EDL has supplied castings to a wide customer base for over 30 years, combining
traditional process skills with continuous improvements in technology.
Whilst most of the current work carried out by EDL is aerospace castings,
there is the capability within the company to carry out a diverse range
of projects with the capability of producing high quality components,
finish machined if required.
Plant
2 Ashland Air-Set Moulding Machines
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
Capability
Aluminium Alloys: LM6, LM25, L99 and others
LG2-LG4 Gun Metal & PB1 Phosphor Bronze
HTB1 High Tensile Brass & AB2 Alloy Bronze
G1 - G3 Gun Metal
Lead to BS3909/2
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
Capacity
Castings up to 200 kgs
Typical Sand batch sizes 10 to 1000
Typical Gravity Die batch sizes 50 to 500