ENGINEERING The Atlas Engineering staff works in concert with the customer to provide high quality cost effective designs for castings. NT work stations running Pro/ Engineer and Magmasoft software simulate the solidification process. Camax software generates tool paths for pattern construction on a five-axis router located in the 9,500 sq. ft. pattern shop.

FOUNDRY High intensity Kloster mixers prepare chemically bonded sand for no-bake molding in flask sizes up to 169 in. x 265 in. Flaskless molds are made on the IMF fast loop molding line in sizes up to 60 in. square. Cores are produced in a variety of processes including alkyd oil, phenolic urethane, shell and automated isocure core blowing.

MELTING, POURING, AND HEAT TREATING Two electric arc furnaces, 4 induction furnaces and a 7.5 ton AOD vessel can be operated individually or in concert to produce heat sizes from 1,500 to 79,000 pounds. Bottom pour ladles range in size from 2,000 to 62,000 pounds. 45,000 pounds is the largest casting size that can be produced. Eight heat treating furnaces use programmable controls to maintain constant temperature. Forced air and water quench facilities are also available.

FINISHING A 50,000 sq. ft. finishing department with 30 ton cranes houses modern grinding, welding and blasting facilities. All welders are qualified to ASME Section IX. Welding processes include SMAW, FCAW, GTAW, TIG, and SAW. Over 300 welding procedures have been tested and qualified to ASME, MIL-STD, NAVSHIPS, and customer's unique requirements. Large blast rooms, air-arc stations, a painting booth, and shipping dock support the flow of product.

NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION Atlas has a complete in-house quality inspection organization with certified ASNT level III inspectors in RE, UE, MPE, and LPE. Testing equipment includes an 8 MEV linear accelerator, cobalt 60 and iridium 192 isotopes, two 20,000 amp Trivectors, a 5,000 amp dry prod, Krautkramer ultrasonic flaw detectors and a Faro Arm coordinate measuring machine.

MACHINING AND FABRICATION Over half of the product produced at Atlas receives machining or fabrication. The Subcontract Department manages fifteen certified machining vendors with a tremendous variety of machine tools. Support from Atlas Engineering helps to determine the best combination of cast versus fabrication versus machined features for best design. Welding positioners and 45 ton power rolls aid the process.

LABORATORIES The Atlas Technical Center houses a fully equipped sand lab, chemical and metallurgical laboratory. Standard equipment includes: sand screen analyzer, optical emission spectrograph, Leco carbon and sulfur analyzer, oxygen and nitrogen determinator, tensile machine, charpy impact tester, ferrite scope, severn gauge, hardness testers and more.

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