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Molding, Core, Melting-Metal Preparation, Finishing, Quality Control
 

Molding

  • (3) Squeezer Bench Molding Pallet Line: green sand molding in flask sizes from 12 X 12 through 18 X 18
     

  • Osborne Pin-Lift Molding Line: high production green sand molding in flask sizes 22 X 22, 26 X 26, 25 X 30 and custom sizes. Run as a cope and drag configuration.
     

  • Davenport Pin-Lift Molding Line: high-production greensand molding in flask sizes from 30 X 30 to 42 X 42 in various lengths and widths. Run as a cope and drag configuration.
     

  • No-Bake Molding Line: 300 pound per minute continuous mixer supplying no-bake sand to a molding/core loop. Mold handling capability to 4000 pounds per half.
     

  • (4) Large Floor Molding Areas: semi-production custom molding area with flask sizes up to 93 X 93. Specializing in intricate coring and complex shapes.
     

  • Dynamic air 30 cu. ft. pneumatic conveyor system supplying sand to molding areas through 5 inch pipe to insure "out of the muller" consistent sand properties.

 

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Core
  • Dependable SF-6 automatic shell core machine.
     
  • (4) Bench custom oil sand core room.
     
  • Dependable CB-5 blowing/gassing setup.

 

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Melting/Metal Preparation
  • (3) 6000 pound Denton glow-bar melter/holders.
     
  • (1) 6000 pound per hour track mounted gas breakdown furnace.
     
  • (4) 1000 oil fired crucible furnaces.
     
  • (1) 350 pound Inductotherm 175K lift coil electric furnace.
     
  • (2) rotary degassing units.
     
  • (3) Vacuum checking station.

 

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Finishing
  • (2) Pangborn 6 ft. tableblast (steel shot)
     
  • Pangborn 5 cu. ft. tumbleblast (steel shot)
     
  • 216 cu. ft. stress-relieving oven, Honeywell controlled.
     
  • Denton drop bottom gas-fired heat treat oven with air and water quench available, Honeywell controlled. Capable of T6, T7 and T71 tempers.
     
  • Various cutoff and grinding stations focused on flexibility for a wide variety of casting sizes and finishing requirements.

 

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Quality Control

  • Olympus microscope 1000X.
     

  • Buehler metallographic lab.
     

  • Dietert full sand testing lab.
     

  • Tyler sand sieve tester.
     

  • Tinius Olson tensile machine 60000 pound.
     

  • Tinius Olson brinnel hardness tester stationary.
     

  • King brinnel hardness tester portable.

 

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