Berne Enterprises, Inc. – Quality Shell Molded Castings To ALL Your Specifications!
Serving Satisfied Customers Since 1962
FACILITIES & SERVICES
- PATTERNS: New Construction or Adaptation to shell process. Pattern Repair.
- ENGINEERING SERVICE: Pattern Design; Casting Layout.
- MOLDING: Automatic Shell Process; Bench Shell – limited to samples and experimental.
- CORE MAKING: Automatic Shell Process; Bench Shell – limited to samples and experimental.
- MELTING: Electric Coreless Induction (4 units).
- HEAT TREATING: Annealing, Normalizing, Quench and Temper.
- LABORATORY: Inspection and Test; Chemical Certifications; BHN Hardness.
- PRICE QUOTATIONS: Send/Fax/Email print and/or sample with estimated weight (if known) for prompt responses.
FOUNDRY & CASTINGS PRODUCED
- Jobbing through Production; Light Shell Molded Casting; (oz. – 300 lbs.).
- Primary Steel Cast
- Cast Carbon Steel
- Low and High Alloys
- Specialty Steel
- Ductile Iron
- Cast Iron
- Austinetic Manganese
ORDER VOLUME
- One Piece to Several Thousand.
EQUIPMENT
MELTING EQUIPMENT
- 2 Ajax 4000# 1100KW Induction Units Model M-70010
- 1 Ajax 2000# 700KW Induction Melting Unit
- 1 Ajax 1000# 700KW Induction Melting Unit
SHELL MOLDING EQUIPMENT
- 3 Shalco 30″ X 40″ Auto Shell Machines
- 5 Shalco 20″ X 30″ Auto Shell Machines
- 1 Hand Shell Molding Machine
- 3 Shalco Model 30″ X 40″ B Glue Dispensing Mold Presses
- 7 Shalco Model 20″ X 30″ B Glue Dispensing Mold Presses
- 2 Redford HS16RA Core Blowers
- 1 Redford HP44 Core Blowers
- 3 Redford HP43 Core Blowers
- 1 Redford HS22RA Core Blowers
HEAT TREAT EQUPMENT
- 1 GE Natural Gas Batch Oven
- 1 Surface Combustion Corporation Batch Oven
- 1 Westinghouse Electric Batch Oven
- 1 North American Gas Batch Oven
- 1 Oil Quench Tank
- 1 Water Quench Tank
- 1 Polymer Quench Tank with Self Unloader
- 2 Leed & Northrup Recording Graphs
- 2 Leed & Northrup Digital Temperature Controllers
LABORATORY & TESTING EQUIPMENT
- 1 Baird Pectrovac 1000 (22 Element) Spectrometer
- 1 Bosch and Laumb Microscope
- 2 Brinell Hardness Testers
- 1 Magnetic Particle Machine – Magna Check