Casting Design
How Lawton Ensures the Highest Quality Castings
Lawton takes pride in the true craftsmanship that their Pattern Shop holds. Quality tooling is the essential starting point to obtaining a quality casting. The patterns produced by the Lawton pattern shop follow strict manufacturing guidelines to ensure the highest quality castings will result from their use. Often times, Lawton customers will request we use…
Read MoreMaking buying easier
At The C.A. Lawton Co., we are proud of our reputation; a reputation for quality, on-time iron casting solutions alongside high-touch customer service. How does Lawton make the difficult task of procuring castings easier for buyers? We accomplish this through integrated offerings, dedicated customer advocates, a culture of flexibility and urgency, and a focus on quality and on-time…
Read MoreLawton’s power of perseverance
Through all the past struggles Lawton has faced, it is important to look back on everything they have overcome. From the Great Depression or even the Recession of 2008, Lawton continues to persevere through hard times. In 1886, Jones Bank ran into financial difficulty, and as a result, closed its doors. This caused a great…
Read MoreJust the FAQs, ma’am
At the C.A. Lawton Co., our team of customer advocates receives similar questions about our capabilities, metrics, and processes from current and prospective clients. To serve as an educational resource for readers, we’d like to answer some of these common questions in today’s post: Castings What kind of castings does Lawton produce? Lawton pours gray…
Read MoreQuality and on-time delivery
At The C.A. Lawton Co., we are proud of the reputation our foundry has built over the last two centuries: a reputation for quality, on-time iron casting solutions, and high-quality customer service. We won’t sacrifice quality, even in these challenging times. Here’s how we do it. Quality: The C.A. Lawton Co. strives to provide its…
Read MoreA case study in urgency and flexibility
At The C.A. Lawton Co., we take pride in our culture of flexibility and urgency, integrated offerings, dedicated customer advocates, and our focus on quality and on-time delivery. In this post, we’d like to highlight our culture of urgency. Knowing that our customers’ needs can change daily, we look to respond with urgency and flexibility…
Read MoreDamascus Steel Casting Company joins Temperform and The C.A. Lawton Co.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 4/1/2020 Contact: Andy Mastalir, Sales and Customer Service Manager, 920.983.4171, amastalir@calawton.com Damascus Steel Casting Company joins Temperform and The C.A. Lawton Co. New Brighton, PA – Private equity firm, Oakland Standard Company, announces the expansion of the specialty metals platform. Damascus Steel Casting Company joins Temperform and The C.A. Lawton Co.…
Read MoreCP Visits The C.A. Lawton Co.: Community Outreach In Contact with Industry
CP is a nonprofit organization that provides individualized and progressive programming to every infant, child, and adult – with and without permanent disabilities. In a previous blog, we reported on a volunteer project The C.A. Lawton Co. participated in for the benefit of CP. As a follow-up, we invited CP to take a tour and…
Read MoreHow 3D printed sand molds improve your casting experience
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is the process of making usable objects from digital models. By building up successive layers of material, additive manufacturing provides access to capabilities not available with traditional manufacturing processes. Not only can additive manufacturing technology build objects using materials such as plastics and metals, but advances have proved successful in…
Read MoreLawton looks good in green
At The C.A. Lawton Co., we take green seriously – so much so that we integrate it into our strategic and economic objectives. When we plan for the future, we use an environmental management system, which enables us to measure the estimated ecological impact of our actions. We seek to reduce waste, re-use or recycle…
Read MoreCivil War Cannon Remanufactured by Wisconsin Firm
Paulson Brother’s Ordnance of Clear Lake, WI has completed the addition of a 4.5” Civil War era siege rifle to their collection. This addition completes another page in PBO’s collection book of artillery and related logistical items from that era. The rifle, of which very few are left, has been long sought after by the…
Read MoreReviewing casting design
One basic principle in reviewing a casting design is Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T). This system defines and communicates engineering tolerances through symbolic language on engineering drawings. It explicitly describes the part geometry and allowable variations. Using GD&T helps the customer’s design engineer, the supplier’s manufacturing engineer, and quality inspectors to reach consensus on a…
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