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Facilities And Capabilities
Our main production facility 13 miles North of Cincinnati, just .5 miles off Interstate "75" covers 10 acres of land and has over 100000 square feet under roof. Monthly production capacity of 500 tons.
Patterns And Storage
Pattern equipment at Sawbrook is kept in one of two separate buildings designed specifically for pattern storage. We currently have in excess of 9000 patterns. Together, these facilities provide over 35000 square feet of storage space. Each storage building is equipped with a sprinkler system.
Cores And Molds
Sawbrook takes care in the making of cores and molds to assure good surface finish and dimensional control. Cleanliness, proper dryness, permeability and hardness of both cores and molds are continually monitored resulting in the highest quality finished casting.
Molds: Green Sand and No Bake.
Cores: Oil Sand, Green Sand, C02, No Bake and Shell, depending on the specific design of the casting and its final application.
Melting
The Electric Arc Furnace process produces a steel with maximum fluidity and excellent mechanical properties. Heat sizes range from 7500 pounds to 17500 pounds.
Footnotes
1. Typical Composition Range--The ranges shown are for our standard materials used to meet the indicated specifications. Sawbrook produces other low alloys which, depending on the application, may be substituted.
2. Carburizing and flame hardening grades are available in both carbon and low alloy steels.
3. Minimum Mechanical Properties-- the properties listed are the minimum for the indicated specification and are typical for one-inch sections. A variation of properties is readily obtained by varying the heat treatment.
4. Heat Treatment-- With specification limitations, the heat treatment can be varied to obtain desired mechanical properties and to meet design needs. Water quenching and tempering are available at our foundry.
Heat Treating
All steel castings produced at Sawbrook Steel undergo heat treatment at our facility. In house, Sawbrook has three car-bottom, batch furnaces and a 9,000 gallon water quench tank. Any casting that requires a quench media not available at Sawbrook, such as an oil or polymer quench, is sent to a certified outside vendor.
Methods include:
Stress Relief
Annealing
Normalizing
Quench and Tempering
Normalize and Temper
Inspection
Inspection is a continuous operation throughout the casting process to maintain Sawbrook's high standards of quality. Each casting is visually inspected (MSSP-55 & ASTM A802 standards). In order to assure customers of their desired quality levels, Sawbrook offers the following testing performed either in-house or at a qualified outside vendor.
Spectrographic.
Tensile strength testing.
Bend test for welder qualification.
Charpy V-Notch testing.
Brinell hardness.
Magnetic Particle.
Liquid Penetrant.
Ultrasonic.
Radiographic.
Layout of all sample castings (FARO Articulating Arm)
Click here for examples.
Testing
Certifications for both chemical composition and physical properties are available upon request.
Environment
We have programs in place to comply with OSHA and EPA regulations.
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