It’s not actually green, but it sure is alive. Green sand molding is used in two of our foundries at Lawton Standard. It helps to create smooth finishes on our high-quality castings and it’s very sustainable and environmentally friendly. We had the chance to catch up with Lawton Standard casting engineer Lauren Innis to discuss...Continue Reading
3D printing has come along way over the past few years and Lawton Standard is excited to start using the technology to help create even higher-quality steel and iron castings. The uses for 3D printing in a foundry can span from making complex cores to making quick replacement parts for certain equipment and tools. “3D...Continue Reading
The foundry industry has a wide variety of interesting and intriguing careers. From engineering to metallurgy, melt deck operations to furnace maintenance, spectrometer operator to automated machines. The possibilities are great and the foundry industry needs more young people to get involved. We caught up with Lawton Standard casting engineer Lauren Innis and Lawton Standard...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. has recently combined with Renaissance Manufacturing Group (RMG) and its 160 team members as part of its expansion strategy. RMG has locations in Anniston, Ala., Grafton, Wis., and Menomonee Falls, Wis. The ductile iron foundry is at the Anniston location. Grafton is home to the machine shop. The sales office is...Continue Reading
Don’t forget to subscribe! Today we will briefly go over one of the tools in my industrial engineering toolbox. That tool is Plant Simulation software, specifically the one we’ve utilized is Siemens Technomatix Plant Sim. What is PlantSim? PlantSim is a PLM software that allows us to simulate simple and complex production flows completely on...Continue Reading
Our platform engineering manager RJ Hawkins explains that it’s typically best to involve foundries in your tooling design and go from there. This usually makes it much easier for foundries to help you optimize the design and process later. “Rely on the experts to get you there,” RJ said. It’s important to trust the experts...Continue Reading
Bob Rupp is a close friend and mentor of The Lawton Standard Co. and is also the founder of Leadership Resources of Wisconsin. His guidance has been extremely helpful during this time of expansion of transitioning from one location to many. Rupp has a lot of insight and wisdom when it comes to the concept...Continue Reading
The Lawton Standard Co. is combining resources to better serve our customers and other stakeholders affected by our operations. One change we are currently making is the transition of all our facilities to a common business system, an ERP, or an Enterprise Resource Planning program. The new system, Odyssey, is being implemented at The C.A....Continue Reading
As The Lawton Standard family grows, closer coordination of casting orders becomes possible. We work with multiple locations and divisions of many global companies. This often eliminates scheduling conflicts and delays. For example, let’s say one division has ordered a set of castings to replenish its inventory – it’s not urgent. Yet, it’s first in...Continue Reading
Tom Dominiczak, the Pattern Shop and Quality Manager at the C.A. Lawton Co. in De Pere, WI explains the importance of having quality tooling, how proper tooling should be designed for the foundry it plans to be used at, and how subpar tooling can affect the outcome of castings that the tooling was designed to...Continue Reading
