Engineering and R&D: Co-design and Industrialization of Your Casting Parts
Need a specific part? At ID Casting, a multidisciplinary team will assist you in the
co-design and optimization of your products, followed by the design and manufacture of tooling, product industrialization, and value chain optimization.
Our mission:
To scale customer needs
ID Casting owes its expertise to the wide range of skills within the group: a high-performing design office capable of completing about 100 projects per year, a team of about 10 drafters and engineering specialists, and a fleet of 7,000 molds. In practical terms, how does the project lifecycle unfold at ID Casting ?
When you partner with ID Casting, you’re guaranteed a collaborative design process between you and our engineering team to create a feasible and optimized part: We advise you and work alongside you to meet the specific needs and intended uses of your parts. We provide a cost estimate for the part and the investment required to produce it, as each mold is unique.
, an engineering firm that’s here to support you
Our engineering department then takes charge of designing and drafting all the tooling needed to produce your part. Our Creo 8 and Altair Inspire software allow us to create 3D design renderings and perform filling and thermal simulations of the part in the mold.
Our goal? La qualité et la rigueur pour l’obtention d’une pièce sans défauts !
Once this step is complete, we begin manufacturing the tooling in our workshops or through our partners in France or China. Once delivered, we then conduct initial testing to produce the first parts, which mark the start of all stages of industrialization.
Research and Development (
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ID Casting is a highly skilled research and development center that oversees every stage of the process to
ensure complete customer satisfaction and guarantee the quality of the products we deliver.
Our guiding principles? Precision, reliability, and performance.
Co-design
, and optimization
Prototyping
Tooling Design
Tooling Production and Maintenance
Industrialization
Co-design / Optimization
Our co-design approach with clients allows us to improve both the design and functionality of their products. By taking the entire production process into account, ID Casting conducts analyses and simulations to optimize product and process performance while reducing costs. That is ID Casting’s strength: Through this close collaboration, we achieve superior results that meet each client’s specific needs.
Prototyping
Do you need a plastic or metal prototype part quickly for mechanical, aesthetic, or assembly testing? We can meet your needs. ID Casting is equipped with a state-of-the-art 3D printer to produce your plastic prototypes. We also work with our partners to produce metal prototypes using vacuum lost-wax casting or machining from solid stock. Depending on your needs and quantities, we’re committed to recommending the most suitable material and process, all within very short lead times. Our strength? Responsiveness.
Tooling Design
Our experience and expertise in the field of zinc and magnesium alloy die casting, combined with the use of the latest simulation and design software, enable our experts to assist our customers in designing their products based on their drawings, specifications, and requirements. It is in Arbois, at the Group’s headquarters, that our teams design all the tools necessary for the manufacturing process to meet our customers’ requirements.
Our robust, high-quality, and technically advanced tooling delivers the highest performance and ensures that quality objectives and requirements are met throughout the products’ entire lifecycle. Our goal? To provide molds with exceptional performance by applying best practices, based on thorough technology monitoring.
Tooling Manufacturing and Maintenance
Our expertise and know-how in tooling manufacturing stem from our extensive experience in the field. ID Casting is committed to providing high-quality, reliable, and cost-effective solutions that meet the specific needs of each project.
Trust our team of experts to manufacture your tooling, and enjoy the best warranties available for your tooling.
Your tools are in good hands; they are monitored and maintained throughout the entire warranty period.
Our advantage? Every ID Casting Group facility has in-house resources to perform maintenance and repair molds—a guarantee of responsiveness! Our strength lies in the methodologies we use to monitor preventive and corrective maintenance, both for products and processes.
Anticipating, optimizing, and adapting are part of the ID Casting Group’s DNA.
Industrialization
Thanks to our industrialization process, supported by our state-of-the-art equipment—including robotic hot-chamber die-casting machines—we process 3,000 metric tons of alloys annually, producing more than 35 million parts. Our castings are distinguished by their high technical complexity, complex shapes, thin walls, and a variety of surface finishes.
When you work with ID Casting, you’re guaranteed
that you’ll have both professional expertise and interpersonal skills at your side.
