Can one RFQ include both casting and machining?
Yes. Send the full drawing package and mark the machined surfaces, tolerances, and inspection requirements so the casting and machining route can be reviewed together.
What details affect the machined casting price?
Material, casting weight, machining allowance, tolerance level, number of setups, fixture difficulty, surface treatment, inspection reports, packing, quantity, and sample approval all affect quotation.
Can you review a sample before a complete drawing is available?
Photos and samples can start the discussion, but quotation needs confirmed dimensions, material, quantity, critical features, and inspection expectations.
Do you offer cast iron machining services?
Yes, for the castings we supply: gray iron, ductile iron and steel castings can be quoted with CNC turning, milling, boring and drilling. Standalone machining of customer-supplied stock or third-party castings is outside our scope. The machining route, achievable tolerances, and inspection requirements are confirmed for each part before quotation.
How do you review machining tolerances?
We review each tolerance with its datum, feature size, tool access, setup sequence, material condition, and measurement method.
When does an integrated route make sense?
It is useful when raw casting geometry, heat treatment, machining stock, datums, finishing, and inspection affect one another.
How are casting changes carried into machining?
Raw and finished drawings, tooling corrections, stock, fixtures, and inspection plans should remain linked by controlled revisions.
Do you supply CNC-machined ductile iron castings for equipment makers?
Yes. Ductile iron castings in grades QT400 to QT600 (QT400-15, QT450-10, QT500-7, QT600-3 and their EN-GJS and ASTM A536 equivalents) are sand cast and CNC-machined to the drawing: turning, milling, boring and drilling. Raw-casting and machined-part prices can be quoted separately.