9 catalogued sizes, cast to ASTM A216 WCB / made to drawing. Pick any row and the technical drawing redraws to it.
Gear Housing to ASTM A216 WCB / made to drawing are catalogued in nominal bore DN15 to DN100, with length 156.6-332.1 mm, width 89-229 mm, height 180.1-381.9 mm. 9 sizes are held in the table below, and the technical drawing redraws to whichever row you select.
Specification
ASTM A216 WCB / made to drawing
Alloys
WCB, CF8M, CF3M
Size range
DN15-DN100
Long
156.6-332.1 mm
Catalogued sizes
9
Dimensions are nominal casting dimensions before machining allowance. Confirm the tolerance grade and the machined features against your drawing before ordering.
Alloys & Grades
The Gear Housing is cast in 9 of the 63 grades we work in. Those are listed first; the full reference tree is underneath, with each designation shown alongside its ASTM/UNS, EN and GB equivalents.
WCBcatalog gradeASTM A216 WCB / UNS J03002
CF8MASTM A351 CF8M / UNS J92900 (cast 316)
CF3MASTM A351 CF3M / UNS J92800 (cast 316L)
CF8ASTM A351 CF8 / UNS J92600 (cast 304)
CF3ASTM A351 CF3 / UNS J92500 (cast 304L)
CD3MN (2205)ASTM A890 Gr 4A / UNS J92205 (cast 2205 duplex)
WCCASTM A216 WCC / UNS J02503
HK30ASTM A297 HK30 / UNS J94203 (GX40CrNiSi25-12)
A356 / A356-T6ASTM B26 A356-T6 / AlSi7Mg0.3
Browse all 63 cast grades we work instainless · carbon & low-alloy · nickel & cobalt · copper · aluminium · titanium
C83600 Red BrassASTM B584 C83600 · UNS C83600 · 85-5-5-5
C87600 Silicon BrassASTM B584 C87600 · UNS C87600
C86300 Manganese BronzeASTM B584 C86300 · UNS C86300
Aluminum Alloy Castings
A356 / A356-T6ASTM B26 A356 · UNS A13560 · AlSi7Mg0.3 · EN AC-42000
A357ASTM B26 A357 · UNS A13570 · AlSi7Mg0.6
355 / C355ASTM B26 355 · UNS A03550 · AlSi5Cu1Mg
A201-T7ASTM B26 A201 · UNS A02010 · AlCu4MgTi
Titanium Castings
Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5)ASTM B367 Gr C-5 · UNS R56400 · TC4 · Ti-6-4
CP Titanium Grade 2ASTM B367 Gr C-2 · UNS R50400
Special & Wear Alloys
Ni-Resist D-2ASTM A439 D-2 · UNS F43000
High-Chrome White IronASTM A532 Class III · 25Cr white iron
Technical Drawing
Every parameter below is editable, and the drawing redraws to match the values you choose. Picking a size snaps the other fields to that size's values; you can then override any one of them.
Sends the selected values to the quote form below.
Request a Quotation for Gear Housing
The form below follows the current drawing configuration. Change the values above and the request updates with them. Attaching a drawing or a STEP file is the fastest route to a firm price.
Dimensions & Parameters (ASTM A216 WCB / made to drawing)
Nominal casting dimensions before machining allowance. Every row is a starting point for the customizer above — pick any size and the drawing redraws to it.
Size
Overall Length L (mm)
Overall Width W (mm)
Overall Height H (mm)
Wall Thickness T (mm)
Port Diameter ØD1 (mm)
Flange Diameter (mm)
Fillet Radius R (mm)
Casting Weight (kg)
DN15
156.6
89
180.1
3.5
15
89
3
1.11
DN20
169.7
99
195.2
3.8
20
99
3
1.44
DN25
184.2
108
211.8
4
25
108
3
1.79
DN32
203
117
233.4
4.4
32
117
3.5
2.36
DN40
239.2
127
275.1
4.8
40
127
4
3.44
DN50
258.1
152
296.8
5.3
50
152
4
4.66
DN65
275.5
178
316.8
6
65
178
5
6.31
DN80
294.3
190
338.4
6.8
80
190
5.5
8.16
DN100
332.1
229
381.9
7.8
100
229
6
12.36
The Gear Housing (ASTM A216 WCB / made to drawing) is a housing casting cast to near-net shape by the lost wax process. The complete parameter table is below, together with the alloys the part is supplied in and the tolerances held.
What Is a Gear Housing?
The Gear Housing is a housing casting. It is selected by nominal bore together with the wall thickness and the hole or port geometry shown in the table below, and is supplied in a range of alloys and surface conditions to suit the service.
How This Part Is Cast
The internal cavity is formed by a soluble or ceramic core inside the wax pattern, so the passage is cast rather than drilled. That is the reason to choose investment casting for a hollow body: the wall thickness is set by the pattern and holds around a curved passage that no drill can follow. Wall thickness is the governing casting parameter — too thin and the shell will not fill, too thick and the section shrinks and forms porosity at the heaviest point.
Alloy Options
The catalog specification calls for WCB. This part is supplied in WCB, CF8M, CF3M, CF8, CF3, CD3MN (2205), WCC and HK30. The alloy drives both price and lead time more than any other choice on the RFQ, so state it if your drawing calls one out — and if it does not, describe the service (the medium, the temperature and the pressure) and we will propose one.
