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Iron Grades (Ductile Iron As-Cast):
D63-41-15
D65-45-12
D80-55-06
D90-60-04
D100-70-03
Austempered Ductile Iron
Melt
One 66" refractory-lined, water-cooled Hot Blast cupola with O2 injection
Continuous desulfurization with porous plug ladle (25 tons/hour)
Duplex
Two 60-ton Whiting vertical-channel furnaces
Pour
One 10-ton Junker horizontal-channel (pressurized) stopper-rod furnace with an MSI inoculator (and an Accurate back-up inoculator)
One 6-ton Junker horizontal-channel (pressurized) stopper-rod furnace with dual Accurate inoculators
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Two CB-30 horizontal isocure core machines
- 34"x38"x17" box size
- 350# maximum core weight
Two 18-liter Peterle vertical isocure core machines
- 31.5"x23.8"x16" box size
- 100# maximum core weight
Two 12-liter Peterle vertical isocure core machines
- 27.5"x23.8"x8" box size
- 70# max. core weight
Two CB22 horizontal isocure machines
- 22"x24"x8" box size
- 75# max. core weight
One CB22 vertical isocure machine
- 23.5"x21.5"x12" box size
- 75# max. core weight
One U-180 shell machine
- 20"x29"x6" box size
- 70# max. core weight
Two Redford cold-box bench-blowers
- 7# max. core weight
One cold-box bench station
- 40# max. core weight
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One 2013 Mark 4 Disamatic molding machine
- Mold size is 21"x25.6" with mold thickness ranging from 5" to 13"
- 100# maximum pour weight
One 2070 Mark II Type B Disamatic molding machine
- Mold size is 31.5"x37.4" with mold thickness ranging from 10" to 25"
- 275# maximum pour weight
Pattern-changing system on both machines
Automatic core setting on both machines
PLC Control upgrade including ultrasonic position measuring on the 2013 machine
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Finishing
(Industrial castings only)
Two shot-blasting units
- One BMD continuous blast
- One 34GN Tumblast
Four conventional stand-grind/finish stations in-line with the 34GN blast
Ten conventional chip/grind booths
One Fox automated round-casting grinder with in-line finishing
One Serf trim-press with a Clansman casting manipulator and in-line finishing
One robot-cell with two trim-presses, three Fanuc robots, and a two-station, three-axis milling machine
Shipping
(Industrial castings only)
Seven shipping docks
AIAG Shipping labels
Bar-coding capability
Machining
All industrial machining is outsourced
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Paint Line
(Industrial castings only)
High-volume
Black oxide primer
Rust preventative
Drying oven
Test Laboratory
Two spectrometers
One Leco Carbon/Sulfur analyzer
Full sand-laboratory
One Metallograph with quantitative image analysis
One tensile tester
Dimensional Laboratory
Four Portage layout machines
One Brown & Sharp validator (CMM with PC-DMIS software)
One Faro-arm layout machine
Nondestructive Testing
Magnetic particle
Ultrasonics
Other tests are outsourced (e.g., x-ray, liquid-penetrant)
Heat-treating
All heat-treating is subcontracted
Manufacturing Area
165,715 square feet
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