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AMPO FOUNDRY HAS COLLABORATED WITH A LEADING SCREW PUMPS MANUFACTURER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SEALED TWIN SCREW PUMP

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AMPO FOUNDRY, an international leader in stainless steel and high alloy castings, has collaborated with a leading screw pumps manufacturer on the complex geometry castings development for a new sealed twin screw pump for chemical and petrochemical sectors.

This new and innovative pump has been recently launched in ACHEMA exhibition and it eliminates the need for mechanical seals and complex seal supply systems, and enable customers to handle harmful substances without polluting the environment. AMPO FOUNDRY has produced high added value castings for this innovative screw pump.

For this project, the parts have been produced in our brand new automated Ceramic Moulding facility. The automation of this process has allowed AMPO to increase its competitiveness, offering a capacity of up to 240 tonnes per month and 60 parts a day.

Moreover, all of the components can also be fully-machined on a brand new 5 axis machining center with FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System).

AMPO FOUNDRY is an international leader in the development of customized and high added value castings for pumps, valves, marine and power generation.

AMPO FOUNDRY PROVIDES STAINLESS STEEL & FULLY MACHINED CASTINGS FOR A WORLD LEADING ROTARY VALVES MANUFACTURER

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A world leading rotary valves manufacturer has trusted in AMPO FOUNDRY for the manufacture of finish machined stainless steel castings for its rotary valves. Those valves will be used for food and pharmaceutical applications worldwide.

Rotary valves are one of the most common means of feeding pneumatic conveyance systems, both pressure and vacuum types. There are many other applications where they are used simply for metering of a controlled feed rate. It is a compact mechanical device for continuously discharging bulk powders or granules under gravity flow and it is mainly used for food and pharmaceutical applications, such as in this case.

Common product characteristics, including being sticky, cohesive, corrosive, tendency to “build-up” on the swept surfaces, etc., are compatible with the use of stainless steel with polished or non-stick coated surfaces.

Consequently, all of the castings that AMPO FOUNDRY will supply will be stainless steel parts with excellent surface finish and will be produced using Ceramic Moulding Technology, which enables AMPO to offer large cast components as well as complex geometries, with the best surface finishes.

This moulding technology is moreover highly automated, and this has enabled it to increase its competitiveness.

All the components will be fully machined on a 5-axis machining center with FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System).  AMPO is currently completing the construction of a new 12,500m2 machining workshop in Idiazabal (Spain), where it has invested in intelligent machine tools.  Ampo’s machined components will provide the customer with a significant added value, i.e. a reduction in total cost and delivery lead time, in addition to improving quality control.

 

AMPO FOUNDRY SUPPLIES DISTRICT HEATING VALVE COMPONENTS

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An international leading manufacturer of district heating valves for the entire heating network (from district heating power stations to pumping stations and individual buildings), has put trust in AMPO FOUNDRY for the manufacture of large size (>DN1000) stainless steel and pre-machined parts.

In order to offer customers the widest possible range of castings and best solutions AMPO has four production lines. In this case, for the development of this project, AMPO will use its cutting edge sand moulding facilities and all of the components will also be pre-machined on a 5 axis machining center with FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System). AMPO is currently completing the construction of a new 12,500 m2 machining workshop in Idiazabal (Spain), where it has invested in intelligent machine tools. AMPO’s machined components will provide customers with a significant added value, i.e. a reduction in total cost and delivery lead times, in addition to improving quality control.

The weight of the components will vary from 600 kgs to 1.2 tonnes.

At AMPO FOUNDRY customers can find the most updated know-how and engineering services, offering the most reliable solutions for district energy networks, power plants and internal heating and cooling systems for buildings.

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.