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    • UK Casting Industry
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
    • WE ARE
      CASTING
      THE FUTURE

    About Casting the Future

    Casting the Future aims to provide information about the casting industry for anyone who is interested in this vibrant and dynamic industry:

    • Casting in the Classroom kit for use by your local foundry (working with your school or college) to help demonstrate the casting process in schools, colleges and universities.
    • Resources for teachers and lecturers.
    • Help and advice for companies hosting visits from local school to encourage local engagement.
    • Information about apprenticeships in the casting and foundry industry.

    Did you know?

    • More than 100 Million tonnes of castings are produced annually around the world – castings are all around us.
    • A hybrid car typically includes over 80 castings.
    • Part of circular economy for metals – we recycle the metals that get thrown away – metal recycles forever.
    • Electric cars will need castings for braking systems, brackets and support structures.
    • Wind energy and tidal energy installations both rely on castings to make the parts they need.
    • Many medical implants (such as part for replacement knee joints) are made by the investment casting processes.
    • The trophies awarded at the BAFTA ceremony are cast in bronze in a foundry near London.
    • Over 600 tonnes of steel were poured to produce the largest ever casting made in the UK – it was exported to Germany as part of a press tool to make aircraft wings.
    • Simulation, additive manufacturing and CAD design are important tools used by foundries.
    • Casting engineers innovate and design new cast parts every day.

    Sponsors & Supporters of the Casting the Future Foundry Kit

    Cast Metals Federation
    Cast Metals Federation
    Grainger and Worrall Ltd
    Grainger and Worrall Ltd

    Brunel Centre of Bedford

    Institute of Cast Metals Engineers
    Institute of Cast Metals Engineers
    Midas Pattern Company Ltd
    Founders Company
    Founders Company
    John Winter Ltd
    Milver Metals Ltd
    Tor Lodge and Applecross Trust
    Tor Lodge and Applecross Trust
    HCM Engineering Ltd
    HCM Engineering Ltd
    MRT Castings Ltd
    MRT Castings Ltd

    Casting News

    Rail Crossings & Tracks

    Castings in the World

    Renewable Energy – Wind Energy Turbine Hub

    Castings in the World

    Manhole Covers – really?

    Castings in the World

    Jet Engine Turbine Blades – built for speed

    Castings in the World

    Street Bollards – protecting our public places

    Castings in the World

    Castings on a Plane

    Castings in the World

    Car wheels to move us around

    Castings in the World

    Stair Treads used in the Underground

    Castings in the World
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