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O’Fallon Casting

News A u g u s t 1 9 t h , 2 0 1 6 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 3

The plans have been finalized, the proper permits have been obtained

and the contractor is ready to go. Phase 1 of O’Fallon Casting’s

25,000 sq. ft. expansion is underway. The construction phase of the

project will be complete by early 2018 and fully operational later that

year. Each of the 6 phases of the project will include removing a por-

tion of the building and expanding upon that area. The first phase of

the expansion will begin the process of clearing the new building area

in the south east corner of the building and constructing the frame-

work for our new casting cleaning area and water treatment center.

All of the building phases are planned to work around our current

production schedule, to ensure that no work stoppages occur.

Phase 1 of

O’Fallon

Casting’s

25,000 sq. ft

expansion is

underway.

Now, while

tooling is

being

manufactured,

OFC engineers

have the

capability to

simulate gating

and sprue

assemblies

multiple times

without even

producing a

part.

Solidification Modeling

software reduces pre-

production engineering time

The investment casting has

been around for over 4,000 years.

For most of that time, the process

was mostly used for art and dentis-

try. With the increase of industry

in the early 1900’s, the mass pro-

duction of automobiles and the

introduction of commercial airline,

investment casting became a viable

method for mass producing de-

tailed metal parts. Now an industrial manufacturing process, investment casters

had to place a greater emphasis on the structural and metallurgical quality of the

castings they were producing. For many years, this required quite a bit of trial

and error to develop processing techniques that produced viable castings. With

the advent of the computer age, statistical modeling software was developed

that simulated the casting process and gave the foundry valuable information

that could be used to develop a manufacturing process earlier on in the produc-

tion cycle.

O’Fallon Casting began using the simulation software

Procast in 2014, which has greatly reduced the time

from purchase order placement to production readi-

ness. Now, while tooling is being manufactured,

OFC engineers have the capability to simulate gating

and sprue assemblies multiple times without even

producing a part. The software has the capability to

predict where foundry defects may occur and give the

engineer the ability to fix the problems before they

even occur. With these new capabilities, OFC is able

to greatly reduce the new product introduction cycle

and give the customer their products as quickly as

possible.

O’Fallon Casting on Mars???

O’Fallon Casting will celebrates it’s

13 year anniversary in October

In October of 2003, the acquisition of

the Hitchiner Manufacturing facility in

O’Fallon Missouri was completed and

O’Fallon Casting was born. The thirteen

years following the acquisition have been

a time of great growth for us. The new

ownership has invested heavily in new

equipment, new engineering staff and

modernizing the capabilities of our busi-

ness. All of this was added to the excep-

tional staff that was already in place, to

turn O’Fallon Casting into one of the fin-

est non-ferrous investment casting foundries in North America.

When approached by the

Missouri Institute of Science

and Technology to help with

their Mars Rover Team, OFC

jumped at the chance. The

engineering students at the

former had designed an appa-

ratus to dig soil samples to be

analyzed by their rover,

which required a helical drill

bit. The students were able

to design the bit in CAD

software and 3D print plastic

patterns, which OFC then

used to make the bits out of

aluminum.

600 Cannonball Lane

O'Fallon, MO 63366 USA

Phone: 636-272-6176

Fax: 636-272-6180

Email: sales@ofalloncasting.com

O’Fallon Casting is a Nonferrous Investment Cast-

ing foundry, located outside of St. Louis, MO. More

than a foundry, O’Fallon Casting aims to be a One-

Stop-Shop for all your investment casting needs.

With our concurrent engineering services, machine

complete to print capabilities, and excellent customer

services, we will do everything we can to make sure

that your product is delivered on time and with perfect

quality.

O'Fallon Casting L.L.C.

Nonferrous Investment Castings