Stage 2                                                                                                                                                                         

Precision Sand Casting For Powertrain & Body In White Components

> Rapid Prototype Castings

Our purpose-built prototype facility offers the flexibility to rapidly manufacture and qualify superior quality, technically challenging cast products to provide proof of concept, integrity testing and validation before committing to large production volumes.

We achieve this by utilising ‘Magmasoft® 32 Core’ the industry-leading Virtual Simulation Software, our in-house Materials Lab, 3D Sand Printing Centre, Advanced Low/medium Series Foundry, Cast Validation Lab (CT Scanning/GOM/Creaform) and Dimensional Validation Lab (CMM) combined with our extensive automotive engineering experience.

Our unique rapid prototyping process can produce high quality automotive components within weeks, enabling our customers to considerably shorten product development time.

> Lightweight Engineering

Finecast is pioneering the development and manufacture of lightweight high-strength aluminium structural components for the automotive industry.

We are now pushing the boundaries by producing large sized, highly-strong, highly-ductile and durable structural body in white (BiW) automotive parts with consistent wall thicknesses of down to 2.5mm and up to 2 metres in length.

From extensive material research and innovation in lightweight powertrain and body structures we have developed and refined high silicon aluminium alloy series prototype and low volume sand cast production that replicates the geometry and mechanical properties of series in high pressure die castings.

> Low/Medium Volume Series Sand Casting Foundry

Our in-house foundry allows us the flexibility to support initial production phase builds up to scheduled mass production volumes up to 5000 units.

We support low/medium volume production of automotive components where high cast and mechanical integrity and surface finish quality is critical, the vast majority of the castings we produce are for the motorsport, sports-car, luxury and electric vehicle markets.

Our continued investment into advanced robotic foundry equipment includes automated mixers, high-speed mould filling and closing stations that offer efficient repeatable processing for components up to 2 msq.

We have also invested in the latest thermal sand reclamation system allowing us to reclaim up to 95% of the sand we use in our foundry, making our sand casting manufacturing process more efficient and significantly lowering our carbon footprint.

In addition, we can also optimise our sand quality during the thermal reclamation process, resulting in exceptionally high-quality castings with superfine surface finishes.

Stage 4                                                                                                                                                                         

CNC Machining For Powertrain & Body In White Castings

> Fine-Machine, Close Tolerance Complex Components

Our state-of-the-art machining division offers a fully integrated service. Equipped with the latest High spec 5-axis Mazak CNC machining centres and driven turning machine tools, combined with our team of expert machining engineers enables us to CNC machine repeatable, close tolerance, complex geometric components, in a range of different material grades.

Our machining division has extensive experience in producing a wide range of geometrically complex cast products for the automotive industry including, engine blocks, cylinder heads, gearbox housings, turbochargers, battery trays, electric drive units, structural BiW parts as well as a wide range of high performance components.