Patent ID: 7284590

Claim:
A method for manufacturing cast components comprising the steps of: leaving a cast mold and/or macroscopic inserts, to be placed either totally or partly inside cast material, totally or partly as a part of a final component to be used, wherein the material to be cast is of iron-based material having an iron content of more than 50 percent by weight (Fe>50 percent by weight); after the casting, further treating with temperature and/or pressure in order to improve compactness of both the cast materials and the solid or partial solid materials acting as inserts and to improve bond between the cast material and the solid material attached thereto, and wherein a weight of a portion of the solid or partly solid material (inserts) to be placed into the cast mold and remaining in the final component, inclusive the portion of the mold eventually remaining in the final component, to the total component is more than 3 percent by weight.