Wisconsin Centrifugal

Wisconsin Centrifugal: World Leader In Centrifugal Casting Technology

Wisconsin Centrifugal is the world’s most diverse and fully integrated centrifugal casting facility, offering both horizontal and vertical centrifugal casting with unmatched flexibility in alloy selection, dimensions, and manufacturing capabilities. Our components serve demanding industries such as defense, turbine engine, and petrochemical. With the largest centrifugal die inventory in the world, we help customers minimize upfront tooling costs and reduce lead times.

Our team of more than 40 engineers and metallurgists brings deep alloy expertise, ensuring optimal material properties and performance for each application. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Centrifugal’s comprehensive in-house machining, fabrication, and quality assurance capabilities maintain full traceability from raw material to finished part – ensuring compliance with the strictest customer and industry standards. Contact us to learn more.

Centrifugal Casting Sizes

  • Horizontal: maximum 50 in. (1270 mm) O.D. / 240 in. (6096 mm) length 

  • Vertical: maximum 180 in. (4572 mm) O.D.

Maximum Pour (Cast) Weight / Ship Weight:

  • Ferrous: 24,000 lbs. (10 886 kg) / 17,000 lbs. (7711 kg)

  • Non-Ferrous: 34,000 lbs. (15 422 kg) / 17,000 lbs. (7711 kg)

  • Vacuum: 800 lbs. (364 kg) / 600 lbs. (272 kg)

Other In-House Capabilities

  • Expertise in over 400 ferrous and non-ferrous alloy grades

  • Argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) capacity of 12,000 lbs. (5443 kg)

  • Heat treat including oil, water, argon gas, and air quenching

  • Complete rough and finish machining facilities

  • Welded fabrication of assemblies

  • Laboratory services and non-destructive testing (NDT)

Wisconsin Centrifugal: Centrifugal Casting Expertise

Centrifugal casting is the preferred metal casting process for applications demanding high strength and reliability, such as flight and land-based turbine engine compressor cases, petrochemical furnace tubes and reformer tubes, and naval defense components. 

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Wisconsin Centrifugal: Target Markets

Wisconsin Centrifugal is a leading supplier of critical metal components for a range of high-heat, high-wear, and high-corrosion applications in the world's most demanding industries. Don't see your market?  Please contact us to determine if Wisconsin Centrifugal's capabilities are a good fit for your application.

Space Exploration

Aerospace

High-specification heat, wear, and corrosion resistant components for atmospheric flight and space exploration
Defense Market

Defense

Mission-critical defense solutions for over 70 years
MetalTek Energy

Energy

High-compliance solutions to meet rapidly changing energy demands
Petrochemical

Petrochemical

Leader for high-temperature petrochemical applications such as ethylene cracking (pyrolysis), hydrogen reforming, and the direct reduction of iron (DRI)
Process Equipment Market

Process Equipment

Process industries like chemicals, pump, valve, metering, oil and gas, and water rely on high-integrity components from MetalTek
Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

Critical components for renewable energy applications such as hydroelectric, wind energy, wave and tidal power, biomass, and solar energy
Turbine Engine Market

Turbine Engine

High-integrity alloy components for the flight and land-based turbine engine markets

View All Markets

All Markets

Product Examples

Wisconsin Centrifugal produces critical metal components such as:

  • Accumulator tubes

  • Ethylene cracking tubes / assemblies

  • Hub bodies (naval propulsion)

  • Hydroelectric wear rings

  • Hydrogen reformer tubes / assemblies

  • Shaft sleeves / shaft liners

  • Turbine engine compressor cases (flight and land based)

Accreditations and Certifications

Wisconsin Centrifugal was the first centrifugal casting foundry to earn the ASME Quality System (Materials) Certificate and the first U.S. foundry to achieve ISO 9000 certification. Today, our certified management systems support critical applications worldwide. We continuously improve products and processes using Lean and Six Sigma. Our extensive quality team oversees a wide range of international certifications for processing and testing, including:

  • ABS Certified

  • ISO 9001:2015 (UKAS & ANAB) (QMS)

  • AS9100D (Aerospace) (QMS)

  • NIST Traceable measurement and calibration systems

  • PED (Pressure Equipment Directive) Material Manufacturer

  • Aerospace, Nuclear, and Pressure Equipment industry approvals

  • NAVSEA-certified for lab testing, NDT, welding, and materials

Nuclear industry:

  • ASME QSC-525

  • 10CFR Part 50 Appendix B & 10CFR Part 21

  • ASME Section III NCA 3800

Nadcap special process certifications:

  • Heat treat

  • Lab

  • Weld repair

  • NDT

Want To Learn More?

Contact Wisconsin Centrifugal to determine if our capabilities are a good fit for your application.  A member of our team will reach out to you.

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Wisconsin Centrifugal
905 East St. Paul Avenue
Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone: 1.262.544.7777

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Solutions

Tube Rolling Rings

Tube Rolling Rings

Large diameter tube roller rings that hold their shape.

Alternative Fuel Assembly

Alternative Fuel Assembly

Capability to fabricate heavy wall assemblies for alternative fuel roduction

Shaft Sleeves

Shaft Sleeves

Propulsion shafting for ocean-going Military and Commercial vessels is a critical and expensive part of the propulsion system.

Tooling Mandrel

Tooling Mandrel

Centrifugally cast tooling can provide 5 times longer tool life than traditional fabricated assemblies.

Briquetting Rolls

Briquetting Rolls

MetalTek is experienced in centrifugal casting CDA 815 chrome copper which is commonly used in food applications.

Continuous Annealing Roll

Continuous Annealing Roll

Large diameter rolls produced using the centrifugal and sand casting process.