Cast Iron Surface Tables
Cast iron surface tables supplied complete at your working height, on a support built to the plate and the loading.

A cast iron surface table is a surface plate on a fabricated support, with the plate, support and levelling engineered as one unit. Specified for inspection departments, marking out and production measurement at the point of manufacture
Specification.
Material
Grey Cast Iron | EN-GJL-200 to EN-GJL-300
Finish
Stress-relieved before machining; hand scraped, fine milled or ground
Standard
DIN 876-2 and BS 817:2008
Largest single piece
4,000 × 2,000 mm as a complete table
Grade
DIN 876-2 grades 0, 1, 2 and 3, to specification. Grade is a function of size
Properties
Surface hardness HB170 - HB240
Interface
Threaded, reamed or hard bushed holes, keyways, slots and T-slots (DIN 650 H12 - H7 to specification) - standard, bespoke or duplicates of those on you existing surface plate or tooling
Options.
Support
Frame, cabinet or cast iron legs, designed to support the plate at its Bessel points with additional support points from the loading; the frame can carry shelves or sliding drawers
Levelling
Fine-pitch levelling bolts in the frame, cabinet or cast iron legs
Mobility
Castors with locking jacks where the table must be moved
Specification notes.
Installation
Delivered, installed, levelled and certified by us, with full technical and GA drawings. Supply only if you prefer
Certification
Certificate traceable to national standards; UKAS-accredited calibration on request
Retrofit
New frames and cabinets designed and built for existing plates, from the plate size, thickness and loading
Terminology
Also specified as cast iron engineers' surface tables, cast iron marking-out tables, cast iron marking-off tables or cast iron inspection tables
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