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AMPO FOUNDRY PROVIDES AFTERMARKET SERVICES TO WORLDWIDE PUMP USERS

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Major pump manufacturers are relying on AMPO’s aftermarket service to manufacture complete machined pump components such as impellers, diffusers, suction bells, column pipes, bearing housings, chambers and bowls with really short delivery times.

At AMPO clients can find the most updated know-how and engineering services, including Reverse Engineering and Magma Soft simulations to offer and achieve reliable aftermarket pump solutions.

In the manufacturing of pump components for the aftermarket sector, AMPO implements the latest patternless casting technology in order to obtain high quality castings with dimensional accuracy and improved quality surface finish. With this patternless casting method, ceramic shells are produced in AMPO within a day.

Moreover, once the components are produced, AMPO FOUNDRY has an in-house laboratory and the latest NDT facilities (3D Dimensional Control, X-ray, Dye penetrant tests, magnetic particles, ultrasonic tests, PMI, etc.) in order to ensure the reliability of pump components.

AMPO also offers customized services such as pressure tests, balancing, pre-assembly and painting of components.

AMPO team guarantees a prompt response to customer needs wherever they may be; the organization has a clear orientation towards the development of components with short delivery requirements.  Pump assemblies in West Africa, Middle East, USA, China and India are currently being powered using AMPO components.

AMPO TO MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY KEY COMPONENTS FOR MARINE PROPULSION SECTOR

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Top of the class waterjet manufacturers are relying on AMPO´s latest casting technologies in order to develop critical performance components for waterjets.

Components that were traditionally designed either as sand castings or fabrications are now able to switch to Ceramic Moulding and Shaped Centrifugal Casting processes in order to achieve shorter lead times and improved surface finishes.

AMPO has made significant investments in both processes; last November AMPO opened a new fully automated Ceramic Moulding facility which has increased its Ceramic Moulding capacity up to 240 tons per month and 60 parts a day, quadrupling its previous capacity.

In addition, AMPO has also received a patent for its SCC (Shaped Centrifugal Casting) process, where by using different tools and techniques, complex external geometries and improved casting quality are obtained from centrifugal castings.

Impellers, Housings and Diffusers, along with other marine components are now being manufactured using these processes benefitting from significant cost and quality improvements being obtained including: reduced weights, rapid prototyping / patternless moulding, improved casting integrity and surface finishes.

Diverse vessels including Coast guard, passanger ferry boats and wind farm service boats will be propelled by AMPO components.

AMPO FOUNDRY SUPPLIES 100 PUMP CASTINGS IN SUPERDUPLEX MATERIAL FOR A DESALINATION PLANT IN OMAN

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AMPO FOUNDRY, an international leader in stainless steel and high alloy castings, has recently supplied around 100 pump castings in superduplex (Gr5A) for BARKA DESALINATION project, a consortium gathering SUEZ and its partners in order to finance, construct and operate a sea water desalination plant in Barka (Oman).

The customer, a worldwide pump manufacturer, has trusted in AMPO FOUNDRY for the manufacturing of 100 pump castings such as impellers, volute bodies, side plates, etc.

The weight of whole the components come to 30 tonnes.

 AMPO has a wide experience in the manufacturing of superduplex (Gr5A) components and it has the NORSOK certificate for whole the moulding processes. It also should be noted that it has three heat treatment furnaces with a capacity of 8 tonnes, which are also approved to NORSOK standards. It has been all this, together with the Ceramic Moulding process, which has made the customer entrust the development of all these pump castings to AMPO.

The Ceramic Moulding process is the ideal production line to obtain excellent surface finishes, which in turn is essential to achieve an optimum pump performance.

In order to offer customers the widest possible range of castings and best solutions AMPO has 4 production lines. For the development and manufacturing of these pump components for the project in Barka, AMPO has used 3 of these processes: sand moulding, ceramic moulding and centrifugal spinning. Each line uses the most advanced technologies on the market and it is important to mention that, for example, AMPO has recently proceed with the automation of the Ceramic Moulding process, which has enabled AMPO to start offering large cast components and complex geometries through this process. This automation has also enabled it to increase its competitiveness.

On the other hand, in order to ensure the reliability of all these pump castings, AMPO has carried out the following Non Destructive Tests: X-ray, dye penetrant tests, magnetic particles, ultrasonic tests, picking and 3D dimensional control.

The reverse osmosis desalination plant in the Sultanate of Oman will start supplying potable water in April 2018, which will have a capacity of 281,000m3 per day.

Opening ceremony of the new ceramic moulding facility at Ampo Foundry

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AMPO opened last November10th a new Ceramic Moulding facility, which will enable the company to offer large and complex shape investment casting components. The automation of the process will also allow AMPO to increase its competitiveness.

With the new facility AMPO will increase its Ceramic Moulding capacity up to 240 tons per month and 60 parts a day, quadrupling its current capacity.

The opening ceremony was attended by more than 30 representatives of large multinationals. Apart of visiting the new facilities, they also had the opportunity to contrast the current strategy of AMPO, being the European leader of stainless steel foundries.

The investment plan of 30M€ includes a new 12,500m2 machining shop with integrated Flexible Machining Systems.

With this new Ceramic Moulding production line, AMPO will offer high added value valve, pump, marine, separation & power generation components. Large leading groups of the sector such as ROLLS ROYCE, FLOWSERVE, METSO, VELAN, etc. who attended the opening ceremony already rely on this technology to develop their castings at AMPO.

Ceramic moulding process development for large parts

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Our AMPO FOUNDRY’s ceramic castings will be a strategic process in forthcoming years, which is why we have decided to boost and develop market penetration in this area. The advantages of this type of casting are clear: lower weights, better surface finishes, quality improvements, less milling required, tighter machining tolerances and rapid prototyping.

To offer our clients all these improvements AMPO has decided to develop this technology and to invest in a new Replicast facility. This will enable AMPO to offer large size casting components as well as increase its competitiveness thanks to process automation. Moreover, AMPO will increase its Ceramic Moulding capacity up to 240 tons per month and 60 parts a day, quadrupling its current capacity. With this technology AMPO will be able to offer customers more competitive pattern prices for short series.

As a result AMPO FOUNDRY will offer ceramic casting components for valves, pumps, marine and power generation. Large groups in the sector already rely on this technology in order to develop their new castings in AMPO. Moreover, with the development of this technology AMPO will also be able to ensure a brilliant service for After Market solutions.