Facilities

Machines and Equipment

Cottam Diecasting’s zinc and aluminum die-casting departments are equipped with Hot-Chamber machines from 80 tons to 800 tons, and Cold-Chamber machines from 350 tons to 1,100 tons. Our machining department is supported with 5 production CNC machining centers as well as a CNC turning center and various automated tapping, drilling and assembly machines. Additionally, we offer shot-blasting capabilities as well as vibratory finishing in ceramic or steel media.

Our initiative to add automation with the introduction of 6-axis robots to our die casting machines complementing our existing automation providing a greater degree of flexibility and reduced part to part production time over the older dedicated equipment previously used.

Dic Casting Machine

Die Casting Machines

Zinc

  • 55 Ton National
  • 80 Ton HPM
  • 200 Ton HPM
  • 400 Ton Cardinal
  • 400 Ton HPM Castmaster
  • 400 Ton HPM
  • 600 Ton Prince
  • 800 Ton Kux-Wickes

Aluminum

  • 350 Ton UBE
  • 600 Ton Prince
  • 600 Ton HPM (2)
  • 1000 Ton B & T (2)
Used BROTHER TC 32 BN QT machining center with pallet changer

Secondary CNC

  • Brother TC-32B (3)
  • Brother TC-324N (2)
  • Vibratory Finishing
  • Shotblasting
  • Tumbling
Tooling Machine

Tooling CNC

  • Makino
  • Okuma (2)