Services
Die casting in Norway, with machining in the same plant
Die casting in Norway, from our plant in Råde: we cast the bracket, heat treat it when needed, machine the mounting points and blast it, all in the same building. If it is to be anodised or powder coated, it goes to a subcontractor, and we coordinate that.
The connection
Why the chain matters
A cast bracket that needs tapping can travel like this: the foundry casts, packs and ships. The machine shop unpacks, fixtures, machines, packs and ships. The finisher blasts or paints, packs and ships. Three suppliers, three transports, three invoices, and three places to start looking when a dimension is out.
With us, the bracket goes from the casting machine to degating, CNC machining and blasting in the same plant. If it is to be anodised or powder coated, we send it to a subcontractor and follow it up. You deal with one supplier all the way.
Aluminium or zinc?
If the part is to be cast in aluminium, the first question is whether it should be die cast or gravity die cast. Aluminium casting explains the difference and how to choose. Zinc has its own page: zinc die casting.
Overview
The services
Zinc die casting
Thinner walls, sharper detail and longer die life than aluminium. Very few Norwegian suppliers offer it.
Aluminium casting
Die casting or gravity die casting? The differences, and how to choose the process for your part.
Aluminium die casting
Thin walls, complex geometry and seconds per shot, in recycled aluminium. The process behind most of our parts.
Gravity die casting
Lower tooling cost, smaller series and aluminium parts that can be heat treated for more strength.
CNC machining
Machining of castings in the same building as the foundry. More than 30 years of experience, programmed in Fusion 360.
Heat treatment
When the as-cast part is not strong enough on its own. Applies to gravity die cast aluminium parts.
Surface finishing
Blasting here. Anodising and powder coating by a subcontractor, coordinated by us.
Design review
Positive product criticism: we go through the drawing and make the part castable before you get a price.
Tooling
We procure it, specify it for our machines and maintain it. You own it.
The process
How they connect
Ten steps from drawing to packed part. Not every part passes through every step — which apply to yours is settled in the design review.
- 01
Drawing in and castability review
You send a drawing, a STEP file or a sketch. We work through whether the part can be cast as drawn — and what should change.
First response after a technical review
- 02
Tooling
The die is procured through our preferred toolmakers, designed and gated for our machines. You own the finished tool.
- 03
Raw material in
Aluminium and zinc arrive as ingot from established suppliers. The aluminium is secondary metal — remelted, not newly extracted.
- 04
Melting
The metal is melted in a furnace. Aluminium melts at 660 °C and is cast at 680–700 °C. Zinc melts at around 385 °C.
- 05
Casting
The melt fills the steel die, under high pressure in die casting and under its own weight in gravity die casting. A die cast part freezes in seconds; in gravity die casting the cycle takes minutes.
Seconds per shot in die casting, minutes in gravity
- 06
Ejection and degating
The part is pushed out of the die by ejector pins. Runner, overflows and flash are removed.
- 07
Heat treatment
Gravity cast aluminium parts that need more strength are heat treated. Pressure die cast parts normally are not.
- 08
Machining
Faces and holes needing tighter tolerances than casting delivers are milled, turned, drilled and tapped, on our own CNC machines in the same building as the casting.
- 09
Surface finishing
Blasting we do ourselves. Anodising and powder coating are done by a sub-supplier, coordinated by us.
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Inspection and dispatch
Parts are inspected and packed before dispatch. What is documented for your part is agreed in the enquiry.
Scope
And this we do not do
It is just as useful to know what a supplier does not do. It saves you time on an enquiry that was never going anywhere.
- Sand casting. We do not have it. Large, heavy structural parts in sand need different equipment.
- Toolmaking as a service. We procure and maintain dies, but we do not make them ourselves.
- Anodising and powder coating in house. That is done by a subcontractor, and we coordinate it.
- One-offs without tooling. Our model assumes a series. For a single part, additive manufacturing or machining from solid is the right answer.
- Products of our own. We have no brand and no product portfolio. Everything we make was drawn by a customer.
- Metals other than aluminium and zinc. No steel, no brass, no bronze.
Not sure which process your part needs?
That is exactly what the design review answers. Send the drawing and we will tell you which process and which metal fits — and why.
Casting
Core service
Zinc die casting
Thin walls, sharp detail and long die life. Very few Norwegian suppliers offer it.
Aluminium casting
Die casting or gravity die casting? We help you choose, and cast the part in Råde.
Core service
Aluminium die casting
Thin walls, complex geometry and seconds per shot, in recycled aluminium.
Gravity die casting
Lower tooling cost, smaller series and parts that can be heat treated for more strength.
Heat treatment
When the cast part needs more strength.
Machining
Finishing
Surface finishing
Blasting here. Anodising and powder coating by a subcontractor, coordinated by us.
Advisory
Core service
Design review
Positive product criticism: you get a technical review, not just a price.
Tooling
We procure it, adapt it to our machines and maintain it. You own it.
Have a part that needs making?
Send the drawing and a rough quantity, and we will look at which solution fits.