Also known as the "lost wax" process, these ceramic molds are prized for their smooth surface finish, dimensional accuracy and utility for making stainless steel castings. To achieve this criteria for quality wax patterns are formed in CNC-machined tooling, and once formed, coated in ceramic slurry before the wax pattern is melted out and the ceramic is sintered to prepare for pouring.

At METERCOR we pour SCH-13 into ceramic molds to form the jigs that hold automotive transmissions in place during heat treatment.

METERCOR injects CO2 into treated silica sand to form very hard molds for heavy weight castings. We typically pour stainless steel alloys into these molds because of the mold's ability to withstand the high heat and pressure involved with pouring these alloys. Castings made in this process are used in heat treatment facilities of transmission plants and in high heat and high abrasion environments, such as the operating environment of cooling grate plates in cement manufactuing.

When properly sintered, shell core resin sand forms a hard mold with excellent collapsability and good surface finish characteristics. Shell core molds are often used as an insert to be placed in another mold to form shapes or cavities, such as with the ventilation of the L-300 brake disc. At METERCOR we use shell core for both inserts and molds, such as with the smaller heat-resistant trays used in the heat treatment operations at the automobile transmission plants of Toyota, Mitsubishi and Isuzu.

Mike is a senior Production Supervisor. He has been with us since 2005 and in that time he has developed an expertise in every foundry operation. Today he is assigned to manage our Specialty Molding team and assist with Production Planning and Control, the group that determines when and what to produce on any given day.

METERCOR is an old company that has survived the volatility of the Philippine economic landscape because of the versatility of our production processes, as well as, the versatility of the foundrymen that are willing and able to learn new skills when those new skills are needed. Having pivoted into Investment Casting production in 2012, team leaders like Mike Mendoza have shaped our ability to meet the shifting demands of our customers for high precision castings in high alloy metals.