H. Downs & Sons Ltd.
Iron Foundry

Statement

It is our policy to produce castings to meet your individual requirements. As well as monitoring each stage of production we can offer non destructive testing, material analysis, heat treatment, proof or total machining facilities. Full certification of chemical and mechanical analysis or conformity standards are available if required.
We can offer metal to BS1452, BS2789, BS3468, BS4844 and equivalent international standards.
Also Nickel alloys, Ni-Hard, Ni-resist, high nickel alloys, silal, nodular S.G., Ductile, austenitic, austempered, ADI, acicular, accicular, compacted, abrasion, heat and wear resistant castings.




 

 

Pattern Making

H. Downs & Sons can produce pattern equipment in wood, resin, or metal to suit the foundry's method of production and your own requirements. Costs can be saved where possible by using stikling, 1/2 patterns or polystyrene.
 As we are a craft foundry from the apprentices to the skilled, training is given in all aspects of casting production. From molding, shotblasting, melting,
casting, the use of furane sands to sand reclamation
 Product range covers jobbing to repetition castings from the simple to the complex. The foundry produces many of its own patterns for moulding.
 Capacities Max. Weight
Grey Iron 5 Tonnes
Haematite 5 Tonnes 
Acicular 2 Tonnes
Silal 2 Tonnes
SG Irons 2 Tonnes
Ni-Hard 2 Tonnes
Ni-Resist 2 Tonnes
High Chrome 1 Tonne
Whether your needs are simply for 'black' castings or for a fully certified finished product, H. Downs & Sons can meet your needs for any additional services required.
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