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Strategic Business Unit

Structural Castings

Description

Precision investment castings in high grade materials for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine (small airfoil) markets.

Materials

Nickel and colbalt based superalloys
High alloy steels

Principal markets

Aerospace (small and medium Structural Castings, blade and nozzle guide vane castings)
Industrial gas turbine (small and medium structural castings, blades and vane airfoil castings)

Capacity

Structural castings to 16" diameter (400mm)
Blade and vane airfoils up to 12" (270mm)
Casting weights approx. 15kg - air melt, 17kg - vacuum

Technology

Investment castings (lost wax)
Suppliers of fully finished 'engine ready' components
On-site rapid prototyping facilities
Simultaneous engineering activity
CMM measurement
Full 3-D CAD system. Unigraphics version 18 solid works
Lean manufacturing product lines

Facilities

Investment castings
Air melt up to 30kg
Vacuum melt up to 35kg

Accreditations

ISO 9001: 2000 AS EN 9100, NADCAP (NDT, Welding and Heat Treatment), Rolls-Royce, Snecma, Honeywell, British Aerospace, Agusta Westland, Shorts, Dunlop Equipment, Siemens

Compressor airfoils (Cast) for the Aerospace market
Engine structural components (Cast) for the Aerospace market
Turbine airfoils (Cast) for the Aerospace market
Combustion components and systems (Cast) for the Aerospace market
IGT Compressor airfoils (Cast) for the Industrial gas turbine market
IGT Turbine airfoils (Cast) for the Industrial gas turbine market
IGT Cast structural components (Cast) for the Industrial gas turbine market
Heat shield and seal segments (Machined) for the Aerospace market
IGT Turbine blades (Cast) for the Industrial gas turbine market
Turbine blades (Cast) for the Aerospace market
IGT Turbine vanes (Cast) for the Industrial gas turbine market
IGT Turbine vane segment (Cast) for the Industrial gas turbine market