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The Prototype Process: Bringing Your Ideas to Life
At Meteor Foundry, we focus on bringing customers’ visions to life, incorporating the unique concepts relayed to us into a quality prototype. Making the Best Prototype Possible The Meteor Foundry team attributes our success at crafting prototypes to our emphasis … Continue reading →
Posted in Castings, Manufacturing, Metal castings, Mining and Castings
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Tagged BMM RollOver, concept to prototype, Cope & Drag Floor, in-house manufacturing Pattern Shop, large quantity of aluminum castings for your prototypes, low-volume prototyping, Machine Molding, manufacturing large quantity prototypes, manufacturing minimal quantity prototypes, Master Pattern to Prototype Tooling and Casting for Sample Approval, molding machines, sand and gravity permanent mold castings, sand molding, tooling and constructing quality casting
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How the Manufacturing Industry Adds Value to the World
The start of a new year is the best time to assess the important role of the manufacturing industry in economic growth and to take stock of the industry as we’ve say goodbye to 2016. The Essential Role of Manufacturers … Continue reading →
Posted in Castings, Manufacturing, Metal castings, Mining and Castings
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Tagged aluminum and zinc, Canada’s manufacturing industry in 2016, Canadian manufacturing sector, globalization, keys to economic growth, manufacturing jobs between between 2011 to 2015, manufacturing matters, manufacturing sector, NAFTA, new geographic markets, new trade deal with the EU, number of jobs that the manufacturing industry creates, production stem of business, role of the manufacturing industry in economic growth, sand and gravity permanent mold castings, the national economy
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Meteor Foundry All Set to Dedicate 2017 to Energy Conservation
Foundries are no longer simple operations that produce castings. Many units are responsible for working with a large variety of alloys taking on the responsibility of designing the parts, making the castings, machining them and assembling them for a robust … Continue reading →
Posted in Castings, Manufacturing, Metal castings, Mining and Castings, New Technologies, Projects, Robotics, Safety, Sustainable Manufacturing
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Tagged alloys, Aluminum, assembly lines, auditing energy consumption patterns, bringing down carbon footprint, Canadian foundries use up to 6300 TJ of energy every year, casting design, castings, commitment to quality, control electricity misuse/misconduct, costs associated with operations, curb consumption of energy, cut down on the use of fossil fuels, Defense, Electricity, energy conservation and renewable energy production, energy reduction drive, exploiting energy reserves, foundries, Furniture, Gas, how to handle energy consumption, ISO 9001:2008 certified, machining and assembly, Mining Ventilation, part design, pattern making tools, permanent mold castings, reduce-reuse-recycle, Robotics, sand, spread the message of conservation, strategic energy utilization, streamline floor functions, Transportation, Trucks, utilize conservation principles, Zinc
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Casting an Eye over 2016
As 2016 was a big year for all companies across the manufacturing industry, we’d like to look back over the past year and touch on some of the important highlights with 2017 in sight. This past year we made major … Continue reading →
Posted in Castings, Manufacturing, Metal castings, Mining and Castings, New Technologies, Safety
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Tagged components that are vital to the mining industry, electric and gas, investments in new equipment and technologies, manufacturing tools, military and defense, Minex 2016, quality castings, quality processing, services to the mining industry, shortened lead times, the Laempe LL20, the Laempe LL20 automatic sand core shooter, the manufacturing industry, trucking and transportation, Ventilation systems and mining
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Meteor Foundry – Adding Value to Manufacturing Since 1965
When you work with clients from over 32 industries – you are doing something right. Serving sectors as diverse as mining, cement flooring machinery, elevators and defense, Meteor Foundry has upheld values of quality, dedication and custom parts created to … Continue reading →
Meteor Foundry Celebrates National Manufacturing Day
On the first Friday of October each year, hundreds of manufacturing firms across the globe celebrate National Manufacturing Day. This October 7th is a day dedicated to bringing more awareness to the industry and inspiring future generations to better understand … Continue reading →
Posted in 3D Printing, Castings, Manufacturing, Metal castings, Mining and Castings, New Technologies, Robotics
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Tagged bringing awareness to the manufacturing industry, castings, Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International®, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, manufacturing industry growth, Manufacturing Institute, manufacturing vital to the economy, National Association of Manufacturers, National Manufacturing Day, pattern tool making, STEM
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Custom Castings from Meteor Foundry
Here at Meteor Foundry, we have seen ups and downs over the half-century we have been in business, along with changing technology and customer demands. Many of today’s customers require that we push the boundaries of conventional practices by the … Continue reading →
Posted in Castings, Manufacturing, Metal castings, Mining and Castings, New Technologies, Robotics
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Tagged Alum or Zinc castings, evaluating the needs of your casting project, how quickly can you provide a quality casting at a competitive price, low or high volume production parts, prototypes
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New Laempe Machine Enhances Our Capabilities
We are always looking for ways to move ahead and keep pace with advances in technology, in order to better serve our customers. This includes investment in those technologies that will provide the most benefit to our processes and contribute … Continue reading →
Brewery Keeps the Beer Flowing with New Pump
It isn’t often that you can link a foundry and brewery together (besides the fact that after a hot day at the plant, a cold beer really hits the spot!). But, having just completed a brewery project, we have the … Continue reading →
State-of-the-Art Equipment Keeps Us on the Cutting Edge
At Meteor Foundry, we believe in continuously looking at our current capabilities and processes to find improvements. The landscape of the industry is changing and we are eager to embrace new technologies to continue moving ahead to offer the best … Continue reading →
Posted in 3D Printing, Castings, Manufacturing, Metal castings, Mining and Castings, New Technologies, Projects
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Tagged automated technology, casting designs, high-quality complex cores, improved efficiencies manufacturing, improved surface finish, improved tolerance manufacturing materials, Laempe sand core production molding machine, manufacturing technologies, molding machines, new technologies in manufacturing, quick turnaround in manufacturing, reduced cost manufacturing, tooling
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