Our Equipment List

Talladega Foundry & Machine Company, Inc. is a full service jobbing foundry producing ductile and gray iron castings. Our production team specializes in castings ranging from 1 ounce to 5000 pounds and order runs from 1 piece to 5000 pieces monthly. TFM has capacity to pour more than 30 tons per shift. With Talladega Foundry's diversification, we are as a single supplier for finished cast parts. Our staff is eager to help you condense the purchasing process into a single supplier.

Talladega Foundry's operations include: pattern shop, core making department, molding department, melting department, cleaning department, machining facilities, special finishing, and a quality department.

Core Making

Nearly 1/3 of all castings made at Talladega Foundry start in the core room. Talladega Foundry's Cores are made by the following methods:

a. Shell
b. No Bake (Airset)
c. Oil Sand

Cores are produced on the following equipment:

a. 1 Shalco U-180
b. 2 Shalco U-150
c. 2 Dependable 200 SA
d. 1 Dependable 400 SA
e. CE Cast CEL 600 no-bake system
f. Oil Sand Capabilities


Cast Alloys

Gray Iron & Ductile Iron
  •  Iron melted with two 9 ton electric melt furnances with daily shift capacity of 60,000 pounds per shift


  • Aluminum
  •  Aluminum melted with 3 gas fired tilt furnaces with 300 pound crucibles


  • Molding Equipment

    Hunter 10
  •  Flask size of 14x19 in service with an automatic mold handling system


  • Hunter 20 with a flask size of 20x24
  •  Flask size of 20x24 in service with an automatic mold handling system
  •  Mold depth of 6" cope and 6" drag

    3161 Osborne Rota-Lift
  •  Flask sizes ranging from 18x18 to 21x21


  • Hunter 20 with a flask size
  •  Flask size of 20x24 in service with an automatic mold handling system
  •  Mold depth of 8" cope and 8" drag


  • 3191 Osborne Rota-Lift
  •  Flask sizes ranging from 23x23 to 32x32


  • Snap Molding
  •  Flask sizes ranging from 10x14 to 16x16


  • Large Airset Molding Floor
  •  Flask sizes ranging from 24x24 to 120x120


  • Airset Compaction Table and Roll-Over Loop
  •  Flask sizes ranging from 18x18 to 52x52


  • Grinding Equipment

  •  5 - 30 HP Grinders with 30"x2"x12" Wheels
  •  1 - 20 HP Belt Grinders
  •  Misc. Grinders & Tools for Larger Castings
  •  Wheelabrator 96" Double Door Swing-Table
  •  Wheelabrator 22 Cubic Foot Tumblast
  •  Shotblast room 12'x20'

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