Pirate your next Castings

In the shadow of cannon smoke and creaking sails, one rogue defies the ordinary plunder. Forget gold doubloons and barrels of rum, this pirate has his eyes set on a different kind of treasure: industrial goods. But these are not just any goods. These are carefully crafted sand castings. The last grains of sand are still visible like gemstones. This scene looks torn from the script of Pirates of the Caribbean, but it can be your reality minus the cannons, smoke and ships. Welcome to the new age of piracy, where metallurgy meets mutiny.

The Sea is Treacherous and Thin

The trade winds have shifted and not in our favour. The map of open RFQs is empty, the once-bustling automotive trade routes now eerily quiet. Volumes are down, and they don’t look to be recovering anytime soon. New products? Scarce. And where they do exist, cutthroat price wars rage like storms over open sea. For small and mid-sized ships in the casting fleet, survival feels like clinging to driftwood. The overcapacity is immense, and fierce competitors from far away flood the market with prices no Central European foundry can hope to match without sinking into the depths.

To stay afloat, fresh cargo is needed, new products to keep the furnaces lit, and the crew paid. But developing new applications is a long voyage. Designs need to be drawn, and buyers need to be convinced. There must be a faster route.

Aye, there is a faster route.

Can You Plunder Existing Cargo?

Instead of chasing undiscovered applications, why not seize what’s already sailing? Sand and die castings, heavily laden and slow-moving, make ripe targets. In high volumes, these parts become expensive due to their long cycle time and parallel process chains, core-making, slow solidification, cooling towers, and vast infrastructure that drains coin like a leaky hull.

That’s where your foundry can enter this opportunity.

But Not with the Old Cannons

High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) has tried to storm these decks before and failed. The materials are not made for it. The tool lifetime is too short, and the high solidification interval makes porosity a lightweighting feature. Alloys like AlSi7Mg (A356/A357) require finesse, not brute force.

In short: it’s a lost battle with conventional artillery. But what if you had a different method to enter the world of these castings and take them away from the entrenched foundries?

That weapon is Rheocasting.

With it, you can tame the same alloys, like the AlSi7Mg, and match the porosity and strength of traditional sand and die castings. Better still, you can redesign the parts to reduce wall thickness and add ribs, enhancing function while slashing costs. All while casting faster, cleaner, and leaner.

The buyer gets a better price. You keep a handsome margin. The trade winds turn in your favour. Vehicles have to lose a lot of weight to ensure high ranges for electric trucks and pass the upcoming EURO-7 specifications.

So what are you waiting for, Captain?

Set sail. Hunt down those sand castings. And claim your unfair advantage. If you don’t know how, hire an experienced pilot to accompany you with the Rheocasting Expert on Demand.