Company
Ghidini Giuseppe Bosco S.p.A. is a non-ferrous metal foundry with over fifty years’ experience and specialises in the production of components for lighting fixtures and furnishing accessories. The company manufactures superior quality artistic castings in brass, and products made of aluminium and zamak for illumination systems.
The current catalogue includes over 2000 articles from which customers all over the world can draw inspiration and new ideas for original models. Dozens of new articles are added to the catalogue each year.
We work together with our customers to develop exclusive items made from these materials to suit their specific requirements. We handle the entire production process, from conception to completion of the product, ready for assembly.
Ghidini Giuseppe Bosco S.p.A. has continued developing its business thanks to a fully qualified workforce and cutting-edge machinery and equipment. We have always placed emphasis on protection of the environment, investing in systems to guarantee the utmost safety and rigorous compliance with the applicable environmental standards.
Design and Engineering
The workshop is equipped with CNC machines linked to the design department where the steel dies and moulds are developed. Based on each customer’s specifications our designers and engineers create the desired shapes, seek suitable materials and build all the equipment needed to make these exclusive items.
The following engineering processes are handled by three CATIA workstations with dedicated software:
- Modelling and styling (virtual items)
- Rapid prototyping by stereo-lithography (from the virtual item to the real one made of technopolymer)
- Prototyping using CNC machines
- Laser reading of the existing models (mathematical calculations for moulds and equipment)
- CNC (CAD-CAM) design and construction of steel moulds
Production
The foundry is equipped with 200-1000 ton pressure diecasting machines for brass, aluminium and zamak, gravity-casting machine for moulded parts weighing up to 8 kg, and hot forming presses that make articles of various dimensions.
After processing, the items are sand-finished or processed in special vibrators to remove the burrs. This is the first stage of the finishing process.
The items then move on to the turnery for machining operations such as drilling, threading, milling and turning, all performed using CNC centres and automatic machinery.
