Sarginsons is an aluminium sand casting foundry specialising in prototype and large, complex castings. It focusses on combining its proprietary casting technologies, Smart Cooling and Intelligent Tooling, with its world leading Digital Twin Simulations. This combination enables Sarginsons to create lighter, more complex sand castings, as it can better manipulate mechanical strength to better replicate the characteristics of production components.
This application of cutting edge technology is transforming the capability of sand casting, not just in its ability to create extraordinary geometric castings, but also in its ability to address age old issues, like thin wall sections, strength and weight. But it is with the lightweighting of castings that the most impressive achievements have been made, with consistent reductions of over 30%.
Sarginsons sand casting is pushing boundaries to deliver better, more capable, more reliable components.
The Sand Casting Process
The traditional sand casting workflow:
Sarginsons Sand Services
Sarginsons offers a range of unique services not traditionally associated with sand casting.
· Sand Casting – Low Pressure and gravity sand casting – reservoir and top fed.
· Perfect Prototypes – Prototypes that accurately reflect production component TYE.
· SCARP – Unique emergency supply chain solution for cast components.
· Remediation – Sarginsons specialise in fixing problems in existing castings.
· Raid Iterative Design – Classic design strategy applied to casting; needs simulation.
· Alloys – Huge range including Sarginsons zero carbon recycled aluminium.
Sarginsons Secondary Sand Services
There are a comprehensive range of casting services offered that complement Sarginsons casting.
· Pattern Making – All manner and size of sand patterns are catered for.
· CNC Machining – Up to 1.6m five axis machining.
· Heat Treatment – Innovative protocols designed to improve component performance and designed deformation simulations.
· Coatings – all types covered, from anodising to wet paint and powder coating.
· Testing – X-Ray, Ultrasound, CT Scan, DyePen, CMM, Laser Scanning, Pressure Testing, Cleaning
· Assembly – some simple assemble can be accommodated.
Unique Technologies
Sarginsons has developed unique technologies which give it an extraordinary flexibility in accommodating geometrically challenging components. Most notably, Sarginsons has developed the Freeform Casting philosophy, which effectively allows any geometry to be successfully created through the sand casting process.
Sarginsons is the only UK company that operates a Low Pressure Sand casting unit which research shows can achieve TYE mechanical performance that is close to that achieved in permanent mould. This, with other Sarginsons technologies, allows issues such as thick wall sections to be designed out.
The key industries for casting are
o Automotive: Engine components, transmission housings.
o Aerospace: Structural parts, turbine blades.
o Industrial Machinery: Pumps, valves, gears.
o Energy: Wind turbine hubs, oil & gas fittings.
o Consumer Goods: Artistic castings, hardware.
o Others: Marine, defence, medical.
Torrington Avenue, Coventry,
West Midlands, CV4 9AG