Southern Tool
Doncasters Southern Tool is an investment casting facility based in Oxford, Alabama, USA.
It serves the aerospace, industrial gas turbine and commercial markets as a leading manufacturer of vacuum and air melt investment castings in superalloys and stainless steel. The facility produces part sizes up to 24 in. (600 mm) and has the capacity to execute air melt pour weights from 200 lb (90 kg) to 600 lb (275 kg) in addition to a 75 lb (34 kg) roll-over air melt pour.
The facility can handle both your development and make to print orders all within its 160,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. The ISO 9001:2008 and NADCAP certified facility also boasts an extensive list of approvals from a number of industry leading Original Equipment Manufacturers.
up to
air pour weights
up to
roll-over air melt pour
Aerospace Market:
- Engine structural components (cast)
- Airframe brackets and components (cast)
- Heat shield and seal segments (cast)
Industrial Gas Turbine Market:
- IGT turbine airfoils (cast)
- IGT cast structural components (cast)
- IGT multi vane segments (cast)
- IGT turbine blades (cast)
Petrochemical Market:
- Pump and valve castings (cast)
- Petrochem castings (cast)
Specialist Large Scale Transportation Market:
- Turbocharger turbine wheels (cast)
- Turbocharger impeller wheels (cast)
Accreditations:
- ISO 9001:2015
- AS9100D
- NADCAP certified in three processes – NDT (FPI / X-RAY), Weld, Heat Treat
Leading OEM Approvals Including:
- ABB Turbo Systems
- Alstom Power
- Dresser Rand
- EMD
- General Electric Aviation
- General Electric Power Generation
- Honda Aero
- Honeywell Turbo
- Johns Manville
- Knauf
- Pratt & Whitney
- Rolls-Royce
- Siemens
- Slumberger
- Teledyne Turbine Engines
Air Melt:
- 24 x 24 x 18 in. (600 x 600 x 450 mm) envelope
- Up to 165 lb (75 kg) casting weight
- 8 air casting units
- 1 roll over unit
Vacuum Melt:
- 24 x 24 x 18 in. (600 x 600 x 450 mm) envelope
- Up to 160 lb (70 kg) casting weight
- 2 vacuum casting units
