Faster Deliveries and Flexible Production with Binder Jetting  

Wirco's investment in sand 3D printing technology paid off in speed, precision, and flexible manufacturing solutions

The value of core production made in-house binder jetting worth the investment for Wirco. 

Many cores at the foundry were assembled from multiple segments, requiring individual core boxes to produce individual parts that were then glued together. Some jobs even require skilled labor to place a wire between two core segments to provide additional strength. This manual assembly not only added to casting lead times, but also introduced the opportunity for inaccuracies and oversights in the process.

With binder jetting, core designs can be consolidated into single-piece prints, eliminating the need for assembly and the scrap from assembly errors. One core with previous quality claims was 3D printed as one piece, creating a clean intersection without seams where to cores previously were assembled together

"We had a case where were able to print a core in one piece. That really helped because the intersection of those two cores was where we had quality claims on that particular part before. With binder jetting we were able to mitigate that and have a clean intersection without seams.” 

 Derek Steidinger, Plant Manager, Wirco

Download the case study to learn how the S-Max Pro binder jetting system is helping Wirco operate its foundry more efficiently to decrease lead times and increase quality.