AD Krušik – Precision

Casting Mionica
Why precision casting?

 Most demanding/sophisticated internal and external configurations

 Unsurpassed flexibility for construction
 Narrow dimensional tolerance
 Very compact and homogeneous structure
 Very good mechanical characteristics
 Excellent quality of surfaces (Ra 2-3.2 nm)
 in all steels, grey and nodular casts and copper-based alloys

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About us

• Established in 1962, within the Krušik, Valjevo plant. Since 1980, the
Company is located at the present site in Mionica, working under the
licence of PMI Cleveland, USA.
• The company Krušik – Precision casting is a specialized foundry,
manufacturing primarily steel and nodular castings. In cooperation with the
Institute of "Vinča", we are able to cast other specialized alloys on the basis
of cobalt, titanium, etc.
• To date, the manufacture was largely focused on the military industry, and
less on the textile and automotive industry. Today, we are manufacturing
the castings for: aviation, armaments industry, automotive industry,
computers, electric motors and components/groups, electronics, electronic
and electrical systems, food industry, gas turbines, machine tools and
accessories, medical equipment and instruments, equipment for processing
industry, optical and measure instruments industry, hydraulics and
pneumatics, industry of textile and sewing machines, and similar.
• Modern technology allows us to offer castings from 0.5g to 10kg.
• The company is organized as a corporation.
• The size of the company's land is 64,362 qm, thereof built 10,479 qm.
• The plant is situated along the main road Belgrade - Valjevo (80km).

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 CIMOS d.d.
Proizvodni center Koper, Koper
CIMOS d.d.
Proizvodni center Senožeče, Senožeče
LIVARNA VUZENICA, d.o.o. , Vuzenica
CIMOS TAM Ai, d.o.o., Maribor TPS, d.o.o., Novi Kneževac
CIMOS TITAN, d.o.o., Kamnik LIVNICA KIKINDA Ai, d.o.o., Kikinda

LIVNICA KIKINDA A.D., d.o.o., Kikinda

LIRA, d.o.o., Kikinda

LETANA, d.o.o., Ljubljana
FAM SEČANJ Ai, d.o.o., Sečanj

LIP, d.o.o., Ljubljana

LITOSTROJ E.I., d.o.o., Ljubljana

LITOSTROJ ENERGIJA, d.o.o., Ljubljana

LABINPROGRES TPS, d.o.o., Labin

P.P.C. BUZET, d.o.o.

Proizvodni center Roč, Roč

P.P.C. BUZET, d.o.o.

Proizvodni center Buzet, Buzet KRUŠIK – PRECIZNI LIV, d.o.o., Mionica

NT FORGING, d.o.o., Novi travnik

CIMOS TMD CASTING, d.o.o., Zenica
CIMOS TMD Ai, d.o.o., Gradačac

CIMOS SREBRENICA, d.o.o., SrebrenicaBA)

Cimos Group - Geographic location

Strategy

CORPORATE STRATEGY
• Heightened presence in the automotive market
• Improvement in competitiveness through the higher level of process
automation and modernization
• Creating partner relations with customers, cooperating contractors and
suppliers
• Raising the technical level of know-how in our staff
• Continual concern in ecology

STRATEGIC GOALS
• Increasing the volume of production
• Expanding the range of production to automotive, medical equipment and
armaments industry
• Increasing the gross value added per Employee
• More efficient employment of machinery and human resources
• Development of information system

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Production Capacities

• Currently installed capacities comprise 4,000,000 pcs p.a. (four million

products/pieces) calculated on the basis of average weight 100g/piece.

Products:

• Hydraulics and pneumatics industry 18%

• Agricultural machines manufacturers 17%
• Armaments industry.......................15%
• Automotive industry.......................10%
• Industry of orthopaedic appliances ... 5%
• Other............................................28%

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Casting technology

1. WAX INJECTION
Modelling is done by a wax pattern (replica) of the casting to be
manufactured.
These replicas are called patterns ('models').

2. PHASE
Patterns are put on the central wax runner bar to
form an assembly of castings referred to as a 'tree'.

3. BUILDING THE SHELL

The shell is built by dipping the assembly (tree) into a ceramic slurry, and then
into a bath of very fine sand. During this procedure, up to eight coats may be
built.

4. WAX REMOVAL
As soon as the ceramic dries, the wax can be removed by firing, whereby a
negative mold of the tree within the shell is made.

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Casting technology

5. CONVENTIONAL CASTING
In a conventional process, the molten metal is poured into the shell by way of
gravity casting. When the metal cools down, the parts and castings, the runner bar
and the side cup are merged into one fixtured (gate) casting.

