Bremer Manufacturing Company recently earned a Fox Business spotlight for its work in aluminum manufacturing. Founded in 1937, we have spent decades building our capabilities as a privately held aluminum foundry. Today, Bremer supports customers with aluminum sand casting, machining, burnishing, and other production services from its facility near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Its experience is…
Complex Aluminum Casting Solutions
Complex aluminum castings require careful planning, capable engineering, and reliable production processes. At Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc., challenging projects are a core part of what we do. Multiple cores, tight tolerances, intricate geometries, and demanding production requirements can all be addressed through our integrated casting and engineering capabilities. Our team works with customers from the…
Bremer Unveils New Spectrometer
Bremer recently invested in a new SPECTROMAXx benchmark metal analyzer to increase the efficiency and accuracy of elemental analysis of aluminum alloys at numerous points in the casting process. Here is what Bremer Director Of Sales & Engineering Wayne Bennin said about the new spectrometer: “We use this unit to verify the chemical composition of…
Bremer Manufacturing Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification.
Bremer successfully completed their recertification audit from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 on January 15 & 16, 2018. “We successfully completed our transition audit from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 on January 16, 2018,” Bremer Quality Manager Marlin Smith reflected. “This was a 2-day recertification audit, encompassing all aspects of our quality & production systems. …
Two Methods of Sand Casting Process
The sand casting process of metal casting is used for over 70% of all metal castings. There are many reasons why the sand casting process is the most commonly used: most notably for its cost, freedom of design capabilities, and lead times. Within the sand casting process, there are two different methods. The first is…
Gating and Risering – Aluminum Sand Casting Process – Part 3.
Once we have the pattern and core boxes (if required) completed, it is time for rigging the pattern. Rigging the pattern means putting on the gating and risering. This is a very important part of the process because the gating and risering have to match exactly what we have simulated in our Magma Simulation Program….
Aluminum Sand Casting Process – Part 2.
As we move along in the manufacturing process of an aluminum sand casting, the next step after the quote is the actual construction of the pattern. We here at Bremer Manufacturing pride ourselves at being flexible to accept part files from our customers in many formats. Our engineering support team can accept part files via…
The Bremer Process (Series)
This blog is going to be the first of many in a series on the aluminum sand casting process we pride ourselves on here at Bremer Mfg. Co. Many companies would start describing the pattern and design phases as the first step in the process. Not us. We recommend the first step in the process…
Happy December!
It’s finally starting to get colder here in Wisconsin so we understand if you might be leery on coming up here for a visit. Don’t worry though, we can bring the tour to you. Check out our Plant Tour video! https://www.bremermfg.com/tour.htm It has been a great 2012 for Bremer Manufacturing Company, and we look forward…
Bremer’s Aluminum Sand Casting Process
When Bremer Mfg. made the decision to switch completely to electric furnaces 15 years ago, it made a strategic decision to reconfigure its melting area as well. The decision was to move the melting furnaces from the end of the molding line to a location closer to the pouring line. The result was tighter process…