Ermak Foundry & Machining, Inc.
By: Reg Zeller 2/4/2026 The Hidden Cost of Cheap Tooling: Why Quality Investment Powers Aluminum Sand Casting Success Imagine pouring thousands of dollars into molten aluminum, only to watch 35% of your castings end up
Collaborating with customers to improve part quality, performance, and cost. Author: Reg Zeller Date: January 29, 2026 After a customer finalizes their design and chooses us as the supplier, or while we are working with
Download Press Release PDF Clinton, SC – January 24, 2025 – CaneKast, a leader in innovative casting solutions, is proud to announce that its newly acquired DISA MATCH 24/28 machine is now fully operational at
Download Press Release PDF Clinton, SC – January 24, 2025 – CaneKast, a leading network of non-ferrous foundries, has expanded its capabilities and market presence with the acquisition of Southern Aluminum Foundry and Machine (SAF).
CaneKast™, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Cushman Foundry CHASKA, MN (January 28th, 2022) — Cushman Foundry of Blue Ash, Ohio, was acquired by CaneKast™, a leader in non-ferrous foundries. “This transaction enables us to take advantage
Casting Source’s 2021 July/August, Q&A article, “You Don’t Have To Be Monet,” by Kim Phelan, features Reg Zeller. Casting Source: You’re passionate about bringing manufacturing back to America, and certainly the reasons are many to do
Benefits of Aluminum Prototype Casting Designers/engineers can gain tangible proof of the component’s quality, find unexpected flaws and perform testing that delivers invaluable data. Marketers can use prototypes to gain feedback from customers or investors
Knowledge of casting defects and what causes them is an essential part of managing casting quality. High-quality foundries avoid pitfalls that cause casting defects. Casting defects in a finished product can occur due to defective
Five non-ferrous metal applications which affected global industries in a big way include aluminum aircraft frames, magnesium transmissions, titanium golf clubs, zinc electrical hardware, and bronze gears. Previous Next The Industrial and Transportation Revolutions fueled
“Superior is a great fit to help us achieve our vision.” CHASKA, Minnesota, May 20, 2021 – CaneKast™ and its companies Ermak Foundry & Machining, Patriot Foundry & Castings and RDS Dock Hardware have acquired
Metal Solidification is the comprehensive transformation process of a liquid into a solid and the basis of casting technology, including melting, pouring, and re-solidating a metal or metal alloy within a mold to produce a
Metal casting is when molten metal is poured into a mold and allowed to solidify into an object. The object that solidifies is called a casting. Sand casting is the most widely used metal casting
For over a half-century, Ermak has worked to master and perfect the art of sand mold casting. Sand casting is a popular method of producing non-ferrous alloy casts. This process was invented over 6,000 years
Alloy Definition Alloy: verb, past tense: alloyed; past participle: alloyedmix (metals) to make an alloy.“alloying tin with copper makes bronze” What is a Metal Alloy? An alloy is a mixture of two or more elements with at
For thousands of years, non-ferrous metals have played a part in human innovation. The first metals used by humans were non-ferrous. The use of bronze, a copper and tin alloy, signaled humankind’s transition from the
Ermak and Patriot Provide Expanded Foundry Capabilities to Customers The combined offerings of Ermak Foundry & Machining (including the former Northwest Casting) and Patriot Foundry & Castings provide customers with expanded foundry capabilities. Existing and
We often hear from customers looking to create a prototype part in order to test it, physically check it for fitment, and/or get customer feedback. Typically, the parts are requested to either be machined from
A few years ago, we had a customer that had never used aluminum castings but didn’t like “hogging out” (a process of cutting out the center of raw bar stock) that was required to make
A common question we’ve received over the years is “I’d like to explore moving my part(s) between foundries but have no idea how to do it.” The simple answer is that as long as there
Pre-COVID, we had been talking with customers who were exploring “reshoring”, the process of moving production back to the US from international manufacturing. The reasons varied, but the most frequent were shorter lead times, lower