Tag: SCC

AMPO SIGNS A TECHNOLOGICAL COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH CTI

Posted on by admin

AMPO and CTI (Castings Technology International) have signed a collaborative agreement whereby CTI will provide consulting services as well as functional advice to AMPO in order to provide higher added value to AMPO Foundry’s customers.

This agreement will help AMPO to continue to offer the most innovative and reliable solutions in the market to its customers, working together with CTI to further the development of several improvement and research lines including Ceramic Moulding, Shaped Centrifugal Castings (SCC), high alloy steels, patternless technology, production of bronze castings, etc.

AMPO FOUNDRY, which is based in Idiazabal, Spain and is a leader in service and the development and production of special material castings, has trusted in CTI due to its knowledge and experience in the development of advanced casting solutions. With this agreement AMPO, foresees a technological leap forward, applying the knowledge and methodology that CTI has previously implemented in sectors such as aeronautics, and optimizing its processes in terms of quality, service and cost.

AMPO TO MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY KEY COMPONENTS FOR MARINE PROPULSION SECTOR

Posted on by admin

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.