1. Ductile and Gray Iron Foundry
“Commited to Continuous Customer Satisfaction”
2. Our Company:
Metalfit was established in Monterrey, Mexico in 1990 as a manufacturer of
flanged pipe fittings for distribution to both the U.S. and Canadian markets.
Much of the original tooling was purchased from Kuhn's, Inc. in Dayton, OH.
Initially the company relied on outside foundries to supply its casting
requirements. It soon became apparent however that in order to offer the high
level of service Metalfit wanted to achieve we would need our own foundry.
Since the principals of Metalfit all had strong foundry backgrounds it only made
sense to vertically integrate into the foundry business.
In 1995 we purchased a small cupola gray iron foundry in a suburb of Monterrey
which is Pesqueria. The site is now approximately 9.2 Acres and has been
under constant growth and development since our acquisition.
We produced our first induction melt ductile iron in April of 1996. In January of
2000 Griffin Pipe Products acquired Metalfit and subsequently invested an
addition $3MM in P&E over the next three years. After 3 years and several top
management changes Griffin decided to discontinue it's participation in the
fittings market with the exception of their large diameter proprietary fittings
which Metalfit still produces today. The original owners of the company were
offered the opportunity to buy the business back as Griffin realized its potential
strategic value to a competitor.
The company currently has approximately has 160,000 square feet under roof
and 195 employees.
5. Products (Alloys & Sizes)
- Gray Iron ASTM A48 – Class 20, 30 and 40
- Gray Iron ASTM A126 – Class A, B, C
- Ductile Iron ASTM A536 – Grades 65-45-12, 70-50-05, 80-55-06
- Capability of Pouring:
Min. 5 lbs Max. 2.5 Tons
7. Location:
Property: 9.2 Acres Under Roof: 160,000 Sq. Feet
Address: Carretera a Pesquería Km. 3, Pesquería N. L. México
8. Production Capabilities:
-Tooling Production
-Tooling Storage
-Induction Melting
-Green Sand Molding
-No-Bake Molding
-Floor Molding
-Coremaking
-Cleaning and Grinding
-Machining (Conventional Equipment)
-CNC Machining
-Hydrostatic Testing
-Painting and Lining
9. Tooling Production:
Complete patternshop for the
production of traditional manual
pattern making, as well as with state
of the art computer assisted design
and tooling manufacture with CNC
equipment. Materials for tooling
available in wood, resin, and
aluminum
10. Tooling Storage:
In our 37,000 square feet tooling
warehouse we store around 3,000
different patterns and core boxes
12. Green Sand Molding:
- Semiautomated molding line flask size
30” x 30” – 12”/12” for castings from
5 to 150 pounds.
- Semiautomated molding line flask size
42”x44” – 16”/16” for castings from
150 to 300 pounds.
13. No Bake Molding:
Semiautomated flaskless molding
line. Molds up to 64”x64” – 24”/24”
for castings from 300 to 1,000 pounds
14. Floor Molding:
Floor Molding Flasks up to a
maximum of 110”x110” – 45”/45” for
castings from 1,000 to 5,000 pounds
21. Quality Control:
Our Quality Control System provides the framework to ensure quality
throughout our process. Our laboratory is fully equipped for:
- Sand testing
- Chemical analysis (Spectrometer and Leco)
- Mechanical testing (Universal Machine, Brinnell hardness)
- Metalographic Analysis
- Ultrasonic Testing
- Dimensional Lay-out and Inspection
We will be certified ISO-9001:2008 by the end of 2011.
