Aluminum Casting in Oven
Aluminum Casting in Oven
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We're thinking about power coating our aluminum products. The powder needs to be baked @375 Deg F for 10 minutes. The castings are 356 - T6 both permanent mold and sand cast. I'm worried they might distort in the oven. Anyone with experience with something like this?





RE: Aluminum Casting in Oven
As you know 356-T6 is used in come pretty warm places and is ceramic coated. We used a phenolic coating that required a bake at 250°F and quick excursion to 600°F on this alloy.
I don't have this particular alloy on my list of reheat times but the lowest maximum allowed time at 325°F for any alloy listed is 1 hour.
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