Ross Sand Casting Industries
Ross Sand Casting Industries has operated Andes Cast Metals Foundry in Sabaneta, Colombia since its founding in 2001. The foundry is dedicated to the production of gray and nodular iron in small and medium-sized batches of pieces from ½ lb. up to 30 lbs.
The plant was designed and built with the latest technology to ensure the highest standards of quality, industrial safety, and environmental conservation.
The flexible design of the plant also allows us to serve medium and small volume markets in different industry sectors.
Our service offerings include assisting with the design of new products from the prototype stage to final production.
We have been certified compliant with ISO standards since 2003 – in 2018, we were recertified to the ISO 9001:2015 standard.
Industry-leading automotive, agricultural, and other equipment manufacturers depend on our quality iron castings to meet their stringent requirements.
Melt Capacity
- 6 MT per hour melt capacity
- Four 3 MT Inductotherm Coreless induction furnaces
- Automatic Shaker conveyors to weigh and charge furnaces
Metal Treatment and Pouring
- Tundish ladle treatment for MgFeSi treatment of ductile iron
Monorail system for molten metal transport
500 lb. pouring ladles – manual lip pour
100% microscopic verification of each ductile iron treatment
Casting range
- ½ lb. to 30 lbs.
Molding System
- Two Sinto high-pressure horizontal green sand molding machines
- 20x24inch – 7 over 7
- 20×26 inch – 10 over 10
- Run rate ~ 80 molds / hour each machine
Sand System
- Simpson 100 BP Muller
- Hartley controller
- 50 tons/hour mixing capacity
- 100 MT green sand storage silo
- 60 MT new sand storage Silo
Shakeout
- Didion Rotary Shakeout
- Carrier Shaking table for gate removal
Cleaning room
- 2 – 18 ft Wheelabrator tumble blast machines
- 6 – 30-inch Pedestal grinding stations