capacity
  • 100 kg to 1.600 kg aluminum
  • Casting in single or multiple strands
 
formats Round ingots
  • Ø 50 – 60 – 70 – 95 – 100 – 134 – 203 mm
  • Other formats (oval, rectangular) on request
 
casting speed
  • 0 mm/s to 20 mm/s
 
flying saw
  • maximum strand length: ~ 12 m
 
cooling
  • Two cooling systems
  • max. power: 13 m³/hr