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Q: What is the typical delivery lead time at Maritime Steel Foundry Limited?
A: Working with customers to meet their required delivery time is our priority. Lead times are influenced by many factors including pattern availability, engineering requirements, material grades, finishing specifications, and distance to your facility. Maritime steel Foundry limited is able to turn around quotes and supply products on a very timely basis because of our Magmasoft simulation software, experience in pattern design and flexible manufacturing systems.
Q: What quality certification are you approved to?
A: Maritime Steel Foundry Limited is ISO 9001 certified, ISO 14001 certified, approved to AAR M-1003, and recognized as a certified supplier by many of our major customers.
Q. What quality system is in place?
A: The foundry’s formal quality system complies to ISO 14001:2004 where customer satisfaction is a continuous improvement initiative, stringent process controls are routine, and documentation is maintained to support traceability of chemical composition and mechanical properties for every heat.
Q. What size range of castings, both dimensionally and weight, can you produce?
A: We can produce any configuration in either low and high alloy composition and are limited only by the finish weight of 3,500 pounds.
Q. What is the designated certification of your welders?
A: We test our welders to (AWS) American Welding Society’s specifications which meet the requirements of (AAR) American Association of Railroads.
Q. What compositions of cast steel do you pour?
A: Primarily low carbon and low carbon alloyed steels. We routinely pour 30 different grades of steel including grade B, B plus, C, E, wear resistant grades, and manganese steels.
Q. What molding process do you use?
A: We use a “no bake” cold set molding system utilizing chemically bonded sand to solidify the mold. The no bake method is our system of choice due to the repeatable quality it provides in both surface finish and dimensional tolerances.
Q. How long has the company been in business?
A: Maritime Steel Foundry Limited was established in 1902.
Q. What is your percentage of on time delivery?
A: Our on time delivery performance for the previous year is 95%.
Q. What other services do you offer?
A: Maritime Steel Foundry Limited offer a full range of 1. heat treating, 2. Laboratory testing including analysis of steel chemistries mechanical properties, 3. surface flame hardening, 4. machining, 5. engineering involving solid works, CAD, and simulation software, 6. outsourcing solutions, and 7. scaffolding sales.
Q. How many hourly & salaried employees work at Maritime Steel Foundry Limited?
A: On average we employ 75 to 110 hourly personnel and 25 salaried staff. The flexibility in our work force demonstrates our responsiveness.