Military And Defense Die Casting
When you choose Elimold for your military and defense casting needs, you gain a reliable partner dedicated to exceeding your expectations. Our skilled staff will work with you to understand your specific requirements and create a personalized solution. We are committed to guaranteeing the best quality and efficiency for your military castings, from original design and prototype to full-scale manufacturing.
Military & Defense Die Casting Services
Are you a military equipment contractor? Do you need to ensure the right equipment and tooling is produced? Military companies rely on high-quality products to ensure their safety. It is because of this service that military product contractors must choose the most reliable and trusted foundry for defense aluminum casting services.
Elimold’s foundry is proud to provide military-grade die castings to military companies in countries around the world. Only the best die casting foundries can meet the challenges of military specifications and certifications. That’s why when you choose us, you will get the quality assurance, high-quality capabilities, and solid military die casting custom parts you need. Contact us today to learn more about how we can provide you with quality military castings.
Leading Supplier of Military Grade Die Castings
At Elimold, we are proud to provide unparalleled military grade die casting services that meet the rigorous requirements of the global military and defense industry. Our commitment to quality, precision, and durability has made us a leader among suppliers that can provide components that meet the highest standards of strength and reliability. By choosing our military grade die casting solutions, you are entrusting your needs to a team that understands that every detail is critical in military applications.
Our casting processes for the military and defense industry allow us to create parts with outstanding precision and integrity, making them ideal for the complex and demanding environments encountered in military and defense custom equipment projects. By utilizing cutting-edge technology and advanced metallurgy, we can produce castings that not only meet, but exceed our customers’ stringent requirements. From aerospace components to military equipment, Elimold has the expertise to provide high-quality die castings that ensure maximum performance and durability.
Your DFAR & ITAR Certified Investment Casting Foundry
Choosing a DFAR and ITAR certified foundry like Elimold to produce military-grade products ensures you are working with a supplier that adheres to the strict regulations and standards required for defense-related projects. Our certification demonstrates our commitment to security, quality, and reliability in every aspect of our operations. This ensures your project is treated with the utmost confidentiality and expertise, keeping sensitive information and materials secure throughout the production process.
The benefits of working with Elimold extend beyond compliance. Our Military & Defense Die Casting services offer exceptional design flexibility, allowing for the production of complex shapes and intricate details while reducing waste and increasing repeatability. This efficiency, combined with our advanced quality control processes, ensures that every casting produced by our foundry meets the stringent specifications and durability required for military applications. Working with Elimold, you benefit from faster lead times, cost benefits, and the assurance that components are manufactured to the highest standards.
Our capabilities
Elimold produces castings of all sizes, but our specialty is large castings. We utilize both static and centrifugal casting techniques and have the following capabilities:
- Casting weights up to 35,000 lbs
- Centrifugal cast parts up to 80 inches in length
- Centrifugal cast parts up to 158 inches in outside diameter
- Static cast parts have no size restrictions
Our facility features a machine shop that enables us to deliver finished castings with precise dimensions. This simplifies the customer supply chain by eliminating time-consuming off-site secondary machining steps. The shop has advanced CNC equipment capable of machining parts with the following features:
- 150″ OD
- 80″ Length
- Tolerances of +/- .001″
Our Manufacturing Services
Elimold offers best-in-class manufacturing capabilities, ideal for rapid prototyping and custom production orders. With our own facilities and extensive manufacturing network, we are able to efficiently deliver complex, high-quality parts.
Sand Casting
Investment Casting
Die Casting
Low Pressure Casting
Permanent Mold Casting
Lost Foam Casting
Centrifugal Casting
Vacuum Casting
In-House Military and Defense Parts Manufacturing Factory
Our fully vertically integrated ISO/AS:9100 certified and NADCAP accredited FlowForming manufacturing facility has extensive expertise in reducing the average amount of raw material required for its products by over 70%. Our FlowForming facility regularly converts machined castings, machined forgings, weldments, and machined inputs to significantly reduce the amount of raw material required compared to other manufacturing processes. Our FlowForming facility engineers/manufacturing experts frequently provide important DFM (Design for Manufacturability) recommendations to our customers. Our engineering and manufacturing teams provide recommendations using the FlowformingPlus concept to deliver turnkey, line-ready parts and assemblies produced in our vertically integrated manufacturing process. We have had great success in converting multi-piece assemblies as well as machined castings and machined forgings using the FlowForming process to significantly reduce costs and improve products. Our FlowForming facility produces a variety of components and assemblies for aircraft skins, military automotive parts, electronic equipment housings, and a variety of test equipment. Our FlowForming facility is ISO 9001:2015, AS 9100, and NADCAP certified. Additionally, our specialized coating facility is ISO:9001, AS:9100, and ITIR certified. Our mechanical casting and forging facilities supply a wide variety of turnkey mechanical components used in the military and defense industries.
Design, Prototyping and Engineering Support
Elimold’s expert engineering services assist customers at every stage of the product lifecycle. Not only do we manufacture castings to our customers’ exact specifications, we also provide design and development assistance. Utilizing our advanced engineering tools, we can go from design blueprints to 3D prototypes in a short period of time. Our CAD CAM services and casting software allow us to accurately simulate and validate all manufacturing procedures.
