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Providing consulting services to the light metals industry

Building on CAST's strong international reputation for high quality R&D in the light metals field, CAST now also offers a comprehensive consulting service to the aluminium industry.

The low cost operations typical of most aluminium industries today, often preclude the luxury of having extra on-site technical staff available to solve that intractable process problem, or to provide up-to-date advice on the latest technology. Enter CAST - an organisation that has qualified and experienced personnel available to assist you to fine tune your operations to world standard. We can assist you with everything from audits and trouble-shooting to recommendations on upgrades and expansions. CAST has specialised resources to assist you to solve technical problems and to create value for your business. Our team of consultants (including Ian Bainbridge and Morris Murray) has many years experience in aluminium smelter operations, die casting, direct chill casting, and magnesium.

With the wide range of technical resources available to the CAST orgainisation and our extensive international collaborative network, we are able to offer a unique consulting service to the aluminium industry, regardless of your company's location and size. our services are available on a fee-for-service basis.

Contact us to find out more details about our comprehensive range of services.

We can assist you with:

  • training course delivery
  • troubleshooting
  • metallographicand product defect diagnosis and analysis techniques
  • heat treatments
  • alloy development
  • tool design
  • process modelling
  • technology reviews
  • recommendations on upgrades and expansions
  • safety and incident investigations
  • operation optimisation and benchmarking.

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