Our 45,000 ft2 facility, located in Bath, Pennsylvania, houses each and every operation required in the casting process. It’s all here—from engineering and patternmaking to production, quality and shipping.

Our future plans include the addition of 14,000 ft2 of dedicated machining and nondestructive testing space. We recently completed a new sand reclamation plant, new grinding- and burn/arc facilities, and added new blasting equipment.

To our customers, this means more of the same Effort quality you’ve come to expect, with even faster turnaround.

Equipment

Pattern Constructing and Repairing

  • COMPLETELY EQUIPPED PATTERN SHOPS WITH EXPERIENCED PATTERN MAKERS TO MAKE, REPAIR AND RIG PATTERNS

Core Making (Phenolic Urethane No-Bake and Cryogenic Ceramic)

  • CONTINUOUS MIXER (PALMER M-50)
  • CONTINUOUS MIXER (2011 TINKER OMEGA 50 lb.)
  • NO-BAKE CORE OVEN (48”X48”X60”)
  • CERAMIC CORE OVEN (L & L KILN) (30”X32”X48”)
  • CAUSTIC LEACH TANK (30”X36”X34”) (255-gallon)

Molding (Phenolic Urethane No-Bake)

  • CONTINUOUS MIXER for application of facing sand (TOM-250) with heater
  • CONTINUOUS MIXER for application of backing sand (PALMER M-350) with heater
  • MOLD MANIPULATOR (QUIPTEC INC. 2,000 lb.)
  • MOLDING CRANE (YALE 3 ton)

Melting

  • ELECTRIC INDUCTION FURNACE (INDUCTOTHERM) (DUAL 2,200 lb. melting furnaces)

Sand Reclamation

  • SAND HANDLING SYSTEM (TINKER OMEGA) WITH COOLER-CLASSIFIER
  • THERMAL RECLAIMER (CASTEC ¾ ton / hr.)

Blasting

  • TUMBLE BLAST (WHEELABRATOR) (14 cu. ft.)
  • TUMBLE BLAST (WHEELABRATOR) (3 cu. ft.)
  • TABLE BLAST (PANGBORN) (6 ft. diam.)
  • SAND BLAST (TRINCO) (48”X48”X30”)

Arc-Air/Cutting/Welding

  • BOOTHS (4)
  • MILLER AIR-ARC WELDERS (3) (1,500 amp)
  • MILLER AIR-ARC WELDER with MIG capability (DIM 652)
  • MILLER AIR-ARC WELDER with both STICK and TIG capabilities (SYNCROWAVE 250 DX)
  • VARIABLE SPEED AIR COMPRESSOR (CURTIS 125 hp)

Burning

  • BOOTH with Oxy-acetylene twin torch setup

Grinding

  • DOWNDRAFT GRINDING BOOTHS (6) self-contained and fully equipped
  • STAND GRINDER (FOX) (30” diam.)

Heat Treating

  • BOX FURNACE (56”X92”X42”) with computer control and charting capabilities
  • BOX FURNACE (16”X16”X16”) with computer control
  • BOX FURNACE (30”X19”X18”) with computer control
  • PRE-HEAT UNIT (5’ x 5’ x 5’) with digital controller
  • QUENCH TANK (47”X120”X24”)

Quality Assurance (SNT-TC-1A Level II & III Inspectors)

  • X-RAY (RIDGE 300 kVA)
  • MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION UNIT (MAGNAFLUX 4,000 amp wet fluorescent)
  • ULTRASONIC THICKNESS GAGE (KRAUTKRAMER-BRANSON)
  • ULTRASONIC INSPECTION UNIT (MASTERSCAN SONATEST 330 DIGITAL)
  • VIDEOSCOPE (OLYMPUS)
  • PORTABLE HARDNESS TESTER (GE DYNAPOCKET)
  • LIQUID PENETRANT INSPECTION (water-washable, visible contrast)
  • COORDINATE MEASUREMENT MACHINE (BENDIX Portage Model D60)
  • LAYOUT TABLE (Portage Model 60A)
  • FULL WAVE DC OUTPUT INSPECTION UNIT (MAGNAFLUX CSV-10 10,000 amp)

Laboratory

  • OPTICAL EMISSION VACUUM SPECTROMETER (BAIRD DV4)
  • NITROGEN DETERMINATOR (LECO TN-114 w/computer readout)
  • TENSILE TESTER (TINIUS OLSEN Super “L” 60,000 lb. w/computer readout)
  • FERRITE DETERMINATOR (FISCHER SCIENTIFIC FERITSCOPE)
Sand mold
Grinding
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