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The Hanford Foundry is housed in an 18,000 square foot manufacturing park. The facility currently houses the foundry and associated finishing equipment, tool storage facilities, a small maintenance department, quality assurance department with surface plates, hand measuring equipment, file storage and offices for engineering and production control. We are currently upgrading lighting, removing some offices in the production area to allow more production expansion area and we are adding reception and office space at the main entrance to the facility. The building has been undergoing a complete remodeling by the owner with new paint and parking areas being resurfaced.
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Equipment |
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Our equipment consists of tilt machines for perm mold casting, five melt furnaces all gas fired, low volume heat treat capability, grinders, sanders and band saw for finishing as well as limited sand casting capability for prototype use. All of our alloy is degassed via our Dynarad auto degassing unit using nitrogen. All batches or melts are 100% tested for out-gassing and spectrographic samples are taken and inventoried for analysis by our outside test lab located in Fresno, California 30 minutes from our facility.
We also have the equipment necessary to produce metal matrix composite alloy on site. The equipment is setup in the Composite Manufacturing Department with a dedicated 1,000 pound furnace and a proprietary piece of equipment; the fluid bed injection system wets the ceramic while injecting it into the molten alloy under controlled conditions.
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Location |
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Thresher Industries is headquartered in Hanford, California, midway between Los Angeles and the Bay Area in the heart of the vibrant San Joaquin Valley. With its eighteen thousand square foot manufacturing facility located in the middle of the Kings County Enterprise Zone, the company enjoys the advantages of a moderate climate, excellent local government support, and programs designed to enhance Kings County’s business environment.
Specifically, Thresher Industries is located within a state enterprise zone, a recycling market development zone, a foreign trade zone, and an SBA HUB Zone for contract preferences. Charged with assisting businesses are the Kings County Economic Development Corporation and the Kings County One-Stop Job Center whose staffs are both responsive and knowledgeable. These organizations assist with all aspects of business growth, incentive zone utilization, and employee recruitment, screening, placement and training. In addition to these programs, Kings County is served by two outstanding community colleges, West Hills College and College of the Sequoias, which provide contract and for-credit vocational training to local business employees. |
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