Schneeberger mineral casting parts offer decisive cost and benefit advantages

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Mineral casting is a multi-component material that is cast in the cold-casting process using accurately dimensioned negative forms. The components are – as stated in the name – minerals and binders, in our case an epoxy resin. The mineral part amounts to approximately 90% of the weight, the properties of this material therefore determine the final-properties of the product.

In contrary to metallic raw materials hardening causes very low shrinkage. This enables us to cast „near-net-shape“ machinery components requesting only final grinding or a precision molding process.

The use and cast-in of foreign materials, and joining together by gluing, are standard proceedings. The material has a lower stability than metal but offers other, additional and very interesting properties. Especially in the machine building industry, the use of such parts offers decisive cost/benefit advantages.

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