ADDITIONAL
FACILITIES/CAPABILITIES

 


General Melting Equipment
 
  • 2 Brown Boveri 11 ton/hour coreless melting furnaces (35 ton holding capacity each)Melt & Pouring Dept.
  • 3 Ajax 1500kw Jet Flow 3.0 ton/hour Electric Channel Induction Furnaces (35 ton holding capacity per furnace)
  • 4 10 ton cranes with digital weight display for charging
  • 2 Venetta gas-fired pre-heaters
  • 2 Quick Labs for iron analysis and melt analysis on melt deck
  • 3 - 8,000 lb capacity ladle cars with monorail distribution system
Inspection and Quality Control Equipment
 
  • Computer network for real-time SPC and statistical analysis of our iron chemistries, sand characteristics, Brinell hardness and tensile properties
  • 1 Zeiss Numerex Model 2828-18 direct computer controlled coordinate measuring machine
  • 1 Faro Gold Arm portable coordinate measuring machine
  • 1 Jarrel-Ash Spectrometer with computerized controls for instant analysis of 17 elements
  • 1 Spectro Spectrometer with computerized controls for instant analysis of 17 elements
  • 1 Carbon Determinator to back up the spectrographZeiss Numerex Model 2828-18
  • 3 Lab Melt Carbon Equivalent Determinators
  • 1 Adaptive Thermal Analysis System (ATAS)
  • 5 Brinell hardness testers
  • 2 Microscopes and related metallographic equipment
  • 1 Complete sand laboratory
  • 1 Riehle 60,000 pound hydraulic tension machine
  • 1 Tinius Olsen 60K Super L Tensile machine
  • 1 Stereoscopic microscope for defect analysis
  • 1 Krautkramer Branson ultrasonic test device
  • Automatic Brinell Scope by New Age

 


 


 Tensile Tester
Tensile Tester: Test bars are pulled in-house to perpetually monitor the physical properties of our iron.

 

 Spectrograph
Our Spectrograph is networked with four computers for continuous real-time SPC and Statistical Analysis of our iron chemistries.


 


Cleaning Equipment - Hunter Finishing
 
  • 1 Complete cooling conveyor system linking shake-out to Wheelabrator
  • 1 34 cu. ft. Tumblast with vibrator conveyor feed
  • 1 34 cu. ft. Tumblast with skip loader
  • Discharge conveyor system to sorting line
  • 27 Two-tier gravity casting chutes (Note: Castings are not touched until sorted into chute 
  • Hydraulic trim press
  • 16 Setco high speed single spindle stand grinders
  • 1 Double spindle stand grinder
  • 7 Flexible work cells with high speed grinders and chipping booths
Cleaning Equipment - Disa Finishing
 
  • 2 Complete casting cooling lines with automatic feeding of the
  • 2 Wheelabrator 34 cu. ft. Tumblasts
  • 12 Fox grinders in flexible work cells
  • 2 Hydraulic presses
  • 1 Mechanical trim press
Engineering Services
 
  • Engineering services available to form "Partnerships" in development of new or existing products. Design changes can be considered to reduce casting cost.
  • AutoCad release 2008 with E size plotter\scanner
  • Solidworks 2008, 3D Modeling Software
  • I-DEAS 2007, 3D Modeling Software
  • Solidification simulation with AFS Solidification System (3D)
  • AFS Weight Order Software to assist in weight calculations
Other Facilities and Equipment
 
  • Expanded Pattern Shop to perform rigging, gating and minor repair of customer's pattern equipment
  • 9 Receiving and shipping docks
  • Rack storage for castings prior to shipment
  • IBM AS/400 computer system
  • Real time shop floor data collection
  • Dry Ice Cleaning machine for core boxes