Wisconsin Foundry Starts Melting Expansion
Willman adding two furnaces in response to rising demand
Willman Industries in Cedar Grove, WI, reports it has started a melting department expansion and expects to complete it by the end of this year. The $3-million project involves extending the foundry’s meting bay and scrap storage areas, and the addition of two 9-ton furnaces. The foundry’s core room will be expanded, too.
The project’s goal is to increase the melting department work area by 25%, and melting capacity by 50%. Preheating and scrap drying will be added to the melting operation, and the plant’s large-casting molding area will be increased once the current scrap storage area and furnace charging system are relocated in the new bays.
According to Jerry Hendrickson, Willman Industries vice president – sales, the plant expansion and capacity increase anticipates rising demand for castings based on customer’ requests.
Willman Industries is a general jobbing foundry that produces sand castings in ductile and austempered iron, and Meehanite. Its products range in size from ounces up to 40,000 lb., and include thin-walled exhaust manifolds, heavy-section hydraulic pumps, valves, housings, flywheels, clutch plates, machine tools, and power generating equipment.
Recently, Willman Industries was certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. Previously it earned the Meehanite MAC 2000 Quality Award for Excellence.
Willman adding two furnaces in response to rising demand
Willman Industries in Cedar Grove, WI, reports it has started a melting department expansion and expects to complete it by the end of this year. The $3-million project involves extending the foundry’s meting bay and scrap storage areas, and the addition of two 9-ton furnaces. The foundry’s core room will be expanded, too.
The project’s goal is to increase the melting department work area by 25%, and melting capacity by 50%. Preheating and scrap drying will be added to the melting operation, and the plant’s large-casting molding area will be increased once the current scrap storage area and furnace charging system are relocated in the new bays.
According to Jerry Hendrickson, Willman Industries vice president – sales, the plant expansion and capacity increase anticipates rising demand for castings based on customer’ requests.
Willman Industries is a general jobbing foundry that produces sand castings in ductile and austempered iron, and Meehanite. Its products range in size from ounces up to 40,000 lb., and include thin-walled exhaust manifolds, heavy-section hydraulic pumps, valves, housings, flywheels, clutch plates, machine tools, and power generating equipment.
Recently, Willman Industries was certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. Previously it earned the Meehanite MAC 2000 Quality Award for Excellence.
