Machining Operations
Saving 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 MoreSeeing Different Sides at The C.A. Lawton Co.
When asked about the new challenges as Machine Shop Coach, TJ Aaron responds as he does to most challenges he faces, with a wry smile and a shrug, “It’s different.” TJ is no stranger to challenges in his career at Lawton. Since joining the firm in 2008, he learned the casting process from the bottom up. Starting…
Read MoreThe C.A. Lawton Co. to offer manufacturer direct plates, work holding, platens, and weld tables
After producing its own angle plates and work holding fixtures for more than a century, The C.A. Lawton Co., a De Pere, WI-based foundry, pattern, and heavy manufacturing machine shop, will now offer these highest-quality products through a Lawton-branded consumer product line being sold directly to machinists and fabricators. The new products will complement Lawton’s…
Read MoreCustom Tooling, Angle Blocks, Machining Fixtures
Finished and Raw Tooling produced to your specifications at catalog prices!
Read MoreAdditive Manufacturing – MSOE Rapid Prototyping Consortium 4/17/15
Presentation: Additive Manufacturing Sand Molds and Cores Compared to a Traditional Method Kelly Coles, chief operating officer, CA Lawton Sheku Kamara, director, Rapid Prototyping Consortium Due to the high cost of additive manufacturing molds and cores for individual parts, its use in the sand casting process has been limited to projects that require one to…
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