MANUFACTURING - Equipment List & Capabilities

MOLDING

  • Disamatic 230 B" Vertical Flaskless Molding Machine, with automatic coresetting
  • Maximum casting wt/mold = 50 - 60 lbs. (New 2007)
  • Automatic Pouring.
  • Asea 9-ton Capacity Press Pour Furnace.
  • Hartley Automatic Sand Control (compactibility)
  • Didion Media Drum

MELTING

  • (2) 8 MW ABB 12 Ton Electric Furnaces – Melt Rate @ 15 TPH
  • Ajax 65-ton Total Capacity Channel Induction Holding Furnace

COREMAKING

  • (3) Shalco SCB 10 Shell Core Machines. (2) Redford 43A Shell Cores, (1) Redford 43 Warmbox and (1) Redford 16 Warmbox Machines.
  • LL10 Laempe cold Box coremaking

FINISHING

  • Continuous Shot Blast Machine
  • Work Cells Including Resonant Frequency Testing (15)
  • Robotic Grinding – (3) Barinder Grinders
  • Serf 60 Ton Die Trimming Press

PLASTIC PATTERN DEPARTMENT

  • Urethane and Epoxy Resin Capabilities
  • Unigraphics NX/CAD/Cam System for Master Making, Corebox Design and Construction, and Mold Weight and Piece Weight Estimation
  • Bridgeport Milling Equipment Linked to Intergraph Solid Modelling System

QUALITY CONTROL

METAL ANALYSIS:

  • Baird DV-4 Vacuum Spectrometer Linked to Network via Compac Computer
  • (1) DIGILAB CE, Carbon and Silicon (Backup)
  • (1) Electronite DF-200 (Temp)
  • (1) Leco CS-225 Carbon/Sulfur Determinator
  • (1) Quik-Lab Datacast 2000 (Carbon & Silicon)

MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS:

  • Startrite Power Band Saw
  • (1) Buehler Sample Melt
  • (1) Leco PR-25 Automatic Mount Press
  • (2) Leco VP-150 Polishing Machines
  • (1) Leco PME 3 Metallograph with Camera
  • (1) Buehler Image Analysis System

METROLOGY ANALYSIS:

  • Bendix 1815 CMM Machine with MP-30 Measurement Processor
  • Starret Layout Table with Height Gauges and Miscellaneous Measuring Tools
  • Scully Chuck Gage
  • Datamyte - Datagathering System
  • Compac Computer for MP-30 Interface, DOS Compatible for Datamyte Interface, SPC Dat Analysis and Gauge Control
  • J&L Optical Comparitor
  • Gagepac Calibration Software

NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING EQUIPMENT:

  • (14) PC based Resonance Frequency Testers
  • (6) Modal Resonant Frequency Testers
  • (2) DMV DL Krautkramer Ultrasonic Testers
  • Detroit Brinell Hardness Testing Machine

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