Westomat® Classic Aluminium Dosing Furnace
Accurate, efficient, reliable: the original for aluminium dosing
Key Benefits
- High dosing accuracy of ±1.5 %
- Metal loss of just 0.06%
- Uses 2/3 less energy than ladle/holding furnace
- 98% system uptime
Key Features
- ProDos 4 Control
- Biscuit Correction
- Web Server 4.0
- PneuCo level scanning
- Riser Tube Rim Cleaning Jet
Applications
- High Pressure Die Casting
- High Pressure Die Casting – Structural
- Gravity Casting
- Green Sand Casting
Features/Options
- Biscuit correction
- Rim Cleaning Jet
- ProDos4 control
- Web Server 4.0
- VNC Server
- PneuCo for the Riser Tube
Technical Details
- Holding capacity of between 450 and 3,100kg
- Customized sizing available
The original, for good reason
The crucible-free Westomat Classic dosing furnace is a clean, closed holding and dosing system for liquid aluminium. With unparalleled dosing accuracy, extreme energy efficiency, unrivalled uptime, and metal loss as low as 0.06%, our original dosing furnace continues to be the ‘go to’ solution for aluminium casting. The Westomat Classic helps customers cut scrap, energy consumption and – thanks to being super easy to install, integrate, operate and maintain – eases pressure on foundry resources. All of which means more castings of consistent quality, at reduced cost.
Our Westomat Classic’s many clever design and operational features maximize this advantage to always deliver the right amount of high-quality melt, exactly when needed. Here’s how:
1) Better metal made simple
The Westomat Classic offers the option of porous plugs which allow inert gas to be dispersed into the melt via extremely fine bubbles to remove hydrogen and other impurities from the liquid metal to enhance melt quality – lowering the risk of production scrap further down the line.
Additionally, with our famous dosing furnace liquid aluminium is kept at a constant temperature and is always removed from below the bath surface via a flanged riser tube (which can be extended to specifically suit structural component casting). This allows the liquid metal to be transported directly to the die-casting machine or mould automatically and free of oxide contaminations that decrease the likelihood of defective castings.
2) Complete control. Always.
The Westomat Classic’s intelligent control system has always made managing precision dosing simple. Our new and improved ProDos4 control solution just made things even easier.
Its enhanced user interface and algorithms help foundries seamlessly monitor and analyze machine data (current or historic), run diagnostics and adjust settings. Built in biscuit correction for example, ensures dosing weight is continuously and automatically adjusted for optimal accuracy. What’s more, our new Web Server option ensures all this can be done remotely and securely, and that information key to efficient management can be easily shared.
3) Dosing accuracy by design
Dosing accuracy isn’t just down to having the right software. It’s also about the right technical solutions. Our PneuCo pneumatic top stop detection system is one example. It uses air pressure waves to generate electrical pulses that precisely manage dosing timing and melt volume. Another example is our Rim Cleaning Jet which cleans the riser tube rim of aluminium deposits that can impact dosing precision. Both systems also reduce maintenance requirements and help improve uptime.
Compact & Customised: Westomat Duo
Interested in getting all the benefits of Westomat with:
14% less footprint
Easy sample taking
Better access for maintenance
Purging lance
Westomat® Classic: the original dosing furnace for aluminium casting
Accurate, efficient, and clean, Westomat® Classic delivers dosing precision of ±1.5%, metal loss as low as 0.06%, and up to 98% uptime. Its crucible-free design and advanced control systems make it the trusted choice for consistent, high-quality castings with reduced energy use.
