Ward Aluminum Casting

Ward Aluminum Casting, Inc. manufactures high-quality aluminum castings in sand, semi-permanent and permanent mold processes. From non-heat treated commercial grades to high-strength heat-treatable alloys, WAC produces aluminum castings ranging from low-volume prototypes to high-production quantities, and is able to tailor their methods to meet the customers' casting and production requirements.

An in-house lab includes a 23-element vacuum spectrograph, 3D fluoroscopic x-ray unit and other advanced foundry lab testing equipment including penetrant inspection capability. WAC utilizes nitrogen-producing generators, rotary flux injection systems and mechanical filtering to clean and degas metal. These procedures achieve premium quality properties in aluminum – an industry recognized achievement.

The olivine sand system enhances the molding equipment which includes a B&P 2016 automatic molding machine, and three #3191 Osbourn Rotolift molding machines, with flask sizes up to 34" x 48". The permanent mold area includes automatic tilt-pour and static molding devices, producing both permanent and semi-permanent mold aluminum castings.

Equipment List:

Sand Mold

Beardsley & Piper BSM-2016 (2)
CM2500 Ring Mullor – 60 tons per hour
Osborn 3191-8 CN 6435 Line 3
Osborn 3191-20 SN 18023 Line 5
Osborn 3191-8 SN 17226-B Line 6
Hartley Mullor – 15 tons per hour
GS7 Vibrating Machine – 100,000 lbs. Per hour
Inline Simplicity Sand Cleaning System

Permanent Mold

Hall-6 HMT3T2 Tilt Pour Permanent Mold Devices (2)
Hall HM3T Tilt Pour Permanent Mold Devices (3)
Huron A Gravity Permanent Mold Device
Huron B Gravity Permanent Mold Device
Huron C Gravity Permanent Mold Device
Stahl 1 Large Tilt Pour Permanent Mold Device
Stahl 2 Small Tilt Pour Permanent Mold Device
CMI C-38/32-29-15 C-Frame Tilt Pour Permanent Mold Device
Floor #9 Tilt Devices (8) – 32" x 38" Platens
Floor #10 Gravity Devices (8)

Melt Department

Electric Resistance Furnace – 20,000 lb.
Electric Resistance Furnace – 18,000 lb.
Electric Resistance Furnace – 11,500 lb.
Gas Fired Dry Hearth Furnace – 8,500 lb., 6,500 lb., 2,500lb.
Rotary Degasser (5)
Balston 75-92 Nitrogen Generator (2)
Thermco Gas Mixer
Pyrotek 4150-F130 Flux Injection Unit (Demo)
Gas-Fired Crucible Furnaces (6)
Amcore Flux Injection Machines (2)
Clean & Finish
Knock-Out Machines (8)
Tannewitz Band Saw (4)
Do-All Band Saw (2)
North Tech. Band Saw
36" Band Saws (6)
20" Band Saw
Chop Saw
Radial Arm Saw
Belt Grinders (8)
2-Speed Grinder
#176 Safety Rite Grinder
36" Disc Sander
8" Vertical Belt Sanders (2)
Shot Blast Machines (2)
Age Oven
Dunk Test Tanks (2)

Core Room

4360 Shalco Shell Core Machine
Redford 26 HS-26-RA/UL
Redford 22 HS-22-RA/UL
Redford 22 HS-22-RA (2)
Redford 16 HS-16-RA-1275-31
Redford 16 4516-RA-381-439
Beardsley & Piper SF-10
Beardsley & Piper SF-6-1
Beardsley & Piper SF-6-2
Beardsley & Piper SF-6-3
Beardsley & Piper SF-6-4
Rotary Assembly Table
Palmer Mixer M100
Palmer Mixer M50
Core Racks

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