Meltio | Gearbox Housing Mild Steel

Gearbox Housing Mild Steel

Front housing of an automotive gearbox. A gearbox housing is a protective casing which surrounds the components of a gearbox. It provides mechanical support for the moving components, mechanical protection from the outside world for those internal components, and a fluid-tight container to hold the lubricant that bathes those components.The type of this component consists in a split housing which is divided in two parts: the lower part that ties down the gearbox to the structure, supports all the components during the assembly stage and holds the lubrication oil; and the upper part that completes the enclosure and provides mechanical integrity to the housing. The upper and lower parts of the housing have a mating surface that seals the housing perfectly to avoid oil leaks and fatigue of the housing

Applications
▪ Automotive gearbox housing.

Printing Parameters

• System: Meltio M450
• Material: MildSteel
• Gas: Argon
• Gas Flow: 10 liters per minute (lpm)
• Size: 150 x 130 x 50 mm
• Weight: 1.35 kg
• Laser Power: 1200 W
• Layer Height: 1.2 mm
• Printing Time: 09:11:00

Business Case Drivers

Tradionally, it is made from cast iron or cast aluminium, using methods of permanent mold
casting or shell molding.

•  Faster and cheaper process to manufacture a metal prototype.
• Use of a material that is cheaper to machine.

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