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Guides for people buying castings

What we find ourselves explaining on the phone, written down. No sales pitch: if your part is better bought than cast, these will tell you so.

Gray iron or SG (ductile) iron: which does your part need?

Why the same shape can be right in one iron and wrong in the other, and how to decide before you order a casting.

A machine is down, the part is discontinued or stuck in import. Here is what it takes to have a new one made locally.

Most quotes come back slow or vague because the enquiry was thin. Six details fix that.

Send a drawing, a photo or the part itself. We will tell you the material, the process and the price, and say so if it is better bought than cast.