Facilities
We use a horizontally-parted green sand molding process to create gray iron castings to our customer’s specifications. Casting configurations range from simple, no-core castings, to complex, multiple-core castings.
Our Facilities Include:
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CoreRoom Facilities
- Three Ferrodyne Model ACE automatic shell core machines
- Two Beardsley-Piper model SF-6CA shell core machines
- Eight Redford Shell core machines
- Strong relationships with multiple vendors for cold box and no-bake cores
– Three model HP42
– Two model HP43
– Three model HP16
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Molding Facilities
- One Hunter Model HMP20 20″x24″ automatic molding machine
- Three Hunter Model HMP10 14″x19″ automatic molding machines
- Three Hunter turntables
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Melting Facilities
- Scrap preheater
- Three Ajax Magnethermic 7,000 pound coreless induction furnaces
- Two 1200kW power supply units
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Mulling Facilities
- Simpson National Engineering 215G Multimul
- ETA 3000 Green Sand Control System
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Cleaning Facilities
- One 14 cubic foot Wheelabrator
- 5 industrial stand grinding stations
- 4 industrial cut grinding stations
- Wide variety of air grinding equipment for detail grinding
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Quality Control Facilities
- One Heraeus Sensor Lab Foundry Iron Thermal Analysis Unit (SLF2K) for
immediate analysis of carbon, silicon, and temperature - One Heraeus Electro-Nite quick-lab for anlysis of carbon and silicon
- Brinnell Harness testers
- Chemical analysis and tensile strength through certified laboratory partners
Value-Added Services
Additional value-added services are available upon request either directly through Lemfco, Inc. or through our reliable partnerships with industry experts:
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Chemical Analysis and Tensile Strength
Upon customer request test bars are sent to an independent laboratory to provide the customer with a certified chemical analysis and tensile strength.
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Machining
Machining services can be provided through our long-standing partnerships with reliable, high-quality, local machine shops.
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Painting and Coating
Finished castings can be sent to our partner paint shops and coating facilities to be primed, powder-coated, or plated, according to the customer’s needs.
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Heat Treating
Contract partnerships with area heat-treaters allow us to offer quick-turnaround on annealing, hardening, quenching, tempering, and stress relieving.
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Pattern Design, Repair, Modification
Basic pattern work is completed on site. For more extensive tooling needs, our pattern shop partners can design, build, or modify any necessary tooling.
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Material Certifications and BHN
Material Certifications can be supplied with the casting shipment. Brinell Hardness Testing can be completed on-site and supplied when requested.