SICAST Foundry Capabilities

At SICAST, our in-house, CNC-equipped Pattern Shop plays a critical role in ensuring the dimensional accuracy, repeatability, and quality of every casting we produce. By combining craftsmanship with advanced CNC machining, we manufacture high-precision patterns that meet the complex requirements of diverse industrial applications.

• FLEXICAM XL 1515 (work area: 1.5 m × 1.5 m, axis clearance: 400 mm)
• FLEXICAM XL 2030 (work area: 3.0 m × 2.0 m, Z-axis clearance: 900 mm)
• FLEXICAM XL 2040 (work area: 4.0 m × 2.0 m, Z-axis clearance: 400 mm)

SICAST operates a high-end, fully automated OMEGA molding line designed for consistent quality, high repeatability, and efficient throughput.

• Process: Green sand, no-bake sand resin
• Mold size: 550 × 500 × 150/150 (Min) to 2,000 × 1,400 × 550/550 (Max)
• 45 ton/hour sand mixer with auto blend and IRIS auto pattern recognition
• Casting weight range: 25 kg to 5,000 kg

SICAST’s in-house laboratory is a cornerstone of our quality assurance system, built to verify chemistry, mechanical properties, and consistency across every production batch.

• Universal Testing Machine (0–600 kN)
• 32-element spectrometer
• Brinell hardness tester (62.5–3000 kgf)
• Rockwell hardness tester (1.0–250.0 kgf)

SICAST operates advanced melting facilities engineered to deliver consistent chemistry and dependable mechanical performance — heat after heat and batch after batch.

• Induction furnaces: 2T, 5T, and 9T with integrated auto-sintering programs
• 5T electric arc furnace
• Metallurgies: gray iron, ductile iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, austenitic and martensitic steels, duplex and super duplex, and nickel-based alloys

SICAST operates advanced heat-treatment facilities engineered to deliver controlled microstructure and dependable mechanical performance.

• Two 20T gas-fired furnaces with water, oil, and polymer quenching facilities
• Five 10T gas-fired furnaces for annealing, tempering, and stress-relieving cycles

SICAST’s integrated non-destructive testing (NDT) capabilities, backed by qualified personnel and advanced technology, help ensure every casting leaves our facility verified, certified, and ready for extreme-duty performance.

• Magnaflux 6,000 / 10,000 amp magnetic particle testing (dry & wet methods)
• Radiography: cobalt-60 and iridium-192 isotopes with two exposure bunkers
• Dye penetrant inspection cabins and ultrasonic testing
• ANSI Level 2 qualified operators for RT, UT, MT, and VT