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Investment Cast

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 3.2µm smooth surface finish


Would you like to discuss an investment casting project?

Telephone: +44 (0) 1562 827575
Email: sales@newbyfoundries.co.uk


Large Precision Castings

Robotic manipulation systems enable parts up to 75kg to be produced.

High Tolerance & Fine Surface Finish

Dimensional tolerance of ±0.1mm up to 20mm & surface finish of Ra 3.2µm.

High or Low Volume Runs

Cost effective for 1 off prototypes & continuous high volume production.


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.


Aluminimum tooling

Aluminium Tooling

  • High accuracy

  • Low wear

  • Excellent surface finish

  • Fully automated for high volume

  • Manual for low to medium volume

Printed Wax Patterns

Printed Wax Patterns

  • Short lead time

  • Good surface finish

  • No tooling required


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.


Casting Steel

Steel

  • Carbon

  • Stainless

  • High nickel alloys

  • Heat resist alloys

Iron

Iron

  • Ductile (spheroidal graphite, SG, or nodular)

  • NiResist

Non-Ferrous

  • Aluminium

  • 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.

Sectors

Newby foundries investment casting operate in the following industries:

We have a diverse customer base which includes petrochemical, automotive, lock/door, safety equipment and marine OEMs, as well as art & design projects.

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Equipment


Wax Manufacture

  • 3x automatic injection wax presses

  • 1x manual wax presses

  • 1x large 100 tonne injection wax press

  • 1x water soluble wax press

Shell Manufacture

  • 2x shellmaker robots

  • 28 station drying rack

  • 3x slurry tanks

  • 4x stucco machines

Foundry

  • 1x de-waxing autoclave

  • 3x pre-heat furnace

  • 2x 40kg roll-over furnace

  • 2x 30kg roll-over furnace

  • 1x 150kg tilt pour furnace

  • 1x 300kg aluminium melting unit

  • 1x 300kg manipulator

Finishing

  • 1x carousel shot-blast cabinet

  • 1x Y-track shot-blast cabinet

  • 1x cut-off machine

  • 2x linishing machines

  • 2x grit-blast cabinets

  • 2x steel shot-blast

Other Services

Discover the services Newby Foundries Investment Casting can also assist with:


QUALITY

  • Material testing laboratory

  • Dimensional analysis reports

  • PPAP & APQP

  • MPI, DPI & X-ray

  • Pressure testing

  • Ultrasonic testing

  • HIP

FINISHING

  • Machining

  • Heat treatment

  • Impregnation

  • Plating

  • Electro polishing

  • Pickling & passivating

  • Anodising

  • Painting

Divisions

Explore the Newby Foundries Group

The Newby Foundries Group produce high quality castings in a variety of materials, sizes & finishes across our 4 sites. Our range of casting processes, combined with our ability to develop castings from prototype through to production means we can provide customers with an optimal casting solution for many applications.


Lost wax castings can replace expensive machined or fabricated components for many applications

Would you like to discuss a project?

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contact Newby Foundries Investment casting

Newby Foundries are specialists in the production of precision lost wax investment castings in a range of materials, sizes & quantities.

Contact us to arrange a consultation or to chat to one of our team members today.

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Telephone: +44 (0) 1562 827575
Email: sales@newbyfoundries.co.uk

Address:
Firs Industrial Estate, Ricketts Close, Off Oldington lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 7QN

 

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