Complex Shapes

Shelmet produces complex shapes with high precision for most industrial applications

Shelmet

Complex Shapes

PO Box 95
550 County Highway GH
Wild Rose, WI 54984

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+1 (920) 622-3344

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Shelmet provides a seamless movement from design to final product with exacting precision.  Particularly, we focus on technical accuracy that achieves ISO 9001:2015 standards Shelmet emphasizes quality into every stage of your investment casting project.

From project start,  dimensional tolerances and surface finish benchmarks are defined meeting industry standards. As a result, you are ensured that your delivery of metal castings adhere to customer expectations.

Precision Investment Casting Complex Shapes

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Tight Tolerances from Shelmet Investment Casting

Refining Complicated Structures

Shelmet Precision Investment Casting specializes in producing complex shapes with high precision for a range of industrial applications. During more than 60 years of investment casting experience Shelmet demonstrates expertise in manufacturing components with intricate features such as detailed ribbing and smooth transitional geometries.  As a result, the process is highly efficient, minimizing material waste and  offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional machining.

Precision investment casting showcases exceptional proficiency in transforming highly detailed designs into tangible, high-quality components. Various design elements exemplify intricate capabilities of the process:

  1. Complex Flow Passages: Used in fluid systems components such as pump impellers or hydraulic manifolds, these passages may include intricate curves and pathways that are challenging to manufacture with other methods.
  2. Detailed Valve Components: Essential for regulating flow in industrial and commercial applications, these components often feature precise internal geometries for fluid control.
  3. Communication Equipment Housings: Enclosures for electronic devices, requiring exact dimensions for fit and function, often with complex internal features for component accommodation.
  4. Industrial Gear Components: Gears for machinery, characterized by their precise tooth profiles and fit specifications for power transmission.
  5. Threaded Fittings and Connectors: Used in plumbing, heating, and industrial applications, these parts require detailed internal threading and profiles for secure and leak-free connections.

At Shelmet, we prioritize our client’s needs, ensuring that every component we produce aligns with your expectations for quality and performance. We produce precision investment castings that make Shelmet your reliable business partner toward your own business success.

Complex Shapes in Industrial Applications

Versatility and precision across various sectors through Shelmet Precision Investment Casting is demonstrated by delivering components with a high degree of complexity:
Agricultural Precision: Specialized for the rigors of the agricultural sector, investment casting produces robust components like soil engagement tools and pivot points for machinery, ensuring longevity and high performance in demanding farming environments.
Energy Sector Reliability: Investment casting is crucial in energy applications, supplying heavy-duty parts such as turbine blades, precise valve internals, and durable components for circuit protection devices that are fundamental to consistent energy production and distribution.
Electronics Miniaturization: The method is particularly effective in the electronics industry, where it is used to create compact, high-precision parts such as connector housings. Furthermore, it facilitates the miniaturization trend by producing intricate switchgear components that maintain both functionality and reliability.
Power Grid Automation: Within the innovative realm of power grid automation, investment casting is key to fabricating critical components for smart grid technologies, including exacting parts for automated switchgears, ensuring seamless operation and advanced grid management.
Industrial Machinery: It delivers high-strength, wear-resistant parts for industrial machines, from complex drive components to precision fluid system connectors, bolstering the machinery’s performance and durability.
Each application displays Shelmet Precision Investment Casting’s ability to handle demanding specifications with a high level of detail, making it an essential process for industries requiring both precision and strength.

Resource Optimization in Precision Investment Casting

Precision investment casting excels in manufacturing efficiency and material conservation. It’s a process that aligns with streamlined production methods, making it possible to produce complex components without unnecessary waste.

Especially, this approach is not only cost-effective but investment casting also aligns with modern, lean manufacturing principles.   Shelmet  demonstrates the capability of investment casting to support sophisticated production goals with minimal resource expenditure.   In particular, the process optimally balances material input and production needs.

Therefore, you benefit with results in an integrated manufacturing cycle that delivers exceptional products that meet honest lead times.

Shelmet provides clients with a metal casting process, characterized by meticulous precision, customized solutions, and provides expected timely delivery.

“At Shelmet, we ensure that client specifications, efficient material utilization, and product performance are at the forefront of every order, providing outstanding quality and service.”

“We Do What We Say We Will Do.”

Customers know what to expect from Shelmet at the onset of the investment casting project and on through to delivery.