Custom CNC Machined EPS/EPP Aluminum Alloy Lost Foam Mold Styrofoam Tooling for LFC Casting Patterns, OEM

This custom CNC-machined EPS/EPP aluminum alloy lost foam mold is engineered to produce expendable foam patterns for the lost foam casting (LFC) process. The cavity is machined according to the customer’s foam pattern drawing, with steam and cooling channels arranged to support uniform bead fusion and stable pattern release. The tool can be configured in single or multi-cavity layouts and is applied to foam pattern production for automotive, machine tool, and industrial castings. From design review to trial molding, the mold is developed around the dimensional and surface requirements of the downstream metal pouring operation.

Specifications

Mould Features

1. Customized Cavity Geometry
   The cavity is machined to match the customer’s foam pattern drawing, with draft, parting, and core details adapted to the lost foam casting route.

2. Aluminum Alloy Tool Body
   The mold body is made from aluminum alloy, offering rapid thermal response, resistance to steam exposure, and manageable weight for handling and setup.

3. Steam and Cooling Integration
   Internal channels are arranged to deliver steam for bead expansion and water for cooling, helping maintain consistent foam pattern density and dimensions.

4. Venting and Release Design
   Vent paths and ejector provisions are incorporated to support complete cavity fill and clean removal of fragile foam patterns.

5. Modular Cavity Arrangement
   The tool can be built with single or multiple cavities, using replaceable inserts and split-block construction to simplify maintenance and future geometry changes.

Applications

• Automotive Casting Patterns
  Foam tooling for producing expendable patterns used in engine, transmission, and structural castings.

• Machine Tool Bed Patterns
  Molds for foam patterns applied to machine tool beds, bases, and columns.

• Industrial Pump and Valve Patterns
  Tooling for foam patterns used in pump bodies, valve housings, and compressor components.

• Heavy Machinery Component Patterns
  Molds for foam patterns applied to construction, agricultural, and mining equipment castings.

• Prototype and Trial Casting Patterns
  Tooling for development projects, process validation, and small-batch production runs.

Manufacture Process
1. Review the part design,drawings and quality standard from clients.
2. Mould and Tooling design & manufacturing
3. Mould and Tooling testing & confirm the sample
4. Die casting raw castings
5. Surface treatment: Trimming,Deburring, polishing, cleaning, passivation & power coating and other requirement from Customer
6. Precision machining: CNC lathes, milling, drilling, grinding etc
7. Full Inspection
8. Packing
9. Delivery

Packing & Shipping

Flexible Shipping Options: We understand that every customer has unique needs. That's why we offer flexible shipping options, including air freight, sea freight, and expedited delivery services. Our team will work with you to determine the most cost-effective and efficient shipping method based on your timeline and budget.

Our Advantages
1. We are the biggest lost foam mould manufacturer in China, we focus on high challenge lost foam mould and we have large gantry machining centers,30 sets imported high speed machining center,more than 40 sets general machine tool equipment;
2. We have 36 senior mould designers, to ensure reasonable / safety / high efficiency mould design and ensure the fast mould delivery and rational mould structure, make the process more safer and the production efficiency more higher;
3. We using numerical control machine tool to manufacture the mould cavities, to ensure a even thickness ;
4. We using ZL104 Aluminium to casting the mould, to manufacture a high strength mould;
5. For the big mould, we using Ø22*1 copper tube as cooling pipe, with water spray system, to get a nice cooling effect;
6. We Have (TEF10N) coating on the mould surface, it can reduce the friction, anti water/static electricity/acid-base/high-temperature, with this we can ensure the pattern has smooth surface without distrotion, and easy to demould;
7. All the screws we using stainless steel screw, easy to disassemble during maintenance;
8. For the big mould chest, we using 18-20mm thick wrought aluminium plate, to offer high strenght cavity ;
9. For the complex mould which is difficult to demould, we can manufacture the automaitc mould with take out device ;
10. We produce the pattern sample to customer after finish the mould, when the pattern was qualified, then we do exceptance job for the mould ;
11. We have the Hexagon coordinate measuring instrument imported from the Switzerland to have a test make sure our mould qualified.

