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Given the opportunity, we can help our customers in many ways, but always with the aim of providing ‘Economic Effective Solutions’. We can assist in the design and development of the casting so customers get value for money.
Below are just a few ways in which we can save our customers money.
STEEL FABRICATIONS Existing designs can be redesigned as an aluminium die casting to produce a lighter, serviceable item much cheaper. Threaded inserts, pins and bushes can be incorporated in the casting design to eliminate machining costs. For example the inclusion of a threaded insert at the casting stage eliminates the need for drilling and tapping. The inclusion of a bush eliminated the need for drilling, reaming and press fitting. Clearance holes are included in designs and created by means of tapered cores thus giving reduced machining and assembly times when an item is converted to a die casting.
SAND CASTINGS Again machining costs on existing designs which are being sand cast can be cut by reducing or elimination machined faces. Improved accuracy of die castings can reduce machining allowances and in doing so will mean that the final casting weight is lighter and hence cheaper,
PROTOTYPES These can be created from fabrication samples, sketches, existing castings, drawings or CAD files. We are able to create 3D images from samples or drawings, if CAD files are unavailable, to enable prototype patterns to be CNC machined. Once prototype patterns are machined, usually in ureol or resin, they are used to manufacture castings from which the customer can verify the design by fit and function or other testing before laying down production tooling. |
