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.

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: 2018
  • NADCAP — Heat Treatment
  • NADCAP — NDT (Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection and X-Ray)
  • EN ISO EMS 14001:2004
  • OHSAS 18001: 2007

Leading OEM Approvals Including:

  • SABRe Rolls-Royce
  • Siemens
  • Ansaldo
  • MTU
  • GE General Electric
  • Complex Stage 1, 2 & 3 airfoils and HP turbine blades
  • Mastermelt 4t vacuum furnace
  • equiax , DS & SX up to 32”
  • Complex core manufacture 3 injection & 14 kilns
  • 3 equiax furnaces, 9 DS/SX furnace chambers
  • In house HIP 2 units up to 1m diameter x 2m high