Automobile Manufacturing

The automotive parts industry must balance mass production capacity, precision requirements, and cost control when choosing casting services. Three service categories each have their own focus:

Sand casting: This is the mainstream choice for automotive parts. Automotive parts are often mass-produced (e.g., engine blocks, chassis brackets, and wheel hubs). These parts have relatively regular shapes (without overly complex internal cavities or curved surfaces). Sand casting enables efficient mass production at a low cost, meeting the automotive industry’s demand for “large-scale standardization.”

Investment casting: This is suitable for critical parts with high precision and complex shapes, such as turbocharger blades and transmission gears. These parts must withstand high temperatures and high pressures, and require extremely high dimensional accuracy (e.g., blade curvature) and surface finish. The near-net-shape capabilities of investment casting reduce subsequent machining and ensure consistent performance.

CNC machining: This serves as a “precision supplement” to casting. Core automotive components (such as crankshafts and connecting rods) require strict dimensional tolerance control (such as shaft diameter tolerance +0.01mm). After sand or investment casting, key surfaces (such as connecting holes and locating grooves) are fine-machined through CNC machining to ensure assembly accuracy and operational stability.