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| Case Study: Impressive Results at W H Tildesley |
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As part of their continuous improvement programme, W H Tildesley enlisted the help of Richard Keyte to further improve their production of aluminium forgings. Richard, who is part of the Materials Development team at Innoval Technology, analysed the whole thermo-mechanical processing route at the plant in Willenhall and then set about optimising it. Richard's work focused on, amongst other things, furnace temperature control, die heating procedures, and racking and stacking practices in the pre-heat furnaces. John Tildesley, Managing Director of W H Tildesley, was suitably impressed with the work, particularly given the productivity improvement:
Richard has given us a greater understanding of the factors we need to consider when processing aluminium. As a result of his involvement, we've seen the scrap rate of one of our most challenging aluminium components drop by 85%.   For more information about our materials development services, please contact:
This case study appears as an article in the 2008 edition of 'innform'; the newsletter of Innoval Technology.
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W H Tildesley, based in Willenhall in the UK, has been producing high quality forgings for over 150 years. They specialise in small and medium batch production in a wide range of modern materials. Major investments in 3-D modeling, simulation software and state-of-the-art in-house die-making capability mean that cost-effective forgings can be produced in small quantities.
