Vidin, Bulgaria
Iron castings for industry
LIT-15 manufactures grey and ductile iron castings for machine building, hydraulics, pumps and agricultural equipment. We have produced in Vidin since 1994, to customer drawings, in our own foundry.
01The company
A foundry with a complete production cycle
The plant sits in the West Industrial Zone of Vidin, in north-western Bulgaria. Castings are produced by the green sand process on an automated moulding and pouring line.
Process engineering, pattern and core equipment, moulding, melting and pouring, fettling, machining and final inspection all take place on one site. That shortens lead times on new parts and keeps responsibility for the casting in one place.
- producing since
- 1994
- capacity of the automatic moulding machine
- 70 moulds/h
- of output exported to the EU
- 60%
02Capabilities
What we can manufacture for you
Four connected disciplines on one site. Each can be ordered on its own or as part of the full cycle.
- 01
Iron casting
Grey and ductile iron castings moulded in green sand on an automated line. Liquid metal is controlled for temperature and chemical composition before and during pouring.
- 02
Pattern and core equipment
Manufacture of new pattern and core equipment, maintenance and updating of existing tooling, and repair of the flask fleet — to the customer's specification or technical documentation.
- 03
Machining
Customer-specified machining on a machining centre, lathes, milling machine and boring machine. Every dimension on a machined part is fully inspected.
- 04
Quality control
An in-house laboratory for express analysis of liquid metal and for testing finished parts — metallographic and spectral analysis, mechanical testing and ultrasonic inspection.
03Process
From documentation to dispatch
The production cycle as it runs at the Vidin plant.
- 01
Process engineering
Design and process documentation is prepared — part configuration, gating system and pattern equipment. This is where both the casting method and the cost of the part are settled.
- 02
Pattern equipment
New pattern and core equipment is manufactured, existing equipment maintained and updated, and the flask fleet repaired — worked directly from the specification or technical documentation supplied by the customer.
- 03
Core making
Core requirements follow from the design documentation. Cores are produced on machines in our own core shop, with both hot box and cold box processes available.
- 04
Moulding and pouring
Moulding runs alongside automated sand preparation, with parameters set in software according to the casting. Pouring runs in parallel with moulding, and the liquid metal is checked for temperature and chemical composition before and during the pour.
- 05
Fettling
Castings are cleaned and finished in the cleaning shop by shot blasting and with pneumatic grinders.
- 06
Machining
Machining requested by the customer is carried out to agreed technical documentation. Every dimension on a machined part is fully inspected.
- 07
Inspection and dispatch
Finished parts are verified by metallographic and spectral analysis, physical and mechanical testing, and non-destructive ultrasonic inspection.
04Products
Castings made to customer drawings
We do not sell a catalogue. Every casting is made to the customer's design documentation — from housings for hydraulic and pneumatic motors to hubs, trailer brake drums and municipal castings.
- Housings for hydraulic and pneumatic motors
- Pump castings
- Agricultural machinery castings
- Transport equipment castings
- Lifting equipment components
- Hubs
- Trailer brake drums
- Municipal castings
- Castings for subsequent machining
- General engineering components
05The site
The production base
Our own industrial site in the West Industrial Zone of Vidin, 50 metres from European route E79 and 7 km from the Romanian border.
- Urbanised land
- 15 000 m²
- Built-up area
- 6 000 m²
- Power supply
- 20 kV
- to European route E79
- 50 m
- to the Romanian border and Danube Bridge 2
- 7 km
The main markets are within the European Union, together with neighbouring countries outside it. 60% of production is exported to the EU. Bulgaria, Austria, Italy, Germany, North Macedonia, Serbia.
Send a drawing and you will get a straight answer
Tell us the part, the material and the quantity. If you have design documentation, attach it — the answer will be that much more specific.
- Telephone
- +359 94 600 716
- lit_ltd@mail.bg