Your draft stands at the beginning. We support you with it by feasibility studies, optimisation and value analyses with regard to the material, casting design and casting method according to FMEA systematics.

In order to shorten your development time and to keep modification costs after the design phase as low as possible, we offer co-design, FEM analysis as well as mould filling and solidification simulation within the scope of simultaneous engineering.

We deliver first display models in plastic 3D printing process or as milled parts from solid material. If you require near-series properties or wish a pilot run or mini-series, core casting parts with relatively filigree contouring and low model costs are the first choice.

With the choice of the proper alloy, you define the properties of your serial product. Properties and casting characteristics have an influence on the product design. At HEUSCHKEL, you find standard and special alloys in aluminium and zinc. We advise you in the selection of the suitable alloy for your product.

Moulds, punching tools, jigs and fixtures as well as core models are designed, constructed using 3D systems and optimised through simulations internally. The realisation is implemented in our internal mould and toolmaking unit, through specialised partners or via our established network of Asian suppliers.

Cold-chamber casting

Dosage of molten material in piston chamber, mould filling process in 3 phases:
1: Lead of shot plunger, molten material up to cut
2: Mould filling shot in the millisecond range
3: Static hold pressure for sealed feeding

— Economic alternative to chill and low-pressure casting at high numbers of pieces
— Controlled slow, low-turbulence (laminar) mould filling in phase 2 at wall thicknesses ≥ 4 mm

Hot-chamber casting

High productivity and tool service lives, in contrast to cold-chamber casting the shot plunger is integrated in the holding furnace. This method is unsuitable for aluminium due to the higher process temperatures and the chemical affinity Al-Fe. Blank finish: punching, blasting, smoothing

Machining is carried out using CAM/CNC technologies, with vertical and horizontal machining centres to 5-axis technology.

We offer among other things:
_Smoothing, blasting
_Anodic oxidation (anodising, hard-coating)
_Cathodic dip painting (KTL method)
_Powder coating
_Wet painting
_Chromate coating
_Zinc coating

The completion of machined and finished cast parts with external components up to the assembled component ready for installation completes our system offering. Of course, our experts even take over full control of complex value chains as well.