Aluminium Casting
- Sand Casting
- Gravity Die Casting
- Investment Casting
Over the years EDL has undertaken specialist aluminium castings for the defence, aerospace and automotive sectors as well as for the architectural, marine and art sectors and offers inhouse design capability for lost wax moulds, die castings and sand core aluminium castings.
Below is a breakdown of our services with links to more detailed information. If you have any questions, please feel free to call for an informal discussion, we are always happy to talk to new customers.
Aluminium Sand Casting
We can offer a fast turn around on aluminium sand castings with the added benefit of a direct line service for machining and inspection. With over 40 years experience in the production of sand moulds as well as copy casting we have the expertise and experience to handle most aluminium sand casting jobs with a capacity of up to 200kg. With four furnaces and ample space we are ideally suited to both one off as well as high volume production work.
For more information on our aluminium sand casting services click here.
Aluminium Gravity Die Casting
For higher volume production work we can undertake aluminium gravity die casting utilising either customer mould tools or mould tools designed and manufactured inhouse by EDL.
Our facilities are equipped for the production runs of between 50-500 item batches with inhouse sand core manufacture for additional detail.
For more information on our aluminium gravity die casting services click here.
Aluminium Investment Castings
Since 1990 EDL have offered specialist investment casting services using lost wax moulds for precision aluminium casting, mainly for the aerospace sector. Aluminium investment casting is ideally suited to work that requires finely detailed castings which when combined with metallurgical smelt analysis and NDT flaw detection, such as turbine housings, lightweight aerospace instrument enclosures, engine components and nuclear energy applications.
For more information on our aluminium investment casting services click here.
Aluminium Casting Alloys
EDL have years of experience in the production of aluminium castings for both general work such as architectural castings as well as specialist precision components this high end quality control applied and materials tracability. This has involved manufacture with a wide range of aluminium alloys ranging from standard LM4 and LM6 materials through to complex alloys for the aerospace industries such as:
- UNS A13600: thin walled applications
- UNS A03900: high wear resistance for mechanical parts, cylinder blocks, air conditioner pistons etc
- UNS A14130: high corrosion resistance
- UNS A14440: excellent impact absorption, ideal for railway locomotive parts, turbo chargers etc
- UNS A05350: shock & corrosion resistance with dimensional stability, used for optical equipment
- UNS A02060: high tensile & yield strength ideal foe automotive & aerospace applications
- UNS A02220: primarily a piston alloy but also suited to cylinder heads & valve tappet guides
- UNS A02420: air cooled cylinder heads & high performance pistons
- UNS A03330: low cost alloy for engine parts, flywheels and regulator parts etc
- UNS A03550: for pressure applications such as pump bodies and liquid cooled cylinder heads
Galleries
Take a look at some of our Casting Galleries for an idea of our capabilities:
