Rheocast Agency in Germantown, WI, will undertake a model new identification on January 1, 2025. As Fall River Die Cast Co., the producer of aluminum and brass high-pressure diecastings is fixed a five-year improvement and funding method that options new automated and robot-aided diecasting cells and a centralized aluminum melting system.
Primarily based in 1977, Rheocast is a contract producer of diecastings ranging from ounces to over 10 kilos, as an illustration fluid-meter housings and lighting-fixture components. Its purchaser suppliers embrace CAD engineering, in-house tooling design and constructing, CNC machining, ending, assembly, and ISO 9001:2015 top quality administration applications.
“We’ve modified the company’s title for various strategic causes,” acknowledged Charlie Wright, Jr., chairman and v.p. Operations. “Our new title increased shows the company’s membership in our holding agency The Fall River Group, Inc., as a division along with its sister agency, Fall River Foundry.”
The green-sand casting brass foundry moreover produces brass parts.
Wright, a third-generation member of the family that owns the holding agency, reported that every divisions are rising and financially sound. He gave credit score rating for the group’s success to diecasting expert John Cleary, who joined the enterprise in 2022 as operations supervisor.
“John has been instrumental in spearheading our operational transformation to a recent, aggressive, state-of-the-art die caster,” in line with Wright.
In expectation of newest manufacturing packages to launch in 2025, and persevering with the continued funding method, the model new Fall River Die Castings plans to place in a 1,200-ton Yizumi-HPM Leap diecasting cell. That new system will use AI-based manufacturing profiles to optimize casting photos, for higher-quality and cost-effective manufacturing.
Cleary says, “We’re working onerous to transform this agency right into a severe participant inside the American diecasting commerce and are assembling the simplest employees inside the enterprise correct now to help execute our imaginative and prescient,” Cleary acknowledged.
“It’s a extremely thrilling time for us,” Wright talked about. “We’ve been producing diecastings since 1977, and collectively as a employees we’re establishing the muse for the following 50 years of improvement.”