Morgan Technical Ceramics Certech for Metal Casting
The Certech business was founded in 1970. In 1994 it became part of Carpenter Technology Corporation and in March 2008 was acquired by
Morgan Technical
Ceramics’ parent company, The Morgan Crucible Company
plc. Since its origins, Certech has been meeting the needs of the investment casting industry with a broad line of complex injection molded ceramic components. These ceramic parts are used during the investment casting of turbine engine blades and vanes for aircraft and power generation, aircraft hardware, pumps, valves and sporting goods.
Ceramic cores allow the creation of
internal
cavities during the investment casting
process
that are too complex or too small to
be “shelled”.
This allows turbine engine blades and
vanes
to be cast to size with complex cooling
passages,
which allow engines to operate at higher
temperatures with greater efficiency.
Ceramic
cores are also used to create undercuts
and hosels
in golf clubs, pump impellers, valve
bodies,
and fuel system mixing components.
In addition to ceramic cores, Certech manufactures silica cores, porous ceramics and various foundry supplies such as pouring filters, cups, snouts, collars, funnels and extruded diameters. Decorative ceramics are also produced, including
jewelry, picture frames and ornaments.
 Certech
manufactures these products from their facilities in:
Certech
manufactures these products using
a proprietary low-pressure injection molding
process and a proprietary firing process,
which have been specifically designed with
high volume and short lead-time in mind.
This allows Certech to generate sample volumes
as quickly as five days, and routinely produce
production volumes with a two-week lead-time.
Another advantage of this the proprietary Certech
process is that it is extremely low
wear, allowing hardened steel dies to routinely
produce in excess of 100,000 cores.
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