CAPACITY LIST - Foundry

Plant Includes:

• 2 x Automated Gravity Die Machines, with overhead Pelboy for operating all manual dies.
• Plume JNR Economatic Low Pressure Casting Machine with Dedicated Melt Furnace using a Allen Bradley computer control system.
• 2 x FMS Sand Mixers, 5T and 8T an hour capacity - ISS 6 Station Carousel Moulding Line with Tracking
• ISS Sand Reclamation Plant,.
• Foseco Mobile Rotary Degassing Unit
• 3 x 500 Kg Bail Out, 2 Additional Bail Out & Lift Out Furnaces
• Electronic Vacuum Density Tester.
  

Sand Castings: Prototype to Large Production

Aluminium (BS1490)  Up to 200 KG
LM4, LM5, LM6, LM13, LM20, LM25, LM27, BS2L91, BS2L99, BSL169     

Aluminium Zinc (BS1004)  Up to 70 KG
ZL12, ZL27     

Yellow Metals (BS1400) Up to 80 KG
Aluminium Bronze AB1, AB2, Gunmetal LG2, LG4, Phosphor Bronze PB1, PB2, PB4 

Carbon and Stainless Steel  (BS3100) Up to 250 KG

Cast Iron (BS1452) - Up to 500 KG
Grades 180-300, NI Hard & NI Resist

SG Iron (BS2789) - Up to 500 KG
Grades 370/17, 420/12, 700/2, 800/2

Investment Castings:  Small Batches to Large Production – Up to 3Kg

Aluminium (BS1490)                               
LM4, LM6, LM10, LM25

Yellow Metals (BS1400)                               
Aluminium Bronze AB2, Gunmetal LG2, LG4, Phosphor Bronze PB1

Carbon and Low Alloy Steels  (BS3146/1)                       
CLA1 to CLA5, CLA7 to CLA13

Corrosion & High Resisting Steels     (BS3146/2)                       
ANC1 to ANC6, ANC8 to ANC11, ANC13 to ANC22

Gravity/Pressure Die Castings: Small Batches to Large Production

Aluminium (BS1490) - Up to 25 KG
LM4, LM5, LM6, LM13, LM20, LM24, LM25, LM27    

Aluminium Zinc (BS1004) - Up to 10 KG
ZL12, ZL27

CAPACITY LIST - Fully Equipped In-House Machineshop

Plant Includes:
Prototype to Large Production up to 1500 x 800 x 480mm
Small batches up to 1500mm square

• 3 x Mazak 5800 Horizontal Machining Centre (Twin Pallet)   
• 3 x YCM Supermax High-Speed Machining Centre (Twin Pallet)
• 1 x Bridgeport Portal 1.5m CNC Machining Centre            
• 1 x Bridgeport CNC 1.4m Machining Centre with 4th Axis
• 4 x Bridgeport CNC Machining Centres with Indexers
• 4 x Bridgeport CNC Machining Centres
• 1 x Ecoca MT-415MC CNC Lathe 700mm x 1.5m long
• 1 x Mori Seiki SL25 CNC Lathe with 60mm Bar Feed
• 3 x Bridgeport BR2J2 Turret Mills with Digital Readout
• 1 x Colchester Triumph 2500 Lathe with Digital Readout
• 1 x TOS FV20 Vertical Mill
• 1 x TOS FU20 Horizontal Mill
• 1 x Lang Centre Lathe (Swing 400mm)
  

Fully Equipped In-House Inspection Department

Plant Includes:   
1 x Brown & Sharpe CNC Co-ordinate Measuring Machine
      X=860mm Y=1400mm   Z=660mm
Fitted with Linear temperature compensation sensors and Renishaw PH10M Indexable Probe Head capable of 720 positions.

1 x Tesa 3D Micro-MS454 Co-ordinate Measuring Machine

Fully Equipped In-House Patternshop

In house Patternshop using 2D and 3D machined patterns
Manufacturing Patterns and modelmaking in Wood, Resin and Metal
Gravity and Investment Diemaking, Shell and Vacuum Mouldmaking
CAD CAM - Pro Engineer Wildfire 3 with manufacturing modules + Auto-CAD

Other Facilities Offered

In house Alocromming, Rumbling/Polishing and Glass Bead Blasting Facilities
In house Mechanical Assembly Facilities
Anodising, Dye Penetration, Heat-Treatment, Impregnation, Painting, Pressure Testing & Radiography Facilities