Technical Services
In addition to our world leading fundamental research and collaborative R&D, BCAST offers support to industry through paid technical services that take advantage of our more than 4,000 m2 of laboratory/workshop space on the Brunel University London campus, close to Heathrow Airport. This includes our multi-million pound scale-up facilities; the Advanced Metals Casting Centre (AMCC) and the Advanced Metal Processing Centre (AMPC). Our brand new Future Metallurgy Centre houses state-of-the-art advanced microscopy and characterisation instruments. These facilities, together with our extensive metallurgical expertise, constitute a unique world class facility allowing us to address the full innovation value chain spanning discovery, understanding, adaption/integration, validation and deployment. This results in significant time and cost reduction for commercialisation and development of innovative alloys, processing technologies and cast components.
Find more details of what’s available on our Facilities page.
How it works
The aim of BCAST Technical Services is to offer direct access to these capabilities and our unique knowledge hub, which includes flexible service models at an affordable price. Services could include new product, process or alloy developments; problem solving; or testing and microstructure and analytical support, to name a few.
We offer two Technical Services options:
- Project Specific
- Flexi Approach
We have designed the Project Specific option around industrial challenges with well-defined deliverable specifications and schedules.
The Flexi Approach is time-based hot-desking access to our facilities and resources, including our world leading knowledge hub and networking events.
To find out how to access our Technical Services, please contact our Head of Business Development: Dr Mark Jones.