Engineering
Save time and money with Minster’s Pattern Shop
From concept to design to finished product, get it all at Lawton Minster. Our Minster location has an in-house pattern shop and plenty of pattern storage for all of your tooling needs. Welcome to our Pattern Shop “Minster has had an in-house pattern shop for many, many years,” said plant manager Steve Johnson. The pattern…
Read MoreThe Process Behind Our Large Machine Bases and Frames
The C.A. Lawton Co. in Minster is your place to turn for large machine bases or frames. Our facility is mastering these large iron castings and meeting our customers’ expectations. We recently delivered several large machine bases weighing over 17,000 pounds. Why Choose Minster for your Large Machine Bases and Frames? Our Minster facility specializes…
Read MoreSpecializing in Large Machine Bases
C.A. Lawton Minster knows how to handle large orders. We’re talking about 17,000-pound orders, like this recently completed machine base. Minster was tasked with producing this giant casting, with overall dimensions of 144” x 68” x 66”. The total weight of this machine base was 17,200 pounds. And this wasn’t just a block of iron…
Read MoreIron 101 at Lawton
Did you ever wonder what really goes on inside a foundry? How is iron formed? How is a casting made? Well, Lawton Standard engineers are helping our customers learn what we do and how we do it with the Iron 101 class. The class can help streamline future casting projects your company has and potentially…
Read MoreSaving time and money with the KUKA RMC90 Robot
The Lawton Standard Co. added the KUKA (Keller und Knappich Augsburg) RMC90 robot to its expanding casting process equipment list back in 2022. This robot and the associated equipment are utilized to support pattern and mold making activities from Styrofoam pattern milling through the cutting of sand mold blocks. The robot is now housed at…
Read More“It’s in our blood.” Come join the team.
The C.A. Lawton Minster facility is producing gray and ductile iron castings from 20 pounds all the way up to 45,000 pounds. We caught up with Steve Johnson, who now has a few months under his belt as the plant manager at our Minster location. Plant manager Steve Johnson on his first few months “I’ve…
Read MoreStreamlining the solidification process to increase efficiency and quality
The C.A. Lawton Company and Lawton Standard are always trying to find new ways to make the casting process quicker, more efficient and reaching a higher quality. A big help in this process is some newer software by MagmaSoft, which helps our engineers in the solidification process of our castings. We sat down with casting…
Read MoreMetal castings for beginners
Written by: Platform Engineering Manager, RJ Hawkins Fun fact: you are rarely more than 10 feet away from metal casting of some kind! If you are interested in learning about a process that dates back more than 5,000 years and, even to this day, is still the backbone of the manufacturing economy, you’ve come to…
Read MoreEngineering at The C.A. Lawton Co.
A successful casting is the result of a close collaboration between the OEM design engineer and the foundry. Our cross-functional engineering and production team meets with the customer to discuss the part’s application, critical dimensions, and performance characteristics. The goal of this deep technical dialogue is to reduce the manufacturing cost of the casting, improve…
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