COLLABORATION ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN: Teamwork ensured the success of an investment cast military part

摘要

Metal casting design and development requires concurrent engineering to accomplish customer requirements while optimizing design, assembly and manufacturability considerations. The casting product development process at Raytheon Precision Manufacturing, Dallas, involved key decisions and outcomes in the creation of the LRAS3 sensor housing, an aluminum investment casting. The casting producibility engineers, metalcasting personnel, machine shop experts and supplier management team coordinated their efforts to meet customer objectives at the lowest total cost of ownership for this complex structural component.