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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 PATTERNLESS SERVICES FOR LARGE SAND CASTING COMPONENTS

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AMPO FOUNDRY has developed Patternless Services for the production of large sand casting parts, with a maximum moulding box size of 3000mm x 3000mm, in order to meet customer requirements and continuously adapt to market needs.

This technology has been developed by the Engineering team of AMPO hand in hand with an International Research Centre, as well as with the guidance and the essential contribution of one of its main customers, obtaining an optimum patternless casting method. 

Due to this, AMPO has manufactured by Patternless and Sand Moulding technologies, a 48” butterfly valve body and disc for one of our main global customers.

With this technology there is no need to manufacture wooden patterns. Consequently, it is a very cost-effective way of producing one-off or small production run castings, with the following benefits; lead time reduction, manufacturing cost reduction, high integrity and dimensional accuracy castings, appropriate surface finishes, etc.

In order to offer customers the widest possible range of castings and best solutions, AMPO also has a completely integrated patternless service for small and medium size components within its cutting-edge Ceramic Moulding production line.

At AMPO FOUNDRY customers can find the most updated know-how and engineering services, offering the most reliable and competitive solutions, as well as aftermarket services.

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 PROVIDES COMPRESSOR CASTINGS

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A European-based American compressor manufacturer has trusted in AMPO FOUNDRY for the manufacture of a significant number of half-finished compressor castings.

In order to offer customers the widest possible range of castings and best solutions AMPO has 4 production lines: Sand Moulding, Ceramic Moulding, Shaped Centrifugal Casting (SCC) and Centrifugal spinning.

For the development and manufacturing of these compressor castings AMPO has used the Ceramic Moulding Technology, which enables the company to offer large cast components as well as complex geometries. This Moulding technology is moreover highly automatic, and this has enabled it to increase its competitiveness.

All these compressor castings have been tailor made in order to meet the requirements of the American customer. In addition to this, it should be noted that for the compressor manufacturer Service was a key factor in this project, and through AMPO’s “patternless” technology, both supplier and customer have been able to fulfill their commitments regarding to delivery times. Few months ago, so short delivery times were unimaginable.