Temperform was featured in the February 2024 issue of Manufacturing in Focus. “For over 50 years, Detroit-based Temperform has provided customers with high-quality heat, abrasion, and corrosion-resistant castings and machined components. Manufacturing no-bake sand mold steel and stainless steel castings weighing from just two pounds all the way to 5,500 pounds, award-winning Temperform is renowned...Continue Reading

By: Nick Knotts, Industrial Engineer, The Lawton Standard Company Why stainless steel? When it comes to castings for heat resistant applications, stainless steel is one of the most commonly selected materials. Heat resistant steels are made up of a variety of different microstructures, ranging from ferritic to austenitic and everything in between. Heat resistant steels...Continue Reading

Author: Nick Knotts, Industrial Engineer, The Lawton Standard Co. What are some of the current trends in the foundry industry? As the economic, social, and technological climate changes in the world, all industries inevitably must adapt to survive, and the foundry industry is no different. As a result, foundries across the United States are taking steps to...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...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...Continue Reading