Case Study - First Thought Equine 
During the summer of 2006 a representative of a company called First Thought Equine called in to speak to us about a new product. His enquiry was for Magnesium parts to be stiched on the inside of leather saddles for show jumping, these parts were originally produced from steel. Creasey Castings used one of his original parts to make an impression in the sand and produced a rudimentry mould package with a basic running system, just to produce a comparison item using RZ5 Magnesium. This casting was heatreated and subjected to test conditions. It was decided that although the part was in prospect strong enough, that it would be useful to produce some in other materials.

At this point in time Creasey Castings were conducting trials with Magnesium Elektron Ltd, with their new material Elektron 21. It was considered to be very strong with better corrosion resistance than RZ5. A batch of sample castings were made from a loose pattern to achive a more acurate casting, These were taken away by First Thought Equine and put through stringent tests.

David Kempsel (First Thought Equine) was amazed by the abillity of these castings to return to form after severe bending, these castings were subjected to a pressure of up to 1200 lbs in different directions.

With corrosion in mind David decided to have the parts powder coated to combat any moisture produced between the layers of leather and the heat from the horse.

Since these initial trials a production order has been placed with patterns for many different sizes to suit large and small horses. Each size has been powder coated a different colour due to the subtle differential in size.