40 YEARS FOUNDRY EXPERIENCE

Connecting UK Buyers with
Reliable Asian Casting Suppliers

Investment Casting • Sand Casting • Gravity Die Casting • Pressure Die Casting • Shell Moulding • Lost Foam

Tony Buckland

With over 40 years of hands-on experience in manufacturing and sourcing Investment, sand, and die castings. A qualified Foundry Metallurgist and Casting Methods Engineer I have served the UK Foundry industry in multiple roles ranging from Metallurgical Technician/Methods Engineer to M.D/owner of one of the largest commercial Investment Foundry in the UK. Within my career I have assisted several foundries across the Middle east and Asia offering technical solutions to challenging problems.I have extensive experience in sourcing castings from Asia since 2001 for and have built a network of trusted suppliers across the region. I assist UK companies to source high-quality cast components from approved suppliers across Asia.

I act as your independent technical expert and intermediary, resolving any technical issues with your incumbent supplier or re-source existing product to an approved supplier.

Services

Casting Sourcing

Vetted suppliers across Asia.

Technical Support

Design review, defect analysis, material selection and process optimisation.

Project Management

Full coordination from sampling to delivery with regular updates.

Examples of Cast Products

Typical components sourced and supported for UK clients

Sand Casting

Capable of producing large and complex components in a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Sand casting offers excellent flexibility in size and design, making it ideal for pump housings, valve bodies, engine blocks, and machinery parts.

Investment castings

The Investment casting process produces castings in a high variety of alloys including Carbon and Stainless steels, Nickel alloys, Copper base alloys and aluminium grades

Die Casting

High-pressure die casting delivers excellent surface finish, tight dimensional tolerances, and high production rates. Ideal for thin-walled complex components in aluminium and zinc alloys,applications such as automotive , electronic housings, lighting fixtures, and consumer product components

Investment Casting

Also known as lost-wax casting, this process excels at producing highly intricate, precise parts with excellent surface finish and minimal machining requirements. Commonly used for aerospace components, turbine blades, medical instruments, and high-performance engineering parts.

What Our Clients Say

"Tony led the way with Methoding changes on our highest running product achieving a 20% weight reduction and much improved scrap reduction. Excellent technical support."

— Krzysztof Wolszczak, Production Manager, Haworth Castings UK

"Quality far exceeded our expectations."

— Sarah Patel, Precision Machinery Ltd

"Reliable suppliers and true expertise."

— David Reynolds, Heavy Equipment UK

Ready to Start Your Project?

📧 tony@cast-link.co.uk

📞 +44 7889 423757