Sand Castings
- Nonferrous aluminum and copper alloy castings
- Prototype and production run capabilities
- Hunter automatic, squeezer, no-bake molding equipment
- Castings to ASTM and military specifications
- Casting quality to SAE-AMS-STD-2175
- .251b to 500lbs casting size
- Standard sand casting tolerances +/- .030 up to 6 inches and +/-.003 for each additional inch.
Permanent Mold Casting
- Aluminum castings up to 36” square
- Castings to specification ASTM B 108
- Casting quality to SAE-AMS-STD-2175
- .251b to 100lb casting size
Major Foundry Equipment:
Molding
- Olivine Sand System (medium to high volume) produces 75 tons per hour
- 1- Hunter HP 20 (20” X 24” Mold) with turntable
- 1- Osborne 2161 Rotolift
- 2-CK Ram Jolt Squeezers
- l-HMS Permanent Mold Machine - tilt
No Bake System
- 1 – Palmer M300XL No Bake Mixer
- 1-Bobcat front-end loader
- 1-Hermin roll over machine
- Up to 300 lbs no size limitation
Melting Department
Aluminum Base Melting
- 2 - 400 lb dip out furnaces with temperature control
- 1 - 600 lb HR reverberation furnace
- 3 - 1,000 lb dip out furnaces
- 2 - 2,000 lb Morganite Electric Resistant Furnace
Copper Base Melting
- 1 -Inductotherm 175KVA, Model 600V
- 1 - 1,000 lb HR hydraulic tilt type furnace
- 1 - 1,000 lb gas tilt furnace
Core Department
- 1-Redford core blower model 420D
- 2-Permanent Mold Center, Model 200 & 400
- 2-Baking ovens
- 1-C02 timing and gassing units
Heat Treat Department
- 6’ x 6’ x 6’ 500 degree F. gas aging furnace
- 4’ x 3’ x 5’ 1400 degree F. electric solutions furnace with bottom drop quench tank furnace
- Specification AMS-2771B, old MIL-H-6088
NDT Department
- Includes Brinell Tester Machine for physicals and elongation, Radiograph and Liquid Dye-Penetrant Equipment
Pattern Shop
- Tampa Brass has its own state-of-the-art pattern shop where it makes its own wood, plastic and metal patterns for our Hunter 20, No-Bake and Permanent Mold casting centers.
Hunter 20 Molding Center |
Permanent Mold |
New No Bake |
Melt Deck |
Alloys Poured
Aluminum
- A356, 357
- 356, 355
- 535
- 771
- 319
- 201
Brass/Bronze
- 875, 958
- 836 All low lead alloys
- 833
- 865
Specifications Used
- Heat Treat - AMS-2771 B
- Dye Penetrant - ASTM-E1417
- X-Ray - ASTM-E1742
- Inspection - SAE-AMS-STD-2175
- Aluminum Melting - SAE-AMS-A-21180, ASTM-B26/B26M, SAE-J-452
- Aluminum Bronze - MIL-B-24480
- Test Bar - ASTM-E8
- NDT Training - SNT-TC-1A
- NDT Certification - NAS410
- Permanent Mold Casting - ASTM B 108
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Pattern
Core
Hunter 2.0
Electric Furnace
Core Knockout
Grinding
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