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Leading Manufacturers
Modern Aluminum Castings Co., Inc.
Terre Haute, IN | 800-467-6252Modern Aluminum Castings Co., Inc. has been a designer and manufacturer of aluminum and iron castings since 1919. Industries served include the sporting goods, medical devices, industrial machinery, HVAC, automotive, electrical lighting, appliance, and construction industries. Other services include forgings, stampings, custom machined components, and others.
Pittsburgh Foundry & Machine Co.
Pittsburgh, PA | 412-682-0130For more than 100 years, Pittsburgh Foundry and Machine Company has been the leading manufacturer of ferrous and nonferrous castings. Our values have stayed the same for the last 100 years, providing high-quality products with high-quality customer service. We want to meet our customer's needs and build long-lasting relationships.
Fountain Foundry Corp.
Veedersburg, IN | 765-294-2244Since 1943, Fountain Foundry Corporation has specialized in highly cored and intricate castings. Our in-house pattern shop can transform your design into a high quality ductile or grey iron casting. We have a 77,000 square foot facility and can handle the most complex cores. To do the job right, we also offer finishing operations such as heat treating, grinding, polishing, machining and coating.
Impro Industries USA, Inc.
Diamond Bar, CA | 877-484-6776Impro Industries is globally recognized as a leading provider of high-precision, high-complexity, and mission-critical casting and machined components. Industries served include automotive, aerospace, medical, and many mor. Our team is dedicated to the quality of our every project, ensuring the highest customer satisfaction. Contact us today to learn more about our grey iron casting capabilities.
Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Waupaca, WI | 715-258-6611Waupaca is a TS-16949, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 certified producer of gray, ductile and compacted graphite iron castings melting over 9,500 tons per day. These castings are produced using vertical, high pressure, greensand molding at all of our facilities utilizing several different mold sizes to optimize the production of castings ranging from 2 pounds (1Kg) to 350 pounds (160 Kg).
Northern Iron & Machine
St. Paul, MN | 651-778-3300Northern Iron & Machine for finished castings ready for installation. Ductile grey iron and Austempered ductile castings, small to large quantities. Prototypes up to 500 lbs. and castings up to 250 lbs. Machining, painting, assembly. ISO 9001:2000 certified. In-house metallurgical lab. Industries: OEM, Oil-Field, Off-Highway, Agriculture, Fire Fighting, Locomotive, Wind.
Iron Foundries Manufacturers List
Iron Foundries - OSCO Industries, Inc.To accomplish the iron casting process, foundries posses the equipment and supplies required to analyze and mix raw materials before heating them to extreme temperatures in order to liquefy them. The molten cast iron is then poured into molds that may be manufactured at the foundry or produced elsewhere depending on the capabilities of a specific facility.
Once filled the mold and material it houses must be cooled to solidify the part. While some iron foundries allow the casts to cool at room temperature, other operations require advanced cooling technology. These factories often require a great deal of both floor and storage space to house equipment, finished parts and pre-production materials.
Iron Foundries - Knapp Foundry CompanyWhile some process several metals rather than just iron, it is often beneficial to have a specialty in order to stay relevant within the highly competitive field of metallurgy. Iron foundries draw business from such versatile industries as automotive, agriculture, water and sewage treatment, irrigation, ventilation, hydraulics, manufacturing, machinery building, electronics, transportation, construction and building.
The processes undertaken at an iron foundry begin with a selection of materials. The proper elemental and chemical composition is produced during the melting stage of casting. A specialized blast furnace known as a cupola is used to achieve the temperatures necessary to melt iron and additives such as scrap steel and iron. The high heat also refines the melt which is then poured into a mold by hand or automatically.
Any number of casts can be made and housed at a given foundry for continuous or one time use. These molds are solid or split pattern, meaning composed of one or two pieces. The latter have a top portion known as a cope and a lower section called a drag. Molds may also have core processes for the creation of parts and products with cavities or reentrant angles. Pouring may be use gravity, a vacuum or pressurized gas to completely fill the mold which is then allowed to cool.
Cooling is carefully controlled to encourage the development of the internal microstructure of a cast part or component. A fully cooled cast iron piece is then ejected from the mold. As casting often leaves burrs or other artifacts, most foundries offer surface cleaning and finishing processes such as grinding, sanding and machining.
Secondary operations such as painting, galvanizing, heat treating and assembly may also be available at an iron foundry. The capabilities of a specific facility should be considered with regards for production needs.
