Every business knows the importance of profitability – but understanding its significance, and achieving it, are entirely different matters.
It’s a given that turning a profit goes hand-in-hand with growth. So, if you’re looking to take your business to the next level, it’s essential to seek out cost efficiencies wherever you can.
And a great place to start? By taking a closer look at your manufacturing process.
At Lupton and Place we lead the way with die casting, offering structural, gravity, pressure and aluminium die casting services. Here we take a closer look at how making the switch to one of these methods could help you to nudge profit margins in the right direction and make those all-important savings.
4 ways die casting can save you money
1. Less waste
We’ve talked in the past about how die casting can help businesses to meet their environmental responsibilities through the 3Rs initiative (reduce, recycle and re-use). The process produces very little scrap metal and any waste that is generated is easily recycled.
Aluminium – one of the most popular die casting metals – is famed for being particularly easy to recycle. Add to this the fact that moulds can be used thousands of times before they need to be replaced, and you’re savings are already beginning to stack up.
2. Faster turnaround
Time is money, and for the mass production of detailed yet identical metal parts, you’ll be hard pushed to find a faster or more reliable method than die casting.
Favoured for its accuracy and speed, it allows you to mass produce parts at great speed, without sacrificing quality or precision.
3. Advanced planning
With die casting it’s easy to plan ahead for later stages in the production process. Fastening elements can be factored into the design from an early stage, and formed during the casting process, at no additional cost. This simplifies assembly and ensures all stages of the manufacturing process are fully considered.
4. Superior results
Die casting can produce exceptionally strong parts, components that are far superior in strength to those produced using plastic injection moulding.
How does this save you money? Easy. By producing more durable, long-lasting parts, not only are you enhancing the quality of your product at no extra cost, but you are increasing its lifespan, which will ultimately translate into savings.
Start saving today
Yes, die casting can save you money but it’s only ever as good as the team you work with. Which is where we come in.
Here at Lupton and Place, our technical capability and flexibility is unrivalled across Europe. Highly experienced, we’ve worked in the industry for many years, and not only do we believe we are the best at what we do, but we also have experience across a huge cross range of sectors. So whatever your industry, and whatever your requirements, we’re confident we can help.
Ready to start making savings?
To find out more about our range of die casting services or to discuss your business needs in more detail, get in touch with a member of the team. You can contact us on 01282 422361 or fill in our enquiry form and we’ll be back in touch soon.