abilogo.black_bkgrn.gif (5648 bytes)

 


Foundry Profile|

Current Jobs at AB&I   |   Post Your On-Line Resume   |    Benefits   |   Pipe & Fittings Division  |  Custom Casting Division
History of AB&I  |  AB&I Team Philosophy  |   Mission, Vision, and Values  |  Foundry Profile    Foundry Tour


Foundry Profile

A list of equipment located in the AB&I foundry


Team Members:250 hourly and salaried
team members;

Range of Casting Sizes (weight): 1 lbs. to 125 lbs.

Type of Metal Poured: Gray Iron Class 25, 30, and A126-CL B

Melting Facility: Cupola, 96" Water Cooled, Hot Blast with Oxygen 35-40TPH

Overhead Crane

Type of Pouring and Holding Furnaces:
60 tons Inductotherm Holding Furnace
4 Liquimetrics Pouring Furnaces

Capacity: 60,000 net tons per year

Pattern Shop: 2 CNC Fully-Equipped with CAD-CAM
8 Pattern Makers and 3 Helpers

Laboratory: Full Dry and Wet Analysis, Spectrograph
Complete Brinnell and Tensile Testing Facilities

aerial.jpg (31210 bytes)

 


Type and Number of Core Machines:
16 Shalco V-180
1 Shalco 4-103 Cold Box Core Machine

Pipe Machines:
6 Fully-Automatic Centrifugal Pipe Machines

Molding Machines:
1 2013 Disa
1 270A Disa

Muller Type and Capacity:
Simpson 225G, 150 tons per hour

Blast Cleaning Equipment:
3 Rotoblast

2 In-Line Wheelabrators

Robotics:
Fanuc S-420i W
342 lb load capacity

Special Finishing
Drilling, tapping and painting available

Principal Product Lines
Automotive, Valve, Waterworks,
Fittings, Agricultural

Markets Served
North America and International