Patterns - The starting point of everything we make

Durham Foundry - A view of the main foundry bay.

Durham Foundry - A closer view of the production area.

Moulding.

A series of moulds ready for stripping and closing.

Sand moulds being removed from the pattern.

The bottom half of a larger mould being blown out prior to the top half being put on.

A series of moulds closed ready for casting.

Melting in a 750 kg High Frequency Coreless Induction Furnace.

Slagging off - This is the removal of impurities from the surface of the molten metal.

Preheating the Ladle.

Preheated ladle ready for lifting up to the furnace.

Tapping the molten metal into the pre heated ladle.

Finished tapping. Time for a short rest.

Casting

Line of moulds just cast

Excess metal cast into pig moulds for re-use

Pile of pigs just cast

A series of cast moulds cooling before the castings are removed

A mould being taken to have the cooled casting removed

The cooled mould being processed through the sand reclaimer. As much sand as possible is re-used

Casting about to be fettled

Casting being fettled

Fettled castings. These ones go for hot dip galvanising.

Examples of the range of shapes and sizes we make

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