Doncasters Chard
Doncasters Chard, based in Chard, Somerset in the southwest of England, specialises in customer lead design collaboration to produce high quality, equiax precision investment castings in nickel and cobalt exotic alloys as well as traditional materials. The facility is capable of producing structural castings up to 500 mm (19.68 in.) diameter as well as blade and vane airfoils up to 300 mm (11.81 in.) Doncasters Chard’s thorough knowledge of material properties and state-of-the-art rapid prototyping techniques make it a leader in precision investment castings for aerospace, industrial gas turbine and engineering markets.
Aerospace Market:
- Compressor airfoils
- Engine structural components
- Turbine blades and vanes
- Combustion components and systems
- Heat shield and seal segments
Industrial Gas Turbine Market:
- Compressor airfoils (cast)
- Turbine airfoils (cast)
- Cast structural components (cast)
- Turbine blades and vanes
- Turbine vane segments
- Heat shield and seal segments
Accreditations:
AS EN 9100, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001, and NADCAP (NDT(FPI & Xray), Welding and Heat Treatment)
Leading OEM Approvals Including:
Siemens, Rolls-Royce, Turbomeca, Snecma, Goodrich, MTU, ABB, Eaton and Cobham
- Structural castings to 20 in. diameter (500 mm)
- Blade and vane airfoils up to 12 in. (300 mm)
- Casting weights up to 35 kg (77 lb) — air melt, 40 kg (88 lb) — vacuum