Engineers often have an important decision to make when they design and source a metal part: Should it be machined or die cast? In the past, a cursory review of production volumes, tolerances, ...

Investment casting has gained rapid acceptance because of the substantial savings it can provide over alternative manufacturing methods. Near-net-shape investment castings save material, eliminate ...

Synthetic-quartz-composite mixtures cast to tolerance and use less energy than casting iron. The dark days of energy-hogging, poorly toleranced cast parts are over. A new casting method dampens ...

Tajmac-ZPS has its own foundry on site at its 1-million-sq-ft facility in the Czech Republic. The foundry produces approximately 15,000 tons of grey and ductile iron machine castings. About 30 percent ...

Diversification into electrification and body in white is enabling the in-house machining facility at Grainger and Worrall to boost turnover, contributing up to £8m to the group’s overall figures.

Midland Impregnations at the same site in Lye Valley Industrial Estate, Bromley Street, was formed to provide a specialist casting impregnation service to foundries and casting machine shops, mainly ...

It has also been hit by the rising price of steel scrap and other raw materials, which have had to be passed on to customers. In the first half of the company's year, to the end of September, sales ...