Meet Our Giants:
In-cell melting ideal for giant casting simple.
Thanks to decades of experience in high-efficiency, melting, holding, and dosing technology, we’ve developed a flexible, modular suite of options to meet your needs. Perfectly.
Today’s aluminium castings are getting bigger all the time, especially thanks to the global shift towards electric vehicles. Giant casting machines with massive closing forces are needed to meet this demand. They also need feeding with a lot of metal – up to 200 kg per shot in some cases.
Transferring the volume of molten aluminium required, either by forklift or transfer ladle, is not practical or efficient, especially when melting furnaces are located separately to die casting halls. In-cell melting is the ideal solution, supporting the high metal throughput you need for casting large structural components at the speed and quality expected by end-customers.
Step one: Tell us your spec and we’ll find your furnace
LeanMelter is based on StrikoWestofen’ s high efficiency, high metal yield shaft melting furnaces StrikoMelter. With a range of design options to match you specific melting rate, layout constraints and charging material combinations, we’ve got a furnace solution to match.
Step two: Choose what’s next for your metal
When it comes to what happens next, we also have a variety of options to meet your specific needs:
- LeanMelter “just” with bale-out: Your LeanMelter melting furnace connects directly to our efficient, highly durable flanged bale-out pocket. If you want to, you can ladle directly from here to the shot sleeve. If not, we’ve got a couple more options for you.
- HBT + metal treatment: If degassing with an impeller pump, fluxing or re-alloying are an important part of your process, don’t panic. This can all be carried out in your holding furnace. Once your molten metal is treated, you can ladle directly from the HBT 4000’s pocket. But what happens if your ladle isn’t big enough or your robot isn’t strong enough to cope with the large volumes required? We’ve got that covered to. A pump system ensures fast, efficient transfer to your dosing furnace.
- HBT + dosing furnace: Any of our proven dosing furnaces are compatible with your In-cell-melting set-up: Westomat Classic, Duomat or Westomat Plus+. Direct connection with the holding furnace via the fully automated pumping system and launder ensures the dosing furnace is fed with the right amount of metal at the right time. Our dosing furnaces are designed for melt quality optimization (metal loss of just 0.06%), very high dosing speeds and precision. And with models like the Westomat 4300 Duo able to hold large volumes of melt, this combination is perfect for fast, high quality giant casting.
Streamline your casting process—get in touch today
Looking to reduce metal transfer risks and save space on the foundry floor? Our in-cell melting solutions combine melting, holding and dosing in one compact system—boosting safety, efficiency and productivity. Contact us to explore how this could transform your casting cell setup.