6. BREAKING-OFF THE SHELL

When the metal cools down and hardens, the ceramic shell is broken off by vibration
or water jet.

7. DEGATE GRINDING
Parts are cut off from the central runner bar by friction saw or water
jet.

8. FINISHED CASTINGS
After minor working operations (finishing), the metal castings identical to the original
wax patterns are ready to ship to the customer.

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Casting technology

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Products - armament components

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Products - other components

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Products - other components

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Why precision casting?

This technology allows to manufacture large batches of castings of a very

complex forms which can hardly (or impossible) be obtained by
conventional process or by machining.
Thanks to the characteristics of ceramic material and working techniques, it is
possible to reproduce fine details, achieve great dimension precision and
the quality of surface that cannot be obtained by other casting procedures
or in any other way.
By applying ceramic and degradable cores and a combination thereof we can
produce castings of most sophisticated forms (curved blind slots/holes,
threads, narrow grooves, etc.)
Using the hollow runner bar, we achieve an optimal layout of patterns which in
addition to other advantages, provides equal terms for all the castings and
thereby equal characteristics.
Combining and gluing several wax or plastic patterns, we can obtain very
complex parts and reduce the cost of working and control. Castings so
manufactured require little machining, or none at all.
Pouring the metal into shells heated at 1050°C allows for an even crystallization
and as a result, a homogeneous and compact structure that guarantees a
high level of mechanical characteristics.
Thanks to casting in heated shells and vacuum chambers we obtain castings
with very thin walls - 1mm.
Precision casting further allows you to eliminate or reduce the costs for
equipment that would be indispensable if you were casting in the
conventional way.

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QUALITY CONTROL

• Measurement laboratories
• chemical
• metallurgic
• dimensions

Our chemical and metrology lab, with rich and

modern equipment, provides for a comprehensive
and complete control of castings in terms of
chemical composition, homogeneous structure,
mechanical characteristics and dimension
precision.
These analyses are made by spectro-equipment,
X-ray, MAGNAFLUX, penetrants, optical
microscope, optical comparators and other
indispensible equipment and measuring
appliances.

QUALITY SYSTEM

Quality

ISO 9001/2000

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"Krušik'' – precision casting standards

• Casting of external edge R 0.25mm max.

• Casting of internal corners R 0.25mm min.
• Minimal addition for machining: 0.4 mm on surfaces to be machined
• Quality of the surface of the casting N8

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Length measures tolerances (VDG P690 norm)

Dimensions Dimension tolerance Axial tolerance

(mm) (mm) (mm)

Accuracy level
from
to D1 D2 D3 D1 D3
normal fine border normal border

0-6 ±0.10 ±0.08

±0.06
6-10 ±0.12 ±0.10
±0.25 ±0.16
10-14 ±0.15 ±0.12
±0.09
14-18 ±0.20 ±0.14

18-24 ±0.25 ±0.17 ±0.12

±0.32 ±0.20
24-30 ±0.30 ±0.20 ±0.14

30-40 ±0.37 ±0.25 ±0.17

±0.50 ±0.30
40-50 ±0.44 ±0.30 ±0.20

50-65 ±0.52 ±0.38 ±0.23

±0.71 ±0.45
65-80 ±0.60 ±0.46 ±0.27

80-100 ±0.68 ±0.53 ±0.30

±0.90 ±0.60
100-120 ±0.76 ±0.60 ±0.33

120-140 ±0.84 ±0.65 ±0.35

140-160 ±0.92 ±0.72 ±0.38 ±1.15 ±0.85

160-180 ±1.02 ±0.80 ±0.40

180-200 ±1.12 ±0.88 ±0.43

200-225 ±1.28 ±0.95 ±0.47 ±1.80 ±1.00

225-250 ±1.44 ±1.05 ±0.50

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 Tolerances of form and position

Dimensions Tolerances of form and

(mm) position

from to D (mm)

0 50 ±0.30

51 130 ±0.50 correctness?

131 255 ±1.00

0 50 ±0.30
even
51 130 ±0.50 surface/leveln
131 255 ±1.00 ess?
0 50 ±0.30

51 130 ±0.75 rectangularity?

131 255 ±1.25

0 50 ±0.30

51 130 ±0.75 parallelism

131 255 ±1.25

0 50 0.30

51 130 0.75 symmetry

131 255 1.25

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Contact

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Toplički put 11
RS - 14242 Mionica

Director: Ivan Filipović

T: +381 (0)14 616 01
F: +381 (0)14 614 01
E: info.krusik-precizniliv@cimos.eu
www.cimos.eu
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