TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFNS) – The 76th Commodities Maintenance Group and Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling, or REACT, Lab at Tinker Air Force Base have added the capability to sand cast aluminum parts in-house.
By 3D printing casting molds from sand, aluminum parts weighing up to 120 pounds can be cast in its newly launched foundry. The 76th CMXG is able to produce up to Grade B standards and is perfecting their process to soon have capability to produce Grade A castings, meaning the casting is nearly flawless.