Why choose centrifugal casting ?
It is a more economical process : less metal is required to produce optimized profiles therefore the production time is reduced. Moreover, centrifugal castings have better characteristics such as a better dimensional stability and reduced internal tensions.
LBI offers components with optimized shapes thanks to our specific tools for several sectors such as nuclear, defence, shipbuilding, machine tools...
We elaborate the alloys according to your need (...)
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Centrifugal castings, an alternative to forgings
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Pump engineer - choose aluminium bronze for pump components
19 septembre 2018, par Bertranddocument 679
Nickel Aluminium Bronze (NAB) alloys have been developed to resist sea water corrosion. They are used use in several applications including pumps (impeller, wear ring, pump body...).
Find out more about the unique properties of those alloys by reading the article published by Pump Engineer in its August 2018 edition : -
New website for LBI Guss
29 août 2018, par BertrandLBI Guss GmbH (our sales office for Germany and Austria) has a brand new website : http://www.lbi-guss.de/
It has been completely redesigned to be more dynamic and functional and to better describe our offer of castings, our alloys, our production capacities and our know-how.
We hope you find this website more complete and user-friendly.
Our sales team stays at your disposal to answer your questions and requests for centrifugal castings as well as sand castings. (...) -
Wanted : sales agents
12 juillet 2018, par BertrandWe are looking for talented sales agents who will act as our local partners to promote LBI business : selling high-quality castings.
Our values :
http://www.lbi-foundries.com• Group of 5 casting foundries with integrated workshop
• 100% made in France
• Almost one century of casting (created in 1919)
• Family owned business – able to make fast decisions
• Flexible company with valuable know-how and ambitious guidelines
• Experimented sales team with a strong team spirit
• Skilled in (...) -
LBI on its way to Mars !
6 juin 2018, par BertrandThe first interplanetary mission named InSight departed May 5th aboard the rocket Atlas V5. What’s the mission objective ? To understand the formation and evolution of Mars and investigate its interior structure.
To do so, InSight is equipped with a seismometer SEIS and its measurements will provide a glimpse into the planet’s internal activity. SEIS carries parts in AluSic® and Exium®, manufactured by the company LBI.
AluSic® is used as an optical and electronic support and Exium® as a high (...) -
Pumps & Valves : why choosing Aluminium Bronze ?
28 décembre 2017, par BertrandUse of Aluminium Bronze in valves
Find out why aluminium bronze is a good technical alternative to stainless steels or duplex/superduplex steels in engineering valves and pumps.
For support regarding your projects regarding sea water, please send over your drawings and specifications.
Read more !
Sea our product leaflet for valves
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new heavy parts’ centrifugal casting machine
26 juin 2017, par BertrandLBI : Opening of our new heavy parts’ centrifugal casting machine
Our ‘heavy parts’ casting foundry (Tecnacem) is now equipped with a new centrifugal casting machine which is dedicated to the production of medium sized and heavy parts. This machine can cast parts with an outside diameter up to 1.600 mm x length up to 2.300 mm. Maximum casting weight depends on our melting equipment, currently 20 tons.
The first part, a pressure nut for a steel mill, was cast on 12/05/2017
This new machine (...) -
LBI awarded at the Midest Fair
9 janvier 2017, par BertrandWe are proud to announce that we have been awarded the “International Sales” trophy during the industrial subcontracting Fair Midest 2016 in Paris.
This is thanks to the strong performance of our export sales market which has grown to 85% in 2015.
We sincerely thank our international customers and sales partners, which has enabled us to gain this recognition and award.
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New Leaflet SRI Foundry
24 novembre 2016, par Bertrandnew leaflet introducing foundry SRI (Saint Remy Industrie) and its products portfolio
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New Leaflet LBI Foundries
29 août 2016, par Bertrandnew leaflet introducing group lbi foundries and its products portfolio
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