PLANT OVERVIEW (2-12-16) - ISO9001:2008 Registered
Current Employees: 70 Current Capacity: 80% Patterns: 6,000+ Customers: 300+
Customer Base: Range from Fortune 500 companies to small machine shops. No customer has more than 10% of total capacity. No automotive work. Customer industrial categories: Agricultural, power generation, heating & air conditioning, water related products, & general industrial applications.
Product Mix: 65% Ductile iron & 35% Gray iron. Weight ranges from several ounces to 250 lbs.
Run Requirements: Low to Medium volume shop specializing in short run work. We specialize in quick turnaround with an emphasis on customer service, problem solving ability, & casting conversions.
Melt
1- 8-ton (16,000 lb) Inductotherm Coreless Induction Furnace (Tap 6,000 lb/hr)
1- Heraeus Datacast Entouch Eutectometer: Temp/Thermal Analysis, Carbon, Silicon, C.E., cooling curve
Sand
1 Beardsley and Piper 75B Speed Mullor 1500 lbs/min; 75# new sand per 1500lb batch
1- Simpson Batch Mullor; 150 ton sand silo
1- Hartley Automated Sand Control System
Molding
2- Beardsley and Piper 2016 16x20 Match Blowmatic Molding Machines (oz-40lbs)
1- Beardsley and Piper 2026 20x26 Automatic Molding Machine (oz-75lbs)
1- Osborn 722 Cope & Drag pin lift molding machine 28x36x12 flasks (up to 250 lbs)
Core
1- Kloster 200 lbs/min Core Sand Mixer
3- Redford HP-43A Shell Core Machines
1- Dependable Foundry Equipment 400-FA Shell Core Machine
1- Redford Carver Simple Advantage SACM-25 Phenolic Urethane core machine; 25lb capacity
Airset Cores (Sodium silicate & phenolic urethane)
Finishing
1- Didion Rotary Sand/Casting Separator & 1- 14 cubic foot Wheelabrator Shot Blaster
2- Table Cutoff Saws & 1 Swing-Saw Cutoff saw for large castings
3- Air Bench Grinding stations & 5 Wheel Grinder Cleaning stations
Lab Equipment
1- SpectroMaxx Spectrometer; we provide Certified Chemistry Analysis
1- Nikon Photo-Microscope; Nodularity checks (Ductile Iron)
1- Polimet 1000 Grinder/Polisher
1- Detroit Testing Machine PH-2 BHN tester; we provide Certified Brinell Hardness (BHN) checks
1- GRC HLN-11A Hardness Tester
Value Added Services (outsourced):
- Tensile Test: bars certified to conform to ASTM A48, A536 & A897 mechanical performance standards
- CMM Testing; Non-destructive testing: Radiographic X-ray & Magnetic Particle testing; Process FMEA
- Machining; Heat Treating; Painting/Plating; MAGMA Solidification Modeling; Manufacturability Design
- Capable of performing PPAP per AIAG specifications; First Article; SpaceClaim design software