Cti Provides Advanced Casting Expertise

Recent years have brought some of the most significant changes yet in the 93-year history of British Valve and Actuator Association member Cti.

The organisation traces its origins back to 1923, when the UK Government set up the British Cast Iron Research Association (BCIRA) as part of a drive to establish a series of research and technology bodies to back British industry. A merger 20 years ago with the Steel Castings Research and Trade Association (SCRATA) led to the creation of Castings Technology International – or Cti – prior to its acquisition three years ago by the University of Sheffield.

Casting producers and users in over 30 countries, ranging from multi-national aerospace giants, energy and chemicals companies to small firms operating in the global supply chain, rely on Cti’s services and capabilities. Cti (castings-technology. com) specialises in supplying the high value manufacturing sector with low volume, precision steel, super-alloy and titanium castings that would otherwise be difficult to source. It also provides industry focused manufacturing and consultancy services from a purpose-built centre on the Sheffield City Region’s Advanced Manufacturing Park.

The organisation’s advanced casting expertise includes computer process modelling, design for casting manufacture, casting process development, environmental, laboratory investigation, testing services and materials optimisation and tailored technology packages for all alloys and casting processes.

Cti has been at the forefront of major technological developments, including its Replicast® and MEGAshell® processes, which are used to produce dimensionally precise castings, made from steel, nickel-based or reactive alloys such as titanium without the need to produce and store expensive wooden patterns. The organisation also has extensive expertise in manufacturing titanium castings. Its technology has been used under licence by one client to produce titanium castings with a poured weight in excess of 300kg and new developments will give Cti access to a 1000kg titanium casting facility.

Cti has extensive expertise in melting, casting and processing other reactive metals and the vacuum melting of super alloys, which enables it to provide expert advice on casting design, shell systems, melting, feeding and gating, casting methodologies and processing castings, made from a vast range of vacuum and air melted metals.

Cti’s expertise has been used by castings users and producers, for everything from solving specific problems to building new foundries and its testing and laboratory services include manufacturing support, failure investigation, non-destructive testing, microscopic examination and chemical analysis, some of which can be carried out on clients’ premises.

Tel: +44(0)114 254 1141
Email: info@castingstechnology.com
Web: www.castingstechnology.com

Published: 17th November 2016