The circuit is drawn first

Water layout comes before machining on every shell we make. Our engineers open the cavity drawing, Select the appropriate position, and set the runs underneath those places. Inlet and outlet positions are chosen around the customer pipework.

Customers usually come back with one or two remarks, and we change the drawing then rather than the finished part later.This is a high-quality mold shell produced from A6061 material, with dimensions of 143 × 265 mm.

Then the block is cut

No machining is done until the water line layout has been signed off. After sign-off, the water lines are deep-hole drilled inside the mold shell itself, and the drill entry ports are plugged to form a complete circuit. The cavity locating slots are machined to the cavity drawing as well.

These water lines are deep holes drilled inside the mold shell. Once machined, any deviation found during inspection is almost impossible to rectify. That is why every stage — upfront design, the machining process, and quality inspection — has to be held to strict control. If the water lines have to be moved afterward, it means a fresh piece of aluminum and several days lost. So all comments and disagreements are settled on the drawing, because it is far cheaper that way. The customer wants it to be replaceable without having to touch the machine.

By the time the customer places another order, the water line layout has usually been settled once already. We receive the same cavity drawing, pull up the previous water line layout, and nobody has to rethink the water line design.

Water before the crate

Packing day begins at the water line. Anything blocked or leaking stays in the shop. Test results are noted in the order file, so the next shell gets the same check. That file also holds the layout drawing and the inspection readings, which means a spare ordered next year needs no fresh discussion.

Edges and threads are examined on the way past. The pocket is measured once more before packing. A shell that fails in service comes back to us as photographs and a drawing number. The choice between rework and replacement is ours to make. The customer is told what we picked, and when the new part will land.