Processes
Investment Casting
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Email: sales@newbyfoundries.co.uk
Specialists in the production of precision lost wax investment castings in a range of materials, sizes & quantities
Our award-winning Kidderminster foundry produces high quality investment castings in a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous materials. Several tooling options are available to suit various volumes, lead times & finishes.
- 3,000m² facility
- 100+ materials
- 50 years of experience
- RA 3.2mm smooth surface finish
Materials applicable to Investment Casting:
Materials
We cast many grades of steel, iron, aluminium and many more non-ferrous materials. Customer specific grades are also available on request. Our furnaces and mould manipulation equipment allow us to cast parts ranging from intricate jewellery pieces to large 75kg industrial housings.
We can produce various grades of the following materials. Non-standard and customer specific grades are available on request.
Steel
- Carbon
- Stainless
- Duplex and super duplex stainless
- High nickel alloys
- Heat resist alloys
Iron
- Ductile (spheroidal graphite, SG, or nodular)
- NiResist
Non-Ferrous
- Aluminium
- LM25
- EN-AC-46100 - Brass
- Phosphor bronze
- Beryllium copper
- Cobalt alloys
(e.g. Stellite) - Nickel alloys
(e.g. Inconel)
Newby Foundries are committed to sourcing materials from companies that share our values in relation to human rights, ethics and environmental responsibility. We demand our suppliers comply with our code of conduct, and meet our sustainability expectations, including conflict free sourcing of materials. To ensure this commitment is fulfilled Newby Foundries ensures that its products are produced using only materials which can be proven to have originated from non conflict sources.
Processes
The tooling options available to customers include aluminium or resin die tooling and silicon tooling. We also offer printed tooling and several printed wax processes which can significantly reduce lead times and tooling costs for small batches. This range of processes means we can provide our customers with great flexibility not only in terms of quantity and lead time, but also tolerance and surface finish.
Find out more about the processes Newby Foundries offer below.