MRT Castings: Promoting technological innovation and management system adoption (Part 1)

MRT Castings is a long-established UK-based company specializing in gravity casting and machine building, with over 70 years of industry experience. Currently the company’s products are present in many regions around the world such as North America, Western Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, etc.

With the aim of constantly improving product quality and expanding markets, MRT Castings has built a modern production process in line with automation, while integrating management systems to ensure outpu quality.

MRT has forged partnerships with the world’s leading machine tool, automation and software suppliers to ensure that foundries and machining facilities are always equipped with the necessary technology to serve their needs. customer demand. Typical examples are Zoller’s Smile420 non-die casting machine, Colosio’s PFO250 and Brother’s Speedio M140X2 5-axis rotary mill.

During casting, because the mold is under pressure during the hardening process, the manufacturer often cannot use manipulation, which causes the shape of the holes to be uneven and accurate. However with Smile420 and PFO250, this problem has been resolved.

These modern molding machines provide an intuitive display interface for setting up a 3D model of the product during casting. In addition, the parameters will be sent back continuously through the sensor and the operator can adjust the process immediately at the control panel. As a result, fixing local errors becomes easier and setting a standard procedure in the future is completely revelation.

Talking about the company’s quality goal in the future, MRT Castings’ management is aiming to realize the slogan “One-Time Processing”. And the Brother Speedio M140X2 device is a testament to the company’s efforts in this process.

In the past, when operating under a single setup process, MRT Castings had to process components requiring only a third of the turning requirement, the rest of the cycle machined with live tools in the tower. firecrackers. Because the rotation speed and the power of individual machine tools are much lower than that of a machining center, this method has gradually become obsolete.

Accordingly, MRT Castings decided to replace the old casting machines with the M140X2 device and achieved many amazing results. “The M140X2 is the ideal machine for our needs,” said Mr. Rawnson, CEO of MRT Castings. It has a powerful 16,000 rpm contact spindle and a 22-tool chute plus a turntable with 55Nm direct drive motor providing 2,000 rpm turntable.”

(To be continued)

Productivity and Quality Office