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How we do it
Our state-of-the-art investment casting manufacturing complex in Hartford, Wisconsin is the showcase for Continuous Flow Manufacturing. The entire complex – from top to bottom, one end to the other – is designed to facilitate the efficient, unbroken flow of castings.
In addition, Signicast is also committed to “Complete to Print” manufacturing capabilities. In other words, in addition to providing world class investment casting services, we also perform additional high quality operations, including machining, heat treatment, assembly, painting, finishing, and packaging, all in-house.
This means that an investment casting that typically takes others 12 weeks or longer to do, Signicast does in 5-10 days:
Click on a process to learn more about the specific process:
| PHASE | PROCESS | TRADITIONAL TIME | SIGNICAST TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Product Launch | Tooling | 6-8 weeks | 1-4 weeks |
| Samples | 4-6 weeks | 1-2 weeks | |
| Customer Approval | 1-2 weeks | 1-2 weeks | |
| 1st Production | 8-10 weeks | 1-2 weeks | |
| TOTAL | 19-26 weeks | 4-10 weeks | |
| Re-Order Production | Order Queue | 28-56 days | 1-14 days |
| Wax | 4-7 days | 14 hours | |
| Dip | 7-14 days | 29 hours | |
| Dewax | 2-5 days | 5 hours | |
| Cast | 3-5 days | 18 hours | |
| Clean | 3-7 days | 12 hours | |
| Heat Treat | 5-10 days | 20 hours | |
| Finish | 4-5 days | 20 hours | |
| Ship | 1-2 days | 4 hours | |
| TOTAL | 8-16 weeks | 1-4 weeks | |
Secondary Operations |
Machine | 14-21 days | 24 hours |
| Paint/Plate | 7-14 days | 4-120 hours | |
| Assemble | 7-14 days | 12 hours | |
| TOTAL | 4-8 weeks | 3 days |
