Doncasters Precision Castings — Bochum
Doncasters Precision Castings, Bochum Germany, specialises in the production of vacuum cast blades and vanes for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets. The 180,000 sq. ft. site offers a variety of leading casting technologies including vacuum investment casting (equiaxed products up to 100 kg pour weight, single crystal and directionally solidified products up to 120 kg pour weight), heat treat, hot isostatic pressing, ceramic core production and master melt alloy production. DPC — Bochum prides itself on offering leading technology and world class operational performance through its highly skilled workforce and focus on lean manufacturing.
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Aerospace Market:
- Turbine Airfoils (Cast)
- Superalloys (Cast)
- Superalloys (Vacuum Induction Melted)
- Turbine Blades (Cast)
Industrial Gas Turbine Market:
- IGT Turbine Airfoils (Cast)
- Superalloys (Cast)
- Superalloys (Vacuum Induction Melted)
- IGT Turbine Blades (Cast)
- IGT Turbine Buckets (Cast)
- IGT Turbine Vanes (Cast)
Accreditations:
EN 9001: 2009, NADCAP — Heat Treatment, NADCAP — NDT (Flourescent Penetrant Inspection and X-Ray), EN ISO EMS 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001: 2007
Leading OEM Approvals Including:
SABREe Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Alstom, MTU, GE General Electric, and Siemens Westinghouse
- Components up to 20 kg (Vacuum Cast)
- Blades and Vanes up to 0.8 Metres in Length
- Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) for Third Parties
- High Pressure Turbine Blades in DS-SX Technology
- HIP Units up to 1 Metre Diameter x 2 Metres, 1350 Degrees C, 200 Mpa, 6 Tonnes, Rapid Cooling