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UK CBAM Starts in January 2027
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism starts on 1 January 2027. Whether an imported casting is taxed depends on its commodity code, not the metal, and the result is not what most buyers expect.
Read the article →What a DDP Price Actually Includes
Freight, customs clearance and duty are inside a DDP price. Why the cheapest-looking casting quote is often not the cheapest, and how to compare quotations on landed cost.
Read the article →What to Include in a Casting RFQ
The seven things every casting enquiry should specify, from drawings and material grade to certification and delivery terms, and why a complete RFQ gets you a faster, more accurate quote.
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Stainless Steel Investment Casting
An engineer's reference: the process step by step, cast grades and how they differ from wrought, ferrite and solidification mode, heat treatment, design rules, tolerances, defects and inspection standards.
Read the guide →Designing for Investment Casting
Wall thickness, junctions and hot spots, fillets and ribs, cores and slots, gate positions, distortion, datums, tolerances and machining allowance, with a pre-tooling checklist.
Read the guide →Aluminium Gravity Die Casting
An engineer's reference: the process step by step, EN 1706 alloys, oxide films and hydrogen, modification, T6 heat treatment and quench distortion, design rules, defects and inspection.
Read the guide →Designing for Gravity Die Casting
Draft and parting line, walls and junctions, feeding heavy sections, cores and holes, gate access, quench distortion, datums and tolerances, with a pre-tooling checklist.
Read the guide →PED 2014/68/EU Explained
What the Pressure Equipment Directive requires, how risk categories work, and what PED-certified foundries must provide for pressure castings.
Read the guide →EN 10204 Material Certificates
3.1 vs 3.2 inspection certificates explained: what each certifies, who signs it, and which one your application needs.
Read the guide →Anodising of Aluminium
MIL-A-8625F anodising types I–III, classes, coating thickness, alloy suitability and sealing, a practical guide for cast and machined parts.
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