Company profile

Luoyang Liushi mould Co., Ltd was established on 2001, which is National Standard Setting Unit for Lost Foam Casting Mould. The company is located in the Millennium Emperor, peony flower city of Luoyang City. We have 9800 office building, and 22000 workshop, which is well equipped with research, development, design, foundry, machining, assembly, surface treatment and other equipment. It′s a Luoyang municipal R&D center and technology center.

Company technicians can provide on-site guide mould assembly, test production, free repair and complete technology for lost foam casting proecss according to customer demands. With the business philosophy of "careful design, lean manufacture, best service, perfect quality", we strive to provide satisfactory products and services for customers. After years of development, our company has become the preferred mould suppliers of many lost foam casting manufacturers and the exclusive supplier.

Luoyang Liushi mould Co.,Ltd was established on 2001, which is National Standard Setting Unit for Lost Foam Casting Mould. The company is located in the Millennium Emperor, peony flower city of Luoyang City. It’s a high-tech enterprise in Henan province. We have 9000m2 office building, and 18000m2 workshop,which is well equipped with research, development, design, foundry, machining, assembly, surface treatment and other equipment.

While leading the Chinese brand, Luoyang Liushi mould develop the international market positively, we export a large number of molds to the United States, India, Taiwan and other countries. We have become an international first-class lost foam mould supplier and we have manufactured mould for Germany's machine Teubert and American molding machine Vulcan.

The research and development center is consist of 36 designers who are expert in 3D design, mold design, NC programming craftsmen, lost foam casting craftsmen and so on. We provide a full range of design and services for you. We discuss the mould process and confirm the scheme with your engineer together, this can guarantee the mould structure more reasonable more safety and more efficiency. We finish the product model and detection through reserve scan and 3D Coordinate Measuring technology to make sure each customer satisfy their mould.

We have lost foam casting process and gravity casting process. There are 2 automatic casting production lines of lost foam process, 1 production line of T6 heat treatment, 1 set EPS foaming machine, 2 sets 1000kg centralized melting furnaces, 6 sets 600kg graphite crucible furnaces, 1 set automatic HS - CXJ - 3200 high efficiency and energy-saving molding machine, 16 sets of other model white pattern molding machine, 1 set plain bumper with the same advanced performance as American Fukang brand, 1 set density equivalent meter, 1 set Fosco dusting machine; 2 sets Aluminum alloy gravity pouring and turning machine, 3 sets Coated sand core-making machine , 1 set X-ray flaw detection spectrometer, 1 set Metallographic analyzer, and more than 20 sets of other corollary equipment. Not only we can supply with Aluminum Alloy Castings , but also we can supply with machined finished parts. The capacity of Aluminum Alloy Gearbox Casing Castings can reach up to above 10000 tons every year. The reliable products passing rate of 95%.

With the business philosophy of “careful design, lean manufacture, best service, perfect quality”, we strive to provide satisfactory products and services for customers. After years of development, our company has become the preferred mould suppliers of many lost foam casting manufacturers and the exclusive supplier of Shanxi FAST、China Longgong、Anhui Quanchai、China DFM、China YTO、Jinhua Wanliyang、

Anhui Wuhu casting pipe、Anhui AVK、World Group、Yangli Group. There are hundreds of kinds of our mould, ranging from motive power machinery parts, Automotive parts, Agricultural machinery parts, Valve body, Pump body, Machine tool parts, Construction machinery parts, Fitting parts, Metallurgical equipment parts to other parts.

We have 6 invention patents, 20 patents for utility models, is a well-known trademark enterprise in China. We have about 230 employees, including 36 professional mould design engineers , 39 senior technicians. We have 40 sets CNC machines and 28 sets general machines. 1 set 3D Coordinate Measuring Machine, 1 set reverse scanner. Adopting the computer three-dimension design, programming, computer-aided processing technology, and the FM method to cast the aluminum mould blank, and combining with the original surface treatment technology of , all aspects of our mould has been reached the industry leader such as quality, precision, efficiency, service life and so on.