Engineered Casting Standards

 
RapidProtoCasting® metal prototypes can be specified and inspected in accordance with industry standards for high-strength medical and aerospace alloy vacuum-melt investment castings.

SUPERALLOY CASTING ALLOY SELECTION

Comprehensive material property, selection and use information can be found in:

 

STAINLESS STEEL CASTINGS

 

NICKEL AND INCONEL CASTINGS

  • AMS2773 Heat Treatment Cast Nickel Alloy and Cobalt Alloy Parts
  • AMS 5377 Nickel Alloy, Corrosion and Heat Resistant, Investment Castings 73ni 12cr 4.5mo 2.0cb 0.70ti 0.05c 6.0al 0.010b 0.10zr, Vacuum Cast, as Cast (Inconel 713LC castings)
  • AMS 5383A Nickel Alloy, Corrosion and Heat-Resistant, Investment Castings, 52.5Ni – 19Cr – 3.0Mo – 5.1Cb(Nb) – 0.90Ti – 0.60Al – 18Fe, Vacuum Melted Homogenization and Solution Heat Treated (Inconel 718 castings)
  • AMS 5391F, Nickel Alloy, Corrosion and Heat-Resistant, Investment Castings, 73Ni-0.14C-13Cr-4.5Mo-2.3Cb-0.75Ti-6.0Al-0.010B-0.10Zr Vacuum Cast, As-Cast (Inconel 713C)
  • AMS 5401 Nickel Alloy, Corrosion and Heat Resistant, Investment Castings, 62ni 21.5cr 9.0mo 3.6cb (Nb), Vacuum Melted, Vacuum Cast, as Cast (Inconel 625 castings)
  • ASTM A494/A494M Standard Specification for Castings, Nickel and Nickel Alloy
  • ASTM A560/A560M Standard Specification for Castings, Chromium-Nickel Alloy
  • ASTM A732/A732M Standard Specification for Castings, Investment, Carbon and Low Alloy Steel for General Application, and Cobalt Alloy for High Strength at Elevated Temperatures
  • NACE MR0175/ISO15156 Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries- Materials for use in H2S-Containing Environments in Oil and Gas Production

 

COBALT AND COBALT CHROMIUM CASTINGS

  • ASTM F75 Standard Specification for Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum Alloy Castings and Casting Alloy for Surgical Implants (UNS R30075)

 

TITANIUM CASTINGS

  • International Titanium Association, Specifications Book
  • ASTM F1108-04 Standard Specification for Titanium-6Aluminum-4Vanadium Alloy Castings for Surgical Implants (UNS R56406)

 

COPPER CASTINGS

  • AMS 4890 (C82500) (Beryllium Copper Castings)

 

PRECISION CASTING INSPECTIONS

  • ASTM A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
  • ASTM A609/A609M Practice for Castings, Carbon, Low-Alloy, and Martensitic Stainless Steel, Ultrasonic Examination Thereof
  • ASTM A751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
  • ASTM A781/A781M-06 Standard Specification for Castings, Stee and Alloy, Common Requirements, for General Industrial Use
  • ASTM A802/A802M-95 Standard Practice for Steel Castings, Surface Acceptance Standards, Visual Examination
  • ASTM A903/A903M Specification for Steel Castings, Surface Acceptance Standards, Magnetic Particle and Liquid Penetrant Inspection
  • ASTM A997-98 Standard Practice for Investment Castings, Surface Acceptance Standards, Visual Examination
  • ASTM E8-01 Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
  • ASTM E165-02 Standard Test Method for Liquid Penetrant Examination
  • ASTM E192 Reference Radiographs of Investment Steel Castings for Aerospace Applications
  • ASTM E353 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Stainless, Heat-Resisting, Maraging, and Other Similar Chromium-Nickel-Iron Alloys
  • ASTM E354 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of High-Temperature, Electrical, Magnetic, and Other Similar Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys
  • ASTM E370-06 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
  • ASTM E433-71 (2003) Standard Reference Photographs for Liquid Penetrant Inspection
  • ASTM E446 Reference Radiographs for Steel Castings Up to 2 in. [51 mm] in Thickness
  • ASTM E94 Guide for Radiographic Examination
  • ASTM F629 Standard Practice for Radiography of Cast Metallic Surgical Implants

 

INVESTMENT CASTING DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING

  • ANSI/ASME B4.1-1967 (R1999) Preferred Limits and Fits for Cylindrical Parts
  • ANSI/ASME Y14.8M-1996 (R2002) Castings and Forgings
  • Investment Casting Handbook, 1997, Investment Casting Institute
  • ISO 2768-1:1989(E) General Tolerances- Part 1: Tolerances for linear and angular dimensions without individual tolerance indications
  • ISO 286-2:1988 ISO system of limits and fits – Part 2: Tables of standard tolerance grades and limit deviations for holes and shafts
  • ISO 8062:1994 Castings — System of dimensional tolerances and machining allowances
  • ISO 8062-3:2007 Geometrical product specifications (GPS) — Dimensional and geometrical tolerances for molded parts — Part 3: General dimensional and geometrical tolerances and machining allowances for castings
  • MIL-STD-2175A, Military Standard, Castings, Classification and Inspection Of
  • Steel Castings Handbook, Supplement 3, 2003 Dimensional Capabilities of Steel Castings, Steel Founders’ Society of America