About Thompson

Mission Statement

Founded in 1963 by Wally Thompson, Thompson Foundry has been providing casting services to clients from all over the world. Providing unparalleled customer service and exceeding customer expectations are ideals that Thompson Foundry proudly upholds.

Products and Services

Thompson Foundry is a ferrous casting operation. We produce castings in Ductile Iron, Cast Iron, Ni-Hard, Hi-Chrome White Iron, Ni-Resist, corrosion resistant Stainless steel, Heat resistant Stainless steel, Manganese steel, mild steel, alloy steel. We also offer custom casting services and are able to work from drawings or existing parts. All the steps from patterns to completion, including casting, machining, and supplying completed assemblies done in our facility. We are often called upon when the castings are difficult to produce or have tight time lines for delivery, With our four induction we have the ability to schedule various alloys for production on the same day. Casting weights up to 700 lbs. in Steel alloys and 1700 lbs in cast iron and ductile are available.

Timeline

1963

• Thompson Foundry founded
• Started off with reverb furnace
• Created molds from olivine green sand
• Created mostly cast iron marine manifolds

1971

• Moved to new building in Surrey
• 6 employees
• Now working with cast iron and ductile iron
• Created marine manifolds, pump parts, gear boxes, and did general industry castings

1981

• Expanded building
• Installed 2200 lb ABB medium frequency induction furnace
• Now working with cast iron, ductile iron Nihard and Niresist alloys
• Company expanded to 25 employees
• Castings expanded to marine manifolds, pump parts, gear boxes, mining castings, pulp and paper castings, wear parts

1992

• Installed 800 lb and 1100 lb Inductotherm induction furnaces
• Installed metallurgy lab with ARL 3460 spectrometer
• Installed small heat treat
• Began production of mild steel and stainless steel castings

1993

• Bought a new mig welder for fabrication area

1995

• Installed palmer high speed nobake mixer
• Started to create molds for cast iron, ductile iron, and white iron out of olivine green sand
• Silica nobake molds now used for mild steel and stainless steel
• Added a milling machine to pattern shop

1996

• Installed 5 ton bridge crane
• Installed green sand shakeout and sand handling system
• Upgraded dust collection system
• Added sand heater for nobake molding line

1998

• Installed sand testing lab
• Upgraded palmer mixer to allow for 2 resin systems
• Replaced original heat treat with a larger gas heat treat

1999

• Installed pallet lifting system on green sand molding line
• Rearranged arc gouging booth
• Installed 2 new 600 amp welders

2001

• Installed sand silo and air sand transport system
• Added 2 x 30" disc sanders to pattern shop

2002

• Installed a larger plainer and joiner to pattern shop

2004

• Added space for pattern storage
• Upgraded magnetic separator on green sand handling system
• Installed larger wood lathe for pattern shop
• Added tig welder

2005

• Expanded green sand delivery system into floor molding area
• Upgraded Palmer mixer to 250 lbs per minute with oxide feeder
• Added compaction table to nobake pouring station
• Added new pouring line, dedicated to stainless and mild steel production
• Added more space for pattern storage

2006

• Upgraded cope and drag modling machines with new insert board system
• Installed nobake silica sand reclaim system (Still in progress, completion in December 2006)

2007

• Complete nobake molding line and optimize its operation.