HAL Foundry and Forge

F&F Shop

Powder Metallurgy Shop Non-Ferrous Foundry Pattern Shop

Magnesium Foundry Ring Rolling Shop Rubber Shop
Die Shop Machine Shop Shape Memory
Development Department CMPL Lab Quality Control
Marketing
LPSC RPT
Investment Casting

 Process
 Wax Pattern (KC3898)
 Attachment of Riser and Runner
 Moulding
 Auto clave Process
 Mould Preheating(1000 c)
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 Melting
 Al-Resistance Furnace
 Steel-Induction Furnace
 Superalloy(Ni)- Vacuum Induction
 Mould wrapped with Glass Wool
 Poring
 Solidification
 Fettling
Investment Casting

 Testing
1. X-Ray
2. Heat Treatment
3. FPT & MPI
General Forge

  A 3000-tonne hydraulic press
 A 10-tonne Counter blow hammer with a 500-tonne clipping press
  1 tonne gravity Drop hammer
 Pneumatic hammers of 1500 kg, 1000kg, 500 kg and 150 kg capacities
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 Annealing Heat Treatment

Heat treatment process is heating the material above the critical temperature.
heat treatment that alters the physical and sometimes chemical properties of a material to
increase its ductility and reduce its hardness, making it more workable.
It involves heating a material above its re-crystallization temperature, maintaining a suitable
temperature, and then cooling.
 Purpose
 To reduce hardness.
 To relieve internal Stresses.
 To improve machinability.
 Advantages
 It softens the steel. It reduces thermal stresses which occur due to temperature gradient. It
enhances and improves the machinability of steel. It increases the ductility of steel. It
enhances the toughness of steel. The grain size of the steel is refined.
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 Normalizing
 Provide uniformity in grain size and composition throughout an alloy. Uniform material
properties as produced with an.
Heating the steel just above its upper critical point creates grains much smaller than the
previous grains, which during cooling, form new grains with a further refined grain size. The
process produces a tougher, more ductile material, and eliminates columnar grains.
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 Hardening
 Improvement of the mechanical properties
 Increase in the level of hardness, producing a tougher, more durable item.
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 Tempering
Untempered martensitic steel, while very hard, is too brittle to be useful for most
applications. Most applications require that quenched parts be tempered. Tempering consists
of heating steel below the lower critical temperature, (often from 205 to 595 ˚C, depending on
the desired results), to impart some toughness. Higher tempering temperatures (Till 700 ˚C,
depending on the alloy and application) are sometimes used to impart further ductility,
although some yield strength is lost.