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Challenges • Cost Reduction

Sarginsons Technology Cuts Casting Costs

Thanks to the huge number of variables, casting is the most complex of all manufacturing disciplines. Without understanding each nuance, each discipline and the relationships between them, it is difficult to minimise production costs without compromising performance.

Sarginsons DfM+ considers every aspect of component development from alloy selection, design, solidification, and simulation through to CNC machining, heat treatment and robotic handling: every single step and process is considered. The Sarginsons Technology Centre was developed to exploit technology's ability to find new solutions and hence, potentially new routes to lower costs.

It’s axiomatic that simple design is the best design, but simplification demands true understanding, which has been earned through seven years of research, perspiration, inspiration and investment.

Sarginsons DfM+ is better

The easiest way to reduce costs is through good design. Especially if that design encompasses material, process and technical expertise for the entire supply chain. Sarginsons create with generative design, verify through localised TYE simulation, and crystallise through 3D printed sand castings. A unique approach to casting unmatched anywhere else.

One Piece Castings

Merging multiple components into one casting is a huge economy.  Possibly the largest single economy casting can make, but it's being largely ignored because, until now, no one has been able to measure TYE mechanical performance accurately enough, to simulate the merging of multiple components. But they can now!!

Industrialisation Matters

The move from prototype to production component is particularly problematic in casting, as the prototypes don't replicate production component characteristics, making the industrialisation process uncertain and expensive. Sarginsons unique technology avoids these difficulties, minimising cost whilst reducing timelines.

 

Key Points

  • Shorter Development Times
  • 30% Lower Metal Content
  • Better Design : Cheaper Castings
  • No Extra Industrialisation Costs
  • Merge Components into One Piece Castings
  • Cheaper Tooling, Cheaper Components

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Focussing on the technology of aluminium casting improves Sarginsons ability to control and exploit the variables and uncertainties of the casting process, enhancing design flexibility, reducing costs and improving component performance.

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