标题: Yingliu and Kocel Build RMB 450 Million Smart Foundry with Ten Sand Printers and 8,000-Tonne Annual Capacity [打印本页] 作者: admin 时间: 2026-11-4 20:19 标题: Yingliu and Kocel Build RMB 450 Million Smart Foundry with Ten Sand Printers and 8,000-Tonne Annual Capacity Nanjixiong introduction: Ten AJS 2500 machines and 8,000 tonnes of annual capacity make this a landmark project for bringing sand printing into batch production.
On November 4, 2026, Nanjixiong learned that the aerospace key-component printing intelligent manufacturing project in Anhui's Huoshan Economic Development Zone had entered integrated commissioning. Built jointly by Yingliu Group and Kocel Equipment, it will become a leading-scale smart factory for printed-sand-mold steel castings.
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RMB 450 Million, 8,000 Tonnes, Ten Large Printers
The project has 46,000 m² of floor area and designed capacity of 8,000 tonnes annually, with expected annual output value of RMB 800 million at full operation. All sand molds are printed using ten AJS 2500 systems with an automated casting line. Construction follows intelligent manufacturing maturity Level 4, with 100% CNC coverage and data collection for key equipment.
The combined workshop is complete. Main printing, smelting, and sand-handling equipment is installed and undergoing coordinated commissioning.
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Trial Production Falls from Three Months to One or Two Weeks
Printing removes wooden or metal pattern manufacture. Yingliu engineer Wang Chenglong told local media that digital modeling replaces tooling, reducing complex-component trials from more than three months to as little as one to two weeks, while forming complex curved surfaces integrally.
Aeroengine and gas-turbine blades, casings, and hot-section parts typically require small batches, many variants, and rapid iteration. Tooling costs of hundreds of thousands of yuan and months of lead time are conventional barriers that printed molds remove.
About Yingliu
Headquartered in Huoshan, Anhui Yingliu Group entered casting in 1990. Listed Yingliu, 603308, makes superalloy and precision steel castings for AECC, CASIC, China United Gas Turbine, Dongfang Electric, Siemens, GE, Safran, Rolls-Royce, and others. It is a national specialized and innovative Little Giant and was selected this year as an MIIT future-industry leading enterprise.
About Kocel Equipment
Based in Yinchuan, Ningxia, Kocel Equipment belongs to Kocel Group. It pioneered domestic industrial foundry printing and independently developed the world's first super-size sand printer. Machines evolved from AJS 800 to AJS 4000, raising productivity from 70 to 1,500 L/h.
Nanjixiong's Observations
A major foundry supplying GE and Rolls-Royce is placing ten large printers in its main workshop to achieve 8,000 tonnes annually, rather than for display.
High-mix, low-volume, rapidly iterated aerospace castings are driving process change. Reducing trial cycles from quarters to weeks changes which complex and custom orders a foundry can accept. Sand printing is becoming standard line equipment rather than merely an optional prototyping tool.
AI-translated from an article by Kuaixiong on Nanjixiong, originally published on 2026-11-04. Text and images retain the original source attribution. Read the original Chinese article
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