What We Do - Lawton Novi, formerly Temperform, a division of Lawton Standard High-Performance Heat-Resistant and Stainless Steel Castings

We make remarkable steel and stainless steel castings 2 – 5,500 pounds, no-bake sand molds

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Custom Solutions

Design and Prototyping – From simple sketch to finished casting.
Engineering and Manufacturing – Vertical integration enables us to control the entire process.
Consignment and stocking programs – Ready when you need them.
Scrap Bank Program – Permit us to buy your scrap, and we will convert it into new castings and pass along the savings to you.
Specialized Alloys – Tailored to your operation.
Hard-facing and Protective Coatings – To improve performance in the hottest and most abrasive environments.

Alloys for robust results

Heat Resistant
Corrosion Resistant
Abrasion Resistant
Nickel Base Alloys
White Irons
Ni-Hard Irons
Tool Steels
Low Alloy Steels
Engineered Alloys

About Us

Lawton Novi, formerly Temperform, is a Lawton Standard company that makes high-quality heat, corrosion, and wear-resistant alloy castings. Serving various industries and applications, our Novi location utilizes advanced no-bake, shell, and ceramic molding processes, delivering solutions from single-precision castings to high-volume production runs. Design capabilities include reverse engineering and solidification modeling, supported by CAD and CMM software, and are integrated with a full-service pattern shop.

This 70,000-square-foot facility in Novi, Michigan, is strategically positioned near major transport systems, enabling it to meet and exceed project requirements. As one of North America’s premier manufacturers of alloy steel and heat- and corrosion-resistant castings, this Lawton Standard location offers a comprehensive range of products designed for pre-heaters, kilns, coolers, and other equipment.

Our Novi location maintains an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management system. We are also proud to be ISO 14001:2015 certified for our environmental management systems and have added an ISO 45001:2018 certification for safety and health, effective April 2025.

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Melt

Over one hundred different high alloy stainless steels and superalloys
Five induction furnaces on 2 different power supplies
Individual casting weights range from 2 pounds to 5,500 pounds
Specialized capabilities, like “Teapot” ladles, used to pour metal into molds producing clean defect-free castings, control pouring rates, and maintain accurate temperature control
Chemistries are assured using internal spectrographic measurements with computerized charge and final additions calculations to the heat

Mold

Phenolic Urethane “No-Bake” Sand Molding

Production flexibility, minimal tooling costs, small to large run manufacturing quantities, and high-quality finishes on produced castings

Ceramic Molding

Utilizes a special blend of sands which are then subject to a specialized baking process that yields castings with dimensional stability and surface finishes similar to those obtained with the lost wax process

Patterns

Fully staffed in house pattern shop
Wood, foam, urethane, and red board patterns

Capacity

150 Tons/Month

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