Aluminum Castings for Security Scanners
If you work in public safety, you need to trust that your scanners are produced with the best parts possible. From TSA to public venues, the safety of public spaces depends upon ensuring your entrances are monitored for any dangerous materials. You need to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your security equipment is trustworthy. This is what we can offer you.
Our aluminum casting process can produce large-scale pieces that will ensure your scanners are shielded from interference. X-rays and full-body scanner devices are finely tuned pieces of equipment that require large-scale electronic casings that won’t leak radiation or allow interference through to sensors. Call us today, and we will help you create safer equipment that will be as accurate as possible.
Why Choose Aluminum for Your Security Scanners
Aluminum alloys are capable of providing a number of unique benefits that other materials can’t provide. This metal is commonly used in aeronautical and high-performance automotive products thanks to the performance and strength-to-weight ratio that it can offer. Aluminum castings for security scanners can provide efficient and durable housings, casings, and shields that offer benefits such as:
Heat Dissipation for Improved Performance
X-ray and body scanners are high-powered pieces of equipment that provide detailed scans of visitors. This power input generates large amounts of heat, which can damage commercially used plastic enclosures. Aluminum alloys provide higher degrees of heat dissipation, which prevents damage to internal electronics and improves performance throughout its longevity.
Corrosion Resistance for Durability and Longevity
Security scanners form a boundary between the outside and inside worlds and are often subjected to heavy wear and tear. High-volume and consistent usage leads to corrosion with other metals. Prevent costly repairs and replacements by utilizing aluminum castings for security scanners to withstand the stress of game-day crowds and the constant flow of air travel.
Electrical and RF Shielding for Accuracy and Stability
The delicate sensors and electronics of a security scanner need to avoid interference at all costs. False positives lead to delays, complaints, and distractions, while false negatives are unacceptable. Aluminum enclosures and housings will prevent outside radiation and radio frequencies from entering, as well as prevent internal X-rays from escaping.
Why Choose Sand-Casting for Security Scanners?
Beyond the benefits of the material itself, the sand-casting process provides superior control over product shape and size. Finely tuned devices such as X-rays and full-body scanners need to be very specific in their designs. Slight variations in shape or wall thickness can result in interference from inside or outside the scanner.
Sand casting is a tried-and-true method of producing accurate and highly detailed castings. We employ both green sand casting and no-bake/air-set molding, in addition to our 20X24 Hunter Automatic Molding machine. These three processes allow us to produce your equipment to exacting detail, regardless of size and shape.
Green Sand
- Very efficient molding process
- High-quality and low-cost
- Large plate size allows a wide variety of equipment molds
No-Bake
- Very large cast size – upwards of 800 lb. casts
- Capable of high-detail and intricate casts
- Castings produced have rougher surfaces before finishing.
20×24 Hunter Automatic
- Automatically rotates through the molding process
- Very high output
- Restricted to the 20×24 flask size
Additionally, sand casting is a highly renewable and efficient casting method. The eco-friendly nature of sand casting comes from the use of natural materials for the production of molds and our capability to reclaim used molding sand. The sand can be purified and re-mixed before it re-enters the molding process and can even be used in other industries with little processing.
Enjoy the Benefits of Quality Testing You Can Trust
Your successful monitoring of travelers and visitors depends upon the quality of our production. This need is why we employ multiple steps of quality testing throughout our facility. Every step of our molding process is double-checked for exactly the qualities you need. Our aluminum ingots are tested the moment they enter our facility, our sand is mixed and tested on-site, and we regularly re-examine our molds to ensure accuracy for the end product.
Our barrage of tests and inspections done on aluminum castings for security scanners include:
- X-ray inspection for air pockets and defects
- Chemical and Physical Testing for durability
- Liquid Penetration Testing for cracks and leaks
- First Article Inspection for design requirements
You can be assured that the articles you receive from Boose Aluminum Foundry will have undergone strenuous testing before they even leave our facility. The process ensures that anything we produce for your scanners will fit your design exactly and stand up to daily use without failing.
Call Today and Ensure Safety with Aluminum Castings for Security Scanners
Modern security scanners need strength and durability to ensure safety day in and day out. You can get this peace of mind from our services – accurate and trustworthy aluminum castings for security scanners. Modern manufacturing often over-complicates a process that should be simple.
Aluminum sand-casting is a process that has been in use for centuries, and our implementation of it began in 1933. This history of metallurgy and casting has produced some of the highest-quality equipment today. This history is the kind you need behind your products. Call us today, and we can delve into the exact needs of your security devices so that together, our best can prevent the worst.