New aerospace casting milestone for UK’s sole titanium caster
Castings Technology has reached a new milestone by producing the first large-scale, centrifugally-manufactured, high-integrity component. The UK-based specialist – a supplier of difficult to- source, low volume castings to the high value manufacturing sector – used its considerable expertise to produce a demonstration inter casing by pouring 250kg of molten titanium into moulds rotating at […]
Plain sailing for castings experts as they meet marine sector’s Titanium challenge
Castings Technology is pursuing new opportunities in the luxury and performance yacht market after helping a top marine propulsion specialist create what is believed to be the first four blade folding propeller made from Titanium. Bruntons Propellers’ Varifold designs are used on luxury motor yachts and have blades that fold inwards, to reduce drag when […]
Demand for novel casting process fuelled by drive for improved performance and focus on total cost
Increasing pressure to improve the performance of critical pumping equipment and reduce costly down time is creating opportunities for a novel method for making one of a pump’s key components. Impellers play a crucial part in a pump’s overall efficiency, but ensuring their blades are perfectly balanced and of a suitable surface quality, thickness and […]
Castings experts spring into action to help keep a multi-national company running
Castings Technology has come to the aid of a multinational company after key component failures impacted production. The company called upon Castings Technology to assess how quickly it might be able to make replacement components after stocks of their spares ran out. It took Castings Technology just three weeks to reverse engineer the component from […]