With more fluctuation in the global economy, forward-thinking companies are starting to investigate ways to stabilize their supply chains by reshoring with competitively priced bronze casting services. For decades, the experienced team at Erie Bronze & Aluminum has provided premium quality bronze casting services to countless customers in the oil and gas, plumbing, and defense industries. Supported by a full-spectrometer laboratory, modernized green sand casting equipment, and in-depth knowledge of various ASME, ASTM, and MIL-Spec standards, Erie Bronze is more than capable of addressing companies’ needs to reshore their bronze casting supply chain to a reliable United States-based manufacturer. Continue reading to learn more about how Erie Bronze can offer competitively priced bronze casting services, reverse engineer existing castings, and the many benefits businesses can expect from reshoring to US casting manufacturers.
Why We Can Offer Competitively Priced Bronze Castings
Ultimately, our ability to offer bronze casting services that compete with overseas manufacturers comes down to two simple qualities: versatility and modernized casting equipment. First, our decades of experience working with countless industries inform our ability to produce uniquely designed components with an array of required performance specifications. We are comfortable working with aluminum bronze, manganese bronze, tin bronze, and silicon bronze alloys for our casting services and are intimately familiar with the inherent benefits and drawbacks of each for certain end applications. Even now, our production capabilities are expanding into 89833 and 89836 bismuth bronze alloys as replacements for lead for plumbing and water transportation applications.
Next, Erie Bronze and Aluminum is capable of offering affordable bronze castings thanks to our recently added DISA MATCH 20/24 Molding System, which is the most consistent and precise green-sand match plate molding system available on the market. This modernized equipment revolutionized the speed and accuracy with which we can produce reliable molds for bronze castings that are effectively filled and enhance production levels to nearly 145 cored molds per hour. With tolerances as tight as 0.2 millimeters, the DISA MATCH 20/24 can store nearly 30,000 different preset pattern sets that exponentially escalate our production efficiency to compete with overseas producers.
Reverse Engineering Capabilities for Castings
An important consideration for companies looking to transition back to manufacturers in the United States for competitively priced bronze casting services is the ability to accurately recreate previous part designs through reverse engineering. Whether that means analyzing the exact alloy composition through spectrometer analysis, recreating precise measurements, or matching exacting tolerances of bends, threading, and surface finishes, Erie Bronze and Aluminum can reproduce any bronze casting design.
During our reverse engineering process for bronze castings, our knowledgeable team can also identify areas for improvement in future production cycles. This includes making meaningful recommendations to part designs, proper alloy choices to provide additional benefits, or suggestions that reduce the need for post-casting machining that adds costs and production time.
Benefits of Reshoring to US Casting Manufacturers
For decades, businesses have elected to work with overseas casting providers due to their low costs, sometimes at the expense of quality. As industries start to trend towards premium-quality parts, they have begun to understand the tremendous benefits of reshoring their needs to American manufacturers like Erie Bronze and Aluminum for competitively priced bronze casting services.
- Expedited Delivery & Lead Times: Reshoring bronze casting to US manufacturers means no longer waiting on shipping containers stuck on cross-ocean ships or waiting to unload at destination ports. Erie Bronze and Aluminum maintains dedicated relationships with trusted shipping and logistics companies that provide reliable delivery services throughout the United States that meet lead times and keep projects on time.
- Dedicated Customer Service: Erie Bronze understands the importance of providing dedicated customer service to customers, and that means prompt response times, a knowledgeable sales team, and ongoing support throughout the project. Our sales team routinely travels to on-site locations to meet with customers, understand their specific needs, and open up the doors to our Erie, PA facility to potential customers.
- Consistent Quality: Erie Bronze and Aluminum prioritizes quality throughout the manufacturing process and works diligently to adhere to ASME, ASTM, and MIL-Spec standards that overseas producers may not. All alloys undergo comprehensive testing and analysis to ensure end products meet customer specifications, with additional strength testing that guarantees our products can withstand challenging conditions.
- Reduced Carbon Footprint: Reshoring supply chains to the United States reduces the amount of fossil fuels required to ship and deliver bronze castings. While not all industries may be as concerned about reducing the carbon footprint of their bronze castings, offering this benefit to end consumers can result in becoming more competitive on large-scale projects with certain standards for environmental impact.
Contact Erie Bronze & Aluminum
Reshoring with Erie Bronze & Aluminum provides competitively priced bronze casting services without sacrificing quality. With advanced DISA MATCH 20/24 green-sand casting manufacturing equipment, reverse engineering, and industry expertise meeting ASME, ASTM, and MIL-Spec standards, we deliver precision castings with faster lead times and dedicated support. Strengthen your supply chain by reaching out and contacting the experts at Erie Bronze today.
