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Material Science

The development, testing and enhancement of high-performance aluminium casting solutions.

 

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Materials Selection

Grainger & Worrall’s engineering function specialises in the development, testing and enhancement of high-performance aluminium casting solutions tailored to each customer’s operational requirements.

 

Whether you’re optimising for ductility, strength, thermal stability or even sustainability, our materials team can provide support and consult on materials selection and optimisation.

 

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Why Choose Us?
Materials Capability: Matching Alloys to Performance Requirements

Get components that perform reliably in your specified conditions, with the opportunity of casting integral products using either aluminium-silicon alloys or aluminium-copper alloys, from conventional grades like A356.2 up to motorsport/aerospace alloys such as 201.

 

Material Selection: Keeping Design in Mind

We carefully select aluminium alloys to achieve product requirements, engaging early in the design phase to ensure a balance between material and functional design. We optimise processes for superior, reliable material properties. This is also closely linked to our simulation capability, ensuring alignment between simulation and actual.

 

Proprietary Alloys: For Extreme Conditions

Alongside industry-standard grades, we’ve developed proprietary alloys designed for demanding use cases, including elevated-temperature environments.

 

Flexible Casting: Processes to Match Project Demands

We offer both counter-gravity sand casting and low-pressure sand casting (specific alloy) and can develop novel solutions, giving you the flexibility to match the right process to your project’s performance, geometry and cost requirements.

Innovation at the Cutting Edge
Spectrographic Laboratory
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Our spectrographic lab verifies the precise chemical composition of aluminium and ferrous alloys, ensuring traceability and compliance with your specifications.

 

Capabilities include: 3x Bruker OES spectrographs.

 

Conforming to ASTM E1251
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We regularly analyse melt samples during production, as per the control plan, to ensure accurate measurement.

 

Sand Testing
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We support Silica, Cerebead, Zircon and Bauxite sand systems with full lab analysis.

 

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Material Expertise

With experience across most industrially recognised alloys, we ensure material compatibility no matter how complex or regulated your application.

 

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