Rősler ensures the shotblast process is up to speed for a long standing , quality driven and progressive Foundry

Castings P.L.C. is a market leading UK iron casting and machining group. Their continued strength is largely as a result of investment in the latest technologies and manufacturing processes.  Maintaining an ungeared balance sheet provides investment flexibility, enabling them to maximise commercial opportunities to generate strong returns for the benefit of shareholders, customers and employees alike.

Castings PLC recently embarked on further improvements by implementing an investment plan to ensure that they were operating more effectively and driving down costs by eliminating inefficient processes and replacing them with modern, long life, shotblast wheels.

Castings Plc placed their order with Rősler because clarification from existing customers gave them the confidence to place the order.  It was very important for them to go with a supplier who offers technical advantages and a reliable, quick service.  In addition, the machine had to be fitted with the Rősler Rutten "C" blast wheels within a time constraint that would give most suppliers a problem, but not for the Rősler team.

This plan consisted of installing Rősler Rutten "C" blast wheels to their existing batch barrel blast facilities ensuring both improved efficiency by shorter blast times and higher uptimes by providing wear parts of superior material thereby providing a long life, low maintenance shot blasting process, whilst the component parts are produced in an automated continuous greensand casting line.

Jason Staphnill, engineering director at Castings Plc said "we are delighted with the result and our decision to purchase the Rösler Rutten "C" Blast Wheels.  This investment contributes and enables us to continue delivering long-term sustainable revenues through investment in market leading technologies”.

Previous investments have been made in 3D printing facilities, which allow them to convert a 3D model into a printed pattern and from that an iron casting in 48 hours. This shortens the development time, allowing variants of prototypes to be manufactured and tested faster than ever before.

Jason Staphnill explained that "we are so pleased with the performance we are getting from our retrofitted wheels we are preparing the budget to enable the purchase of further wheels. We now achieve excellent blast cleaning results on our cast parts in cycle times typically 25% shorter".

Castings Plc group is made up of three autonomous manufacturing sites.  Head Office is at Brownhills, West Midlands, WM. Lee is based in Dronfield, South Yorkshire and CNC Speedwell is opposite the Brownhills foundry. www.castings.plc.uk
 
For more information on Rösler technically advantaged Long Life blast wheels please contact Steve Walmsley on 0151 482 0444. www.rosler.com