Capabilities

Proudly made in the USA, PT has a long-standing commitment to provide a quality product, on time, at the lowest possible cost. Let us be your single source for pattern development, castings, precision machining, fabrication, heat treat and plastic injection molding. PT with Quality Management System is Certified ISO 9001.

Foundry, Heat Treat & Investment Casting

PT has been pouring ferrous and non-ferrous metals for more than 50 years. PT is a licensed Meehanite foundry.

  • Foundry Capabilities:
    • Full-service pattern shop 
    • Automatic Molding up to 16”X20”
    • Permanent Molding up to 30”X12”
    • Green sand, cope and drag – up to 21” square molds
    • No-Bake molding – up to 60” square molds
    • Casting Pour Weights up to 2500 lbs.
      • (Materials:  Aluminum, Brass/Bronze, Ductile Iron, Gray Iron, 4130 Steel, 316 and 304 Stainless Steel)
    • Shell Core, Air Set and CO2 Cores
    • Tensile Tester
    • Spectrometer
  • Heat Treat Services:
    • Solution and age treatments for aluminum
    • Normalizing and hardening for carbon, low alloy, high alloy, and tool steels
    • Carburizing, carbo-nitriding
    • Cryo treatment
    • Solution anneal for stainless and high alloys
  • Investment Casting Capabilities:
    • Cast parts up to 45 lbs.
    • Tolerances - .007 per inch
    • Surface finish up to 125RMS
    • Coating
    • Passivation
    • Tensile Testing
    • Impact Testing
    • Nondestructive Testing
Machining

Explore our diverse range of cutting-edge techniques, for machining, turning, milling, grinding, and beyond, as we elevate possibilities in manufacturing excellence for you.

  • Turning
    • NC/CNC Lathes
      • 3-Jaw Powered & 4-Jaw Powered
      • Cylindrical, tapered, and spherical profile up to 35” OD and 63” between centers
    • Vertical Lathes
      • Maximum turning diameter of 56”x48”x30” stroke
    • Manual Lathes
      • 38” swing over ways, 23” over cross slides
  • Milling & Turning
    • Horizontal Machining Centers
      • 3-Axis & 4-Axis NC capabilities
      • Work envelopes from 40x37x15 to 96x72x20
    • Vertical Machining Center
      • 4-Axis CNC, work envelopes from 40x20x28
      • Pallet Changer
  • Grinding
    • Blanchard Grinding – Surface grinding to within .002 on 42”
  • Other Capabilities
    • Coordinate Measuring Machine with 80x42x40 work envelope
    • Welding & Fabrication



Injection Molding
PT – Injection Molding provides custom injection molding of thermoplastics for a broad range of industries from agriculture and veterinarian products to chemical and petroleum applications.

By using engineering grades of thermoplastic materials, parts can achieve lighter weights, higher strengths, good chemical resistance, and temperatures exceeding 500°F with more design flexibility and greater economy over more commonly used materials.

  • Injection Molding Capabilities:
    • Melting points up to 650°F
    • Shot sizes from micro-ounce to 3 lbs.
    • Printing, CNC Machining and Drilling, and assembly of products

 

  • Injection Molding Presses:
    • 400 Ton
    • 350 Ton
    • 230 Ton
    • 200 Ton
    • 100 Ton
Overall Mold and Cast Materials
  • Sand Cast & Permanent Mold Materials:
    • Aluminum
    • Bronze
    • Grey/Ductile Iron
    • Carbon Steel
    • Low Alloy Steel
    • High Alloy Steel
  • Investment Cast Materials:
    • Carbon Steel
    • Stainless Steel
    • Low Alloy Tool Steel
    • Tool Steel
    • Bronze
    • Cobalt Alloys
    • Nickel Alloys
  • Injection Mold Materials:
    • Glass Filled Polypropylene
    • Glass Filled/Unfilled Nylons
    • Glass Filled Polybutylene Terephthalate
    •  Glass Filled Polyphenylene Sulfide
    •  Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
    •  Polycarbonates
    •  Polyvinylidene Fluoride
    •  Acrylics
    •  Custom colors available at customer’s request