Aerospace Castings

Aerospace: The Next Frontier

Aluminium casting of aerospace components is massively under exploited, due to concerns over process and product consistency, and issues such as porosity, low ductility and elongation. Sarginsons revolutionary digital twin simulations, alongside other process technologies, have totally negated these concerns allowing casting to truly exploit the innate design freedom of what is effectively, liquid metal engineering.

Sarginsons generative design, including topological optimisation, overcomes traditional perceptions of sand, gravity and low pressure casting to offer the aerospace industry a generational advance in lightweighting, viability, sustainability and product life span. And Sarginsons, with it's unique focus on every aspect of casting technology is the perfect partner to truly exploit the huge possibilities of castings in aerospace.

Sarginsons leads the world in developing cast solutions for aerospace components.

Generative Design Opportunity

Sarginsons exploits its advances in generative design, particularly digital twin and topological optimisation, to slash aerospace component weight, performance and costs, whilst producing more sustainable and mechanically sound cast aluminium components. And with an enhanced ability to improve component ductility, with18% elongation achieved, a significant improvement in operational life is achievable.

Process Simulation and Control

Process simulation and improved process control technologies have led to generational advances in other manufacturing techniques but not, until now, in aluminium casting. Sarginsons can now, apply all these technologies and process improvements, like real time oxide and iron measurement, to aluminium casting; broadening component design possibilities whilst, finally, allowing the full benefits of castings in aerospace to be realised.

Better Circular Manufacturing

Aluminium is well suited to circular manufacturing but secondary alloys suffer, until now, from weaker TYE mechanical performance. This precludes the use of recycled aluminium in structural and safety critical components. Sarginsons, by using trace rare earth metals, can return mechanical performance to that of prime aluminium, achieving a 97.5% drop in carbon loads.

Key Points

Generative Design, Generational Advances
25% Minimum Mass Reduction Using Topology
18% Elongation Achieved in Thin Wall Castings
Massive Economies Over Investment Casting
TYE Digital Twin & Youngs Modulus Simulations
Carbon Content Reduced to 0.5%

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Aerospace: The Next Frontier

Generative Design Opportunity

Process Simulation and Control

Better Circular Manufacturing

Key Points

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