Erie Bronze & Aluminum

CAPABILITIES

We are a green sand casting foundry that specializes in non-leaded bronze alloys for a variety of different industrial applications. Green sand molding is an efficient method for creating close to near net shape metal parts and is typically the least expensive of all the casting processes, including die casting and investment casting.

MOLDING

AUTOMATED MOLDING LINE

• Bronze sand castings ranging from 3 to 150 pounds
• 26 x 26 flask size

COPE DRAG MOLDING LINE

• Large bronze sand castings up to 500 pounds
• Up to 36 x 36 flask size

MELTING

• Six electric furnaces
• Furnace sizes range from 1000 to 2000 pounds in melting capacity
• Equipped with the technology to guarantee chemical specifications are met

FINISHING

• All castings are cut off, ground, and blasted in our cleaning department
• For orders requiring physical properties, separate test bars are poured along with the castings. The test bars are machined and pulled at our in-house lab
• Orders requiring heat treatment, LPI, x-ray or machining are sent to qualified outside sources
• Parts are packaged per customer’s specifications

CERTIFICATION OPTIONS

We offer three options for your certification needs.

• Certificate of Conformity: Your certification will show the chemical ranges of the required specification and a statement that the castings you receive conform to that specification. This option will not report the actual chemical results.
• Chemical Certification: Certifies that your castings meet the required chemical specification. Your certification will show the actual chemical results, taken from each heat of material.
• Chemical & Physical Certification: Certifies that your castings meet both the chemical specification and the required physical properties. Your certification will show the actual chemistry and the physical property results from each heat of material as tested by our in-house laboratory.

QUALITY POLICY

OUR QUALITY POLICY IS DRIVEN BY THE FOLLOWING MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

• Strive to build a mutually profitable relationship with our customers, ensuring their long-term success, through the understanding of their needs and the needs of their customers.
• Consistently meet or exceed our customer’s expectations for product quality, performance, and value.
• Provide timely delivery of products to meet our customer’s requirements.
• Continuous improvement of our products and processes.
• Establish an atmosphere of continuing education for all our employees.
• Provide a safe and healthy environment for our employees and our community.

QUALITY COMPONENTS

• Quality Manual, Operating procedures, and Work instructions are based on the requirements of MIL‐STD‐45208.
• Pattern and process inspection is performed on every job before entering production.
• Chemistry checked on every ladle poured via in-house SPECTROLAB metal analyzer.
• Sand system is monitored by our Hartley Sand Compactibility Controller.
• When required, test bars are poured and tested in-house for physical properties.
• All measuring devices and instrumentation are calibrated and traceable to NIST guidelines.