cost piece of foundry or alternative realization

[marcodg]

Good morning. I have to ask you a favor. I have to solve a problem and I miss the knowledge to do it. I have a friend who owns a mechanical company (numbers, cutters, machining centers, 10-ton press, to say what I remember) and asked me to bring him the drawings of an object that is intended to produce. in the design phase, however, they are at a dead point, because some pieces may be better if they come from foundry (functionally and aesthetically).
what I ask you is the indicative cost of the moulds for the realization of two pieces (of different shapes) "difficult" as those that I have attached, always in aluminum.
another question, is it possible to realize the prototype (which is perhaps the most expensive part, at least I think) with the machines of my friend and then take it to the foundry to break the costs? What other machinery would you need?
It is possible to produce the piece that I have attached (with me due modifications) by pressing for plastic deformation of aluminum and other few processing on other machines so as to make production in series in workshop convenient.

 

[Andrea Bellachioma]

Bye!
Did you show up in the section?
to answer your question, we try to clarify some things.
to know how much a mold costs you should know:
1)What you intend to produce.
2)from 1) the mould material can be deducted.
3)which is fundamental....the size of the building.
it is also necessary to know (to know the unit cost of each single piece
1b) hours necessary for auxiliary processing that cannot be done (or better,it is best to make them at home)from the foundry,type threads,planations, holes etc etc.

about the prototype speech:
Are you going to make the mold in the house and then take it to the foundry?
I don't know, you should hear the foundry.
in general, however, to make a mould, they need cad/cam programs (with this connection and connected, i.e., hardware, software and operator that knows how to use it),which interface pc and cnc machine,consistent to make the pieces and then a park machine and tools at the height.

We wait for someone more experienced, but they will be able to respond better.

 

[marcodg]

hi gorea, thank you for the answer, I try to answer your questions where I can and after I introduce myself in the appropriate section.
the quantities to be produced are: one or two prototypes to be tested on the field, if everything ok above 1000. the product is just a hook for olive shaker like what I posted in figure, made of aluminum also for weight issues (or more than arm agent on the operator), the size, excuse for coarseness, are almost twice as much as in figure.
for auxiliary work, no problem, because the dead times of the workshop of my friend's workers will be used, and for now I can say that the times per piece are (they should) be reduced, but for now starting from scratch I am only interested in the unit cost from foundry and not at the cost of the accessory work. once a Christian made me notice an object not much more complex than mine and for the only molds they asked him 50000 euros and to me it seems an excess of an order of magnitude. n.b. the pieces are as complex as that in figure and are 2

 

[Andrea Bellachioma]

as I said before, you might think about making the mold in the house, but it depends on what you have (read what I wrote about it)

 

[SHIREN]

Good morning. I have to ask you a favor. I have to solve a problem and I miss the knowledge to do it. I have a friend who owns a mechanical company (numbers, cutters, machining centers, 10-ton press, to say what I remember) and asked me to bring him the drawings of an object that is intended to produce. in the design phase, however, they are at a dead point, because some pieces may be better if they come from foundry (functionally and aesthetically).
what I ask you is the indicative cost of the moulds for the realization of two pieces (of different shapes) "difficult" as those that I have attached, always in aluminum.
another question, is it possible to realize the prototype (which is perhaps the most expensive part, at least I think) with the machines of my friend and then take it to the foundry to break the costs? What other machinery would you need?
It is possible to produce the piece that I have attached (with me due modifications) by pressing for plastic deformation of aluminum and other few processing on other machines so as to make production in series in workshop convenient.

Hi.
you should attach a table in pdf with all listed views and seats
by jpeg it is difficult to determine which type of engineering and industrialization of the product
would be appropriate
if the product is made of aluminium or non-ferrous metal you can make two shells with gravity casting
or a die casting mould
for cast iron two models x resin or aluminum foundry with any anime cases if there are internal holes or subsquadri
costs are very different
anyway from what I can see and if you have the car park described
I think the prob.
Thank you very much

 

[marcodg]

I thank you for the answers, drawings for now I have not done, only sketches, because the design, the type of realization will depend on the type of processing. However for now I am at a dead point, I found other difficulties not related to the type of realization.

 

[PierArg]

I read this discussion after the holidays.

What to say, they have widely answered you andrea and shiren.
without the maximum size it is impossible to give you an indication on the size order of the amount necessary to build the mold.