ProCast Software Use
ProCast is a widely recognized simulation tool in product design and process development that improves casting quality and yield in military and defense casting manufacturing. It uses Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to simulate the casting process with amazing accuracy and facilitates a better understanding of the solidification process.
With powerful, cutting-edge capabilities developed in conjunction with leading research institutions, ProCast is a comprehensive and accurate casting software solution that meets the needs of the military and defense industry. An essential tool for engineering castings, ProCast reduces manufacturing expenses, shortens mold development time, and improves the quality of the casting process compared to traditional methods. Less than 13% of foundries worldwide have access to this valuable casting simulation software.
Complete casting quality inspection system
Our quality assurance process is built into every step of the production line. We can ensure that orders are completed without errors or defects. Elimold Casting has been an industry leader since its inception, providing you with reliable and trustworthy castings. Always strive for the best, never compromise. Come to us and enjoy our defense and military casting services. The inspections we perform for defense and military casting services include the following:
X-Ray Inspection
Digital radiography utilizes X-ray scanning and digital sensors to provide high-detail scans of our products. This imaging can provide insights into our castings’ thickness, defects, and quality. The digital readout provides instant feedback and immediate defect detection in any of our products.
Chemical/Physical Testing
A full array of chemical and physical tests are done throughout our production line, including Spectrometry to ensure alloy composition, Brinell Hardness and Test Bar Tensile Testing for strength, Sand Analysis for our no-bake & green sand composition, and gauging for exact measurements.
LPI Inspection
Liquid Penetration Testing ensures no components have cracked or been damaged after cooling. In this test, a fluorescent dye is applied to the element, and a dry powder is used to draw out and highlight cracks or other defects in the material’s surface so they can be discarded.
First Article Inspection
The first batch of every new process is sampled for a first article inspection. This quality check allows us to ensure we correctly perform our castings according to your specifications and needs. This inspection includes hardness, conductivity, dimensions, and other design requirements.
Elimold Advantages for Military and Defense Precision Die Castings
There are many reasons to choose Elimold as your supplier for precision military die casting needs. Our team of experts is results-oriented and offers the following approaches for your military and defense die casting needs.
- Engineering-focused with a strong focus on metal casting
- Custom design and build your tooling in-house
- Experienced with complex geometries and hard-to-make parts
- Ability to process high-volume die castings
- Various material options, including ferrous and non-ferrous alloys
- In-house CNC machining capabilities to complete your metal castings
- One-stop service for die castings and casting components
- Consistent quality guaranteed
- Our team is comprised of highly skilled and experienced toolmakers, engineers, casting and production technicians that you won’t find anywhere else.
Military Casting Materials and Processes
At Elimold, we will help you determine which material is best for your product. In general, our die casting process provides an ideal solution for military castings. The process produces castings that are perfect for weight, strength and casting integrity, as well as airtight components with high tensile results.
We also offer a variety of casting methods, allowing you to choose the casting method that best suits your project. Our advanced investment casting and commercial grade investment casting processes ensure high accuracy, precision, design flexibility, consistency and repeatability, and low initial tooling costs.
All parts we manufacture for this industry are durable, wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant and of high quality, regardless of the process used. Our services include technical drawings, rapid prototyping (if necessary), machining and heat treatment (if necessary).
Value-added Services
We offer a wide range of value-added services including broaching, induction hardening, nitro carburizing, black oxide, E-coating, A-coating, powder coating, bushing assembly, etc. In addition to casting and machining, Elimold often provides complete sub-assemblies to customers and performs plating, special heat treatment, broaching, coating, painting, part marking, laser marking and assembly according to customer requirements. This can reduce your overall costs and the number of suppliers required.
Parts manufactured for the military and defense industries
The casting process is able to produce relatively complex shapes from materials that have high strength, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance. As a result, cast metal alloys are used in many defense and military applications.
- Avionics: aircraft engine parts, structural components
- Tank components: precision parts for engines, transmission components
- Naval parts: propellers, valves, missile components
- Communication equipment: casings and components for secure radios and field communication devices
- Protective gear: components for body armor, helmets, and shields
- Optical devices: mounts and housing for scopes, night vision equipment, and laser systems
- Unmanned systems: intricate parts for drones and robotic equipment
3D Printed Die Casting Mold
In addition to our ability to produce high-quality defense and military castings utilizing a no-bake production process, we can assist your organization in the rapid development and prototyping of new parts by producing 3D printed sand molds or 3D printed polygonal models from a model.
Additive manufacturing allows us to quickly produce castings while also eliminating tooling costs. As with any form of 3D printing, thin layers of material are printed in a preset geometry until the finished part is created. 3D printed sand molds are created by layering a binder resin into thin layers of a specific grade of sand. The 3D printer builds up successive layers of sand, producing a finished mold with a high degree of dimensional accuracy. The molds are carefully designed to achieve extremely high printing accuracy.
Contact us today to get started on your next project
Discover the benefits of Elimold’s defense and military die casting services. Contact us today to discuss your casting requirements and learn how our high-quality, precision-engineered die cast components can improve the performance and reliability of your military applications. Trust us with our knowledge and experience and we will prove why we are the casting supplier of choice.