Core Capabilities
- L-20 and LL-20 Laempe Core Centers (Cold Box Cores)
- HP 16, 22, and 43 Redford Shell Machines
- (2) Hottinger FC 16 CB - fully automatic cold box core machine
- Dry ice cleaning machine for core boxes
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Melting Capabilities
- (2) Brown Boveri 11 ton/hour Coreless Melting Furnaces
(35 ton holding capacity each)
- (3) Ajax 1500kw Jet Flow 3.0 ton/hour Electric Channel Induction Furnace
(35 ton holding capacity per furnace)
- Venetta gas-fired pre-heaters
- Quick Labs for iron analysis and melt analysis on melt deck
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Molding – Ductile Iron
- Disamatic 240B Molding Machine (775mm x 600mm)
- Disamatic MK5B Molding Machine (650mm x 535mm)
- (2) 100B, B & P Mullers – computer-controlled
- (2) Duca Pressure Pour Furnaces with Koins automatic pouring controls
- Ajax Vertiplex Holding Furnace with ductile treatment station
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Molding - Gray Iron
- Brock 14x19 Matchplate molding machine
- Hunter HMP 20H (20"x24" flask)
- (1) DisaMatch 20”x 24” Molding Center
- Hunter HMP 20XL (20"x24" flask)
- Hartley 150 ton per hour sand muller
- (2) Complete Didion shakeouts and conveyors, linking shakeout to cleaning equipment
- Flat deck shakeout line for more fragile castings
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Cleaning & Finishing
- Fox grinders in flexible work cells
- Double spindle stand grinders
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Inspection and Quality Control
- A Computer network for real-time SPC and statistical analysis of our iron chemistries, sand characteristics, Brinell hardness and tensile properties
- CoorD 3 universal DCC CMM with laser scanning head and touch probes.
- (1) 7-Axis Romer Absolute Arm with Laser Scanner
- (6) Brinell hardness testers with 4 Lab Boss Optical Brinell Readers
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Metallurgy / Sand Labs
- WAS CCD Spectrometer, capable of reading 24 elements
- Spectro Spectrometer with computerized controls for instant analysis of 17 elements
- Carbon Determinator to back up the spectrograph
- Lab Melt Carbon Equivalent Determinators
- Adaptive Thermal Analysis System (ATAS)
- Microscopes and related metallographic equipment
- Riehle 60,000 pound Hydraulic Tension Machine
- Tinius Olsen 60K Super L Tensile Machine
- Stereoscopic microscope for defect analysis
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Engineering & Pattern Shop
- Engineering services available to form "partnerships" in development of new or existing products. Design changes can be considered to reduce casting cost.
- AutoCad with E size plotter/scanner
- Solidworks 3D Modeling Software
- I-DEAS 3D Modeling Software
- Solidification simulation software
- Pattern Shop equipped to perform rigging, gating and minor repair of customer's pattern equipment
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Shipping & Receiving
- (10) Receiving and shipping docks
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