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Strategic Business Unit

Superalloys

Description

Production of high-performance vacuum-refined alloys for use in aerospace and industrial gas turbine engines and other demanding commercial and industrial applications.

Materials

Nickel and cobalt based superalloys and ferrous alloys for investment casting

Principal markets

Industrial gas turbine - Airfoils and structural parts
Aerospace - Aeroengine rotating/non-rotating and structural parts
Automotive - Hot end wheels for turbochargers
Medical prostheses

Capacity

Vacuum induction melting up to 5500kg
Barstock diameters from 32mm to 175mm
Airmelting up to 2000kg
Air induction melting

Technology

Continuous casting of vacuum melted alloys
Fully equipped NAMAS approved analysis laboratory

Facilities

Vacuum induction furnaces: 1 x 500kg, 3 x 2800kg, 1 x 5500kg
Barstock grinding and cutting
Airmelting furnaces: 1 x 1000kg, 1 x 2000kg with degas hood
Metal mould ingot machine

Accreditations

BS EN ISO9001:2000, QS9000, ISO14001, UKAS/NAMAS, NADCAP
Rolls-Royce RR9000 SABRe, AETC, Howmet, Honeywell Engines & Systems, Allied Signal

Superalloys (Cast) for the Aerospace market
Superalloys (Cast) for the Industrial gas turbine market
Superalloys (Cast) for the Petrochemical market
Superalloys (Cast) for the Specialist automotive market
Superalloys (Vacuum Induction Melted) for the Aerospace market
Superalloys (Vacuum Induction Melted) for the Industrial gas turbine market
Superalloys (Vacuum Induction Melted) for the Petrochemical market
Superalloys (Vacuum Induction Melted) for the Specialist automotive market