Technology equipment

PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Heat treatment – Surface treatment

  • Futu1 offers a comprehensive range of heat treatment solutions, including annealing, normalizing, quenching, frequency hardening, tempering, and carburizing..etc, all tailored to meet specific customer needs. With a production capacity of up to 3,000 tons per year, we are well-equipped to handle diverse requirements.
  • Futu1 operates a continuous heat treatment furnace system that excels in achieving precise case depth and surface hardness while minimizing deformation during the quenching and carburizing processes.
  • Furthermore, we have invested in a medium frequency hardening furnace system, which includes four furnaces, to ensure precise frequency hardening for tooth area, hubs, and shaft necks…etc, fully aligned with the product's technical specifications.
  • At FUTU1, surface treatment and painting are carried out in a closed-loop system, encompassing every step from surface pretreatment to painting and drying. This approach ensures high quality throughout the process, enabling the production line to achieve an output of 500,000 products per year.

TYPICAL PRODUCTS

Heat treated parts

Parts with painted and coated surfaces

GREEN SAND CASTING TECHNOLOGY

  • Production capacity of the semi-automatic casting line:
         . Dimension of the biggest mould (L ´ W ´ H): 500x430x380mm.
         . Weight of the castings: 0.05kg ¸ 30kg.
         . Casting capacity: 5.000¸6.000 tons/year.
         . Casting tolerance: in conformity with standard TCVN7297:2003 or JIS B 0403.
  • Production capacity of the fully-automatic line: 
         . Dimension of the biggest mould (L ´ W ´ H): 450 ´ 350 ´ 300mm.
         . Weight of the castings: 0.05kg ¸ 20kg.
         . Casting capacity: 1.500¸2.000 tons/year.
         . Casting tolerance: in conformity with standard TCVN7297:2003 or JIS B 0403.
  • Casting material:
         . Grey iron: FC100, FC150, FC200, FC250, FC300, FC350 or other equivalent iron grades.
         . Ductile iron: FCD350-22; FCD400-18; FCD450-10; FCD500-7; FCD600-3 or other equivalent iron grades.

GREEN SAND CASTING STEPS DONE AT FUTU1.

  • The design and fabrication of casting patterns involve the use of specialized software for simulation, which helps to reduce research and manufacturing time. Casting patterns are made from rolled aluminum (A5052 or A6061), ensuring durability, high precision, and excellent surface quality.
  • Preparation of moulding mixture, creation of mould. Sand is processed on a closed sand recycling and mixing line. The recycled sand is then efficiently distributed to both semi-automatic and fully-automatic molding machines.

  • Melting and pouring of molten iron. The medium frequency electric furnace is used to melt the iron.
  • Shot blasting, cleaning and burr removing. Shot blasting machine is used to remove the sand adhered to the casting surface. Then the casting is ground to remove burrs and gatings.

CENTRIFUGAL CASTING TECHNOLOGY

FUTU1 has centrifugal casting technology with exclusive primer coating technology to produce pipe-shaped cast iron parts, especially the coating technology to manufacture spiny cylinders.

  • Casting capacity:
    • Dimension of the biggest casting: Ø100x630 mm
    • Casting volume: 45.000pcs/month.
  • Casting material:
    • Grey iron FC250HMS, other grey iron grades at the customer’s request.

INSPECTION METHODS.

On-site  quality inspections of cast iron products are carried out at FUTU1, including:

  • pectrometer is capable of analyzing 20 chemical elements.
  • Optical microscope
  • Brinell and Rockwell hardness testers
  • Mechanical property tester: tensile strength, yield strength, elogation.

Typical product.

Gray iron castings

Casting parts used in motorcycle

Ductile iron castings

Gray iron motor cover

Bearing housings

Spiny liner

MACHINING CAPABILITY

FUTU1 is equipped to meet a wide range of design and machining requirements for high-precision parts, molds, patterns, fixtures, jig gauges, and both single prototypes and mass production components. This capability is supported by state-of-the-art equipment and machines, including:

    • CNC Lathe
    • CNC milling machine, CNC machining center
    • CNC grinding machine
    • CNC broaching machine
    • CNC drilling machine
    • Tooth machining equipment: CNC gear hobbing machine, CNC gear shaping machine.
    • Supporting equipment: Laser engraving machine, burr grinder, cutter dressing machine, Electrical discharge machining (EDM) spark erosion machine…etc.

CNC turning technology

CNC milling technology

CNC grinding machine

Gear hobbing technology

Gear shaping technology

Gear shaving technology

Gear rolling technology

GROUP OF CNC LATHES

Technology capability: shaft-shaped & disc shaped parts, engine cover can be machined.

Mazak Lathe

Mazak Lathe

GROUP OF CNC MILLING MACHINES

Technology capability: moulds, patterns, fixtures, box-shaped parts can be machined.

CNC machining center

CNC Milling machine

Group of broaching machines

Technology capability: Single thread groove, spline, internal tooth profile…etc can be machined.

Vertical broaching machine

GROUP OF CNC DRILLERS

Technology capability: drilling, reaming, boring, tapping, chamfering of holes (through, stepped holes on various surfaces) …etc can be done

CNC drillers

CNC drillers

GROUP OF TOOTH MACHINING EQUIPMENT

Technology capability: Gear hobbing and shaping can be done with high accuracy

                                      Accuracy grade can be achieved: grade 7, diameter of part (max.): 150mm, module (max.): M4

CNC Gear hobbing machine

CNC Gear shaping machine

CNC Gear shaving machine

GROUP OF CNC GRINDERS

Technology capability: cylindrical diameter and holes can be ground with high accuracy.

CNC grinders

tooth burr grinders

GROUP OF WELDING MACHINES

Technology capability: machining and assembling the parts by welding beads can be done.

TIG welding machine

MAG welding machine

SUPPORTING MACHINES

Laser engraving machine

Makino EDM

Spark erosion machine

Cutter dressing machine

FORGING AND PRESSING TECHNOLOGY

Futu1 is fully equipped to manufacture forging and pressing blanks tailored to a wide range of products and designs. Our facility features three advanced production lines to meet diverse requirements:

  • Production line for Rod, Connecting and Fork Gearshift: Production capacity:8.500.000pcs/year.
  • Forging & Pressing line: production capacity: 7.000.000pcs/year, specializing in manfufacturing sprocket timing, Boss Center, Boss, Sprocket Final Driven, Shaft…etc.
  • Fine blanking line: Production capacity: 6.500.000 pcs/year, specialized in producing sprocket cam, side plate…etc.

We incorporate cutting-edge technology into our manufacturing process, utilizing simulation software for hot forging deformation. This allows us to calculate and optimize the most suitable die and mold designs, to reduce input weight and minimize the defective rate during the forging process.

We are capable of producing forging blanks with a maximum weight of 2 kg, achieving fine blanking accuracy of grade 8.

Forging technology process: 2D drawing →  3D drawing is created → 3D drawing for die/mold → 3D Qform simulation → Trial production of samples → the operation process sheet is prepared for the new product.

Rod, Connecting and Fork Gearshift

Products created by fine blanking process

Fine blanking production line