One of the primary benefits of aluminium gravity die casting is the ease in which high volume casting can be undertaken. Unlike sand casting and investment casting that involve relatively complex set up times, gravity die casting can often be performed at rates of one per minute, allowing for cooling, with the limiting factor being the machining and finishing rate.

EDL can design and manufacture tooling to customer specification and offer a range of commercial options on tool ownership. We hold a large library of customer tooling which is regularly maintained for use at short lead times. We can also use customer tooling as required, including collection and delivery.

Our foundry has the capacity to undertake castings upto 200kg not including tooling.

For intricate internal features EDL have the inhouse capacity to prepare sand cores for a wide range of features.

Aluminium Alloys: LM6, LM25, L99 and others
Shell core capability
Precise melt control - dual energy furnaces
In house Gravity Die tool manufacture
In house heat treatment to TE/TF
Spectrographic melt analysis
Penetrant NDT facility
X-ray facility
Test bar analysis
CMM mark out capability
Comprehensive machine shop support

1 Shell Core Blowing Rig
2 PLC Controlled Dual Energy Furnaces
1 Morganite Furnace
1 Heater Unit For Gravity Die Tools
2 Shot blasting Units
1 Aquablast Unit
2 AEW Heat Treatment Ovens
1 Wild Barfield Furnace

Castings up to 200 kgs
Typical Gravity Die batch sizes 50 to 500