8 12, 2020

Additive Manufacturing in Die Casting

2023-03-03T11:54:47+00:00December 8th, 2020|

Additive Manufacturing in Die Casting We are pleased to announce that our Additive Manufacturing facility is up and running! We have an AM 400 machine from Renishaw in here in Welshpool, Mid Wales. The printer will be producing 'Tool Steel' inserts for our casting tools. The '3D' printing process allows our design engineers to cool the castings much more efficiently, reducing cycle times and scrap rates. How we plan to use additive manufacturing in die casting The new technology will play a key role in meeting the world class [...]

7 11, 2020

CastAlum Featured on Swarf & Chips

2023-02-15T21:10:45+00:00November 7th, 2020|

CastAlum featured on Swarf & Chips We were thrilled to welcome Joe Reynolds and the team from MTD CNC to CastAlum to be featured on Swarf & Chips to discuss how collaboration, innovation and technology have helped us secure more business. This was an opportunity to showcase how our investment in new technology and innovation has been a game-changer for us. Additive manufacturing has been one of the key areas of focus for us, and we have made significant investments in this field. Additive Manufacturing in [...]

28 10, 2020

Celebrating 20 Years of Casting in Wales

2021-02-08T23:51:02+00:00October 28th, 2020|

Celebrating 20 Years of Casting in Wales This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the establishing of CastAlum as an internationally recognised diecaster. We were thrilled to have this milestone celebrated in the October 2020 edition of Manufacturing Today. You can read the full article, which looks at our past, present, and future plans, by clicking the link below. Click to Read

13 02, 2020

CastAlum #BacksBritain

2022-11-11T09:28:00+00:00February 13th, 2020|

CastAlum #BacksBritain at Europe’s premier exhibition for the Metal Casting Industry In the build-up to the Made in the Midlands Exhibition on July 1st, 2020 Made in the Midlands member CastAlum recently returned from Nuremberg, Germany where they exhibited at the premier exhibition for the Metal Casting Industry in Europe, EUROGUSS 2020. A total of 754 exhibitors, from 36 countries from around the globe, including several from Europe, packed the four halls of the convention centre to showcase the latest trends in technology, innovation processes and new products for the entire [...]

7 05, 2019

Strategic suppliers – shared benefits

2021-02-06T22:18:09+00:00May 7th, 2019|

Strategic suppliers – shared benefits Use of a Die Casting Release Agent is a key factor in the production of a quality product and minimizes down time due to “Solder” build up during the Die Casting process. If this can be incorporated whilst showing a direct cost saving, driven by the supplier’s ability to change the ratio needed to achieve the required process, this is a “win-win” for CastAlum and its strategic suppliers.

16 01, 2019

2019 Initial Update

2021-11-16T14:35:05+00:00January 16th, 2019|

2019 Initial Update CastAlum are seeing much greater interest from outside of its “traditional” Automotive Market, where the introduction of PHEV/LCV & EV are now the norm, with Aerospace, Light Rail, Tram & Commuter/City transport solutions now looking to adopt a volume production strategy. During 2018 there was, along with the variety of HPDC/Squeeze Cast Automotive components CastAlum manufacture, an even greater push towards Lightweighting and “near net shape” casting that will be escalated within 2019. Having the ability to optimize temperature & raw material quality by minimizing molten material [...]

23 11, 2016

Company of the Year Award

2021-02-08T22:15:24+00:00November 23rd, 2016|

Company of the Year Award CastAlum attended the annual dinner of the Cast Metals Federation understanding that they had been nominated as one of the finalists for Company of the Year. Our application featured the path to achieve required output expansion through new equipment, new people and training and succession management for the future at all levels. The application also noted technical developments to improve quality and uptime. The application was sufficiently compelling to justify success and make CastAlum the winner of the very handsome industry leader trophy [...]

11 06, 2015

CastAlum Investment Program

2021-02-08T22:15:43+00:00June 11th, 2015|

CastAlum Investment Program CastAlum is continuing its investment program with the order of a 2000 tonne Buhler Prince HPDC machine. As with all of our diecasting equipment this DCM is part of a fully automated cell complete with a tower melt furnace. The cell will be installed for production by April 2016. The new DCM ordered in July 2015 is now fully integrated into our production capacity, operating on a 6 x 24 hr basis. The technology of this new DCM is advanced by up-graded ladling systems and by spray [...]

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