Tolerances, Finish & Machining
As-cast dimensions are held to ISO 8062-3 DCTG 6-8 on a silica sol shell, which is roughly ±0.3 mm on a 50 mm feature and widens with size. As-cast surface finish is typically Ra 3.2-6.3 µm. A machining allowance of 1.5-3 mm is added to the faces called out on the drawing; every other surface is supplied as-cast. Flange faces, the bolt circle and the bore are machined after casting so they meet the flange standard rather than the casting tolerance. State the tolerance grade and the finish you need on the RFQ — both change the price, and a tolerance nobody asked for is the most common avoidable cost on a casting.
Inspection & Testing
Chemical composition by spectrometer on every heat, with the certificate supplied against the specified grade.
Dimensional inspection against the drawing, with a first-article report on new tooling.
Typical Applications
Gearboxes, bearing assemblies, hydraulic manifolds and sealed enclosures, where a cored internal passage or a sealed cavity is the reason the part is cast at all. Read the full application guide for Gear Housing →
Pricing
The Gear Housing is made to order. Pricing starts from approximately US$22.40 per piece for the smallest listed size in WCB at production quantity; the final figure depends on pour weight, alloy, machining scope, surface finish and order quantity, and tooling is a separate one-time charge. Submit the configuration above for a firm quotation.
Inside the plant
Manufactured in our own plant
This part is cold-formed, threaded, heat-treated and finished in-house. The stages below are where its class and finish are actually decided.
01
Tooling & wax injection
An aluminum die is cut from your drawing or 3D model, and wax is injected into it under pressure. Everything downstream is a copy of this pattern, so the die is where the tolerance is actually decided — not on the shop floor afterwards.
First-article dimensional report on every new die before production wax is run.
02
Tree assembly & gating
Patterns are welded onto a wax runner to form a tree. How they are gated is not cosmetic: the gate positions decide which sections solidify last, and a heavy section fed from the wrong direction is where shrinkage porosity comes from.
Gating reviewed against the part's heaviest section before the first tree is built.
03
Ceramic shell building
The tree is dipped in ceramic slurry and stuccoed with refractory grain, six to eight times, drying between coats. The face coat is what the casting surface copies, which is why a silica sol face gives Ra 3.2-6.3 µm where a water-glass shell gives a coarser one.
Slurry viscosity and drying room temperature and humidity logged per coat.
04
Dewaxing
A steam autoclave melts the wax out fast, so that the wax — which expands more than the ceramic does — leaves before it can split the shell. Recovered wax is filtered and reused for gating rather than for patterns.
Every shell inspected for cracks after dewax; a cracked shell is scrapped, not patched.
Third-party video, selected automatically for this topic. It is not produced by Lost Wax Casting and is not a specification source — use the tables on this page for dimensional data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which specification governs the Gear Housing?
The Gear Housing is cast to ASTM A216 WCB / made to drawing. The dimensions on this page follow that specification, and the material certificate supplied with the order is issued against it.
What sizes are available for the Gear Housing?
The table on this page lists 9 sizes for the Gear Housing by nominal bore, from DN15 to DN100. Sizes outside the table are quoted on request — investment casting is tooled per part, so a new size is a new pattern die rather than a stock item.
Which alloys is the Gear Housing cast in?
The catalog specification calls for WCB. The Gear Housing is supplied in WCB, CF8M, CF3M, CF8, CF3 and CD3MN (2205). The alloy drives both the price and the lead time more than any other choice on the RFQ, so state it if your drawing calls one out — and if it does not, describe the service (the medium, the temperature and the pressure) and we will propose one.
What wall thickness does the Gear Housing have?
The listed sizes run from 3.5 mm to 7.8 mm of nominal wall. Investment casting will hold a section down to about 1.5 mm in the silica sol shell used here — 0.6 mm on a small isolated feature — and the thin end of that range is a shell-filling question rather than a strength one. A section much heavier than the surrounding wall is the more common problem: it solidifies last and shrinks, so it is fed or cored rather than left solid.
How do I request a quotation?
Set the configuration on the technical drawing above — size, alloy, finish — and click "Request this configuration". The values carry into the quote form below it. Attach a drawing or a STEP file if you have one; it is the fastest route to a firm price, and it lets us flag any castability issue before you commit to tooling.
Guides for the Gear Housing
Each grade changes the price, the weight and what the part survives, so there is a page per grade for this part: WCB (the catalog grade), CF8M (the chloride-resistant default), CF3M (low carbon, for welded assemblies), CF8 (cheaper, where chlorides are absent), CD3MN (2205) (roughly double the yield strength) and CF3 (low carbon, no chlorides).
How it is shelled decides the tolerance and the surface you get, and the tolerance band is worked out against this part's own dimensions on each: Silica Sol Casting (DCTG 5 – 7, Ra 3.2 – 6.3 µm), Water Glass Casting (DCTG 7 – 9, Ra 6.3 – 12.5 µm) and Composite Shell Casting (DCTG 6 – 8, Ra 6.3 – 12.5 µm).
If the question is still whether a casting is the right way to make this part at all, the Gear Housing application guide covers where it is used, what has to be decided before a price exists, and where investment casting is the wrong answer.
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