Casting
Aluminium gravity die casting is our core foundry process, supported by an electric holding-and-melting furnace and gas-fired furnaces for a consistent melt supply. Tilting gravity casting machines in heavy and light-duty configurations, together with a vertical casting machine, cover a wide range of part geometries up to 100 kg. Sand moulding handles larger and lower-volume work alongside the gravity dies, which are designed and cut in-house. Solution treatment, ageing and annealing are carried out on site to meet the drawing’s mechanical-property call-out.
Pressing
A press shop running 50T to 100T presses produces copper and copper-alloy contacts and other pressings, with all press tools designed and manufactured in-house — so a new pressing does not wait on an outside toolroom.
Machining
CNC machining centres, including vertical machining centres with rotary tables, CNC lathes and a CNC milling-and-engraving machine cover prismatic and turned work, backed by conventional turret milling, radial drilling, and surface and cylindrical grinding for finishing operations. Components are generally supplied fully machined and finished to print. Tooling and fixtures are designed in SolidWorks with CNC programming in SolidCAM, keeping first-article turnaround on a new drawing in-house.
Finishing & assembly
Vibro polishing in 250 and 400 litre capacities and in-house powder coating complete the surface finish. Hardware, bearings, seals and fasteners are fitted to our own castings and machined parts to deliver complete, inspected sub-assemblies rather than loose components.
Inspection & test
Every process is backed by an in-house quality room: Brinell hardness testing on a 3000 kg hydraulic tester, universal tensile testing, air-pressure testing and dynamic balancing, with dimensional inspection on a granite surface plate using height, bore, thread and snap gauges. Radiographic-quality castings are produced where the specification demands it, and the quality system is ISO 9001:2015 certified.
