Foundry


Overview

Wade Engineering has been producing high grade products in Steel, Iron and non-ferrous metals for over 60 years. These products include machinable castings and specialized engineering components, for both light weight and heavy applications.

Wade's new Foundry Floor

With a purpose built foundry and moulding facility, we are able to produce castings to our customer's requirements. Specialising in short runs, we cast up to 700kg gross weight.


Using a process known as Induction Melting, we are capable of, but not limited to, the following metal production:

  • Ferrous:-
    Grey Cast Iron Steels (Mild and Alloy)
    S.G. Iron Stainless Steels
    Ni-Hard Iron Ni-Resist Iron

  • Non-Ferrous:-
    Bronzes  
    Aluminium Alloys  
    Brasses  

    Non-Ferrous alloys can be supplied in most standard grades suitable for the production of impellors, propellors, bearings and bushes, marine fittings etc.


  • Moulding System:-

    Chemical set hard sand moulding system giving excellent surface definition and dimensional accuracy to any required product.

  • Testing and Certification:-

    Wade Engineering utilizes industry leading technology to obtain in-house metal verification at molten stage prior to pouring. Independent verification may then be confirmed by metallurgical analysis and certification as required.
  • Heat Treatment Facility:-

    Casting normalizing, annealing and stress relieving is conducted to customer requirements.

  • Patternmaking & Drawing:-

    To provide our customers with a complete service, we can provide full patternmaking and casting/machining design from a product sample or previous drawings.

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