The ability to accurately reverse engineer existing castings is essential to any modern foundry. Reverse engineering could be required for a variety of reasons ranging from replication of an old casting where original patterns have been lost to improving mechanical performance or learning from an existing design to replicate or improve it. Whatever the reason, … Read more
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Safety-critical Railway castings
A commitment to quality and consistency has allowed NovaCast to build a reputation within industries where safety-critical cast components are required. As a specialist supplier of railway castings for many years, NovaCast supplies cast braking and signalling system components as well as a wide variety of compressor and valve parts. Many castings are subjected to pressure and mechanical testing as well as NTD to ensure their integrity.
- Pipe Bracket (Rail Industry): Sand cast aluminium with multiple cores to produce apertures
- Pipe Bracket (Rail Industry): Sand cast aluminium with multiple cores to produce apertures
- Train Brake Caliper: 12.5Kg with precision machined bush and fabricated lock. Spheriodal Graphite (SG) 420/12.
- Train Brake Caliper: 12.5Kg with precision machined bush and fabricated lock. Spheriodal Graphite (SG) 420/12.
- Arching Horn (Rail Industry): Aluminium Bronze (AB2)
- Signalling Valve (Rail): Fully machined and lacquered Bronze
- Signalling Valve (Rail): Fully machined and lacquered Bronze
- D75475/6 Reverse view
- D75475/6 Aluminium LM25TF casting used in the Railway Industry
To discuss your requirements, call a member of NovaCast’s team on +44 (0) 1225 707466, send us a message here or email sales@novacast.co.uk.