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The foundry:
Goodwin Steel Castings Ltd, part of the engineering group Goodwin PLC, is the foremost independent producer of high alloy and high quality integrity castings in the United Kingdom.
The company has been in the casting industry since its formation in 1883. It is one of the 10 oldest companies listed on the UK Stock Exchange.
In 1984 Goodwins was the first steel foundry to be awarded ISO9001 accreditation for casting production and also for the computer simulation of casting feeding. In 2006 the company was awarded the Queens Award for International Trade.
Goodwin PLC
Goodwin Steel Castings Ltd’s foundry is part of the engineering group Goodwin PLC consisting of 8 companies with manufacturing, offices and personnel in the UK, Korea, Japan, China, India, Thailand and Germany.
Capacity Summary
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One piece castings of 10,000kg, fabricated single pieces of 18,000kg.
Fabricated assemblies up to 50,000kg. |
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Fully equipped machine shop for machining, fabrication, painting and assembly. |
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Computer simulation of casting thermal analysis and solidification. |
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Carbon, alloy, stainless, duplex, CrMoV, 9.5Cr and nickel alloys. |
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Melting by electric arc and induction furnaces - refining by AOD vessel. |
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In-house NDT by ultrasonic, magnetic particle, dye penetrant; radiography by 8.5MeV linear accelerator. In house ASNT III and PCN 3 personnel. |
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Heat treatment - gas fired, capacity to 20,000kg, temperature to 1,300°C; furnace, air, forced air and water quench cooling. |
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In-house pattern manufacture. |
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Welders qualified to ASME IX, EN287 and 288. |
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Test house for mechanical, corrosion, chemical analysis testing. |
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Three shift working for the foundry and machine shop. |
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