The Lawton Standard Co. has recently added AMSCO Wear Products, Inc., located in Wilmington, Del., to the Lawton Standard family as part of its expansion strategy. AMSCO has been providing cost-effective, wear-resistant steel since 1915. They offer innovative design, world-class quality control, and superior customer service. AMSCO’s products include wear parts for steel recycling, mining, and waste-to-energy industries. AMSCO will operate as a sister company to Temperform. Read the full announcement here.Continue Reading
Author: Nick Knotts, Industrial Engineer, The Lawton Standard Co. What is a company’s most important asset? What is the most important resource to a manufacturing operation? Is it the machines? Is it the raw material? Does it depend on the type of manufacturing? Maybe it does depend on the business, but in my opinion, in almost every type of manufacturing, the most important resource is the people. This is especially true for an environment like the foundry, particularly...Continue Reading
Nick Knotts, Industrial Engineer for the Lawton Standard Co. has been with the company for 2 1/2 years and spent most of his time working on-site at Temperform as both an industrial engineer and a quality engineer. He came from a sister company from the same owners that were involved in automation. He was really looking forward to utilizing his education to help the other sites and has since transitioned to a more industrial engineer-focused role at the...Continue Reading
We sat down with Gloria Webber, General Manager at Temperform, to discuss the culture committee at the Lawton Standard. Although Webber is currently the committee chair, that position will be on a rotating basis to keep things new and fresh. Keeping up with the culture will be an ongoing priority for the company. The culture committee was formed through the leadership summit that took place last fall and was later named “the culture club”. The committee consists of...Continue Reading
Wear-resistant castings are metal components designed and produced to withstand repeated abrasion, impact, or other types of wear caused by friction between moving surfaces. These castings are typically made of steel, iron, or other alloys formulated with high levels of carbon, chromium, manganese, and other elements that increase their hardness and resistance to wear. Today, we’ll focus on steel castings. What types of steel are used in wear-resistant castings? Steel is commonly used in wear-resistant castings due to...Continue Reading
