CF8 Stainless Steel Three-Way Pipe Fitting
An investment-cast pipe fitting with three finish-machined connection ends. YTD supplied the CF8 stainless steel body with the external diameters and stepped profiles completed.
Material
CF8 stainless steel
Application
Three-way pipe connection
Herstellung
Investment casting and machining
Supply scope
Cast body with three machined connection ends
A machining fixture designed for this part.
Dedicated fixturing enabled the machining needed across the three connection ends.
Product Views
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Stepped Connection Ends
Machined outer surfaces with a defined step back to the body.
Three-Way Body
An overall view of the three branches and their connection profiles.
Reverse View
The cast surface of the central body, viewed from the opposite side.
Customer Requirements & YTD’s Approach
Customer requirement
YTD’s approach
Customer requirement
Form the complete three-way body
The component required an integral casting with branches extending in three directions.
YTD’s approach
Plan the tooling around the part shape
The wax-pattern tooling accommodated release in the three branch directions.
Customer requirement
Finish all three connection ends
Each end required external machining to create a smaller diameter and a stepped transition to the body.
YTD’s approach
Develop a dedicated machining fixture
YTD designed fixturing for this component so the required connection profiles could be machined.
A Dedicated Fixture for Three Machined Ends
The key machining challenge was how to hold the three-way body while working on its connection ends.
YTD designed a fixture specifically for this component. It provided the setup needed to machine the outer surfaces and form the shoulders at the three interfaces.
This fixture was an essential part of completing the customer’s required part geometry.
Manufacturing & Supply
From Casting to Finished Connections
| Stage | Work completed |
|---|---|
| Feinguss | Formed the CF8 body with uniform wall thickness before machining. |
| External machining | Reduced the outside diameter at each connection end, creating the stepped profiles visible on the finished part. |
What the Customer Received
A three-way fitting with all three connection ends machined and the central body retaining its cast surface.
YTD’s scope covered the tooling, casting and machining needed to produce this component.
Inside Our Factory
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Integrated Production Facility
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Slurry Coating
Casting Workshop
Mold Machining
Casted Mold
Steel Mold
Aluminum Mold
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Wax Injection
Slurry Coating
Shell Drying
Dewaxing
Melting & Pouring
Triming
Post Processing
CMM/Hardness/Spectrometer Test
Wax Pattern Check
Wax Pattern Trimming
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