From our founding until the present day in 2018, we’ve been consistently committed to expanding our horizons with regards to evolving technologies and adding new processes to our suite of services. Below we highlight a few of the most notable additions:

• CNC Machining, 2002 - We do our best to better ourselves as much as we can. One of the most important, and obvious, ways we can do that is by listening to the requests of our customers. So in response to the many requests for complete parts (as opposed to mere castings), we added CNC machining. Larger capacity CNC machines have since replaced the first machine; at this point, we run 10 CNC machines and are able to offer 5-axis operations with the largest bed size being 60” by 120”.
• Sand Casting, 2005 - We added a Tinker Omega continuous sand mixer in 2005, which meant we could bring sand casting into the fold. An ideal complement to the Rubber Plaster Mold process that was our original bread and butter service, san casting now makes up around half of our entire foundry business!
• Investment Casting, 2008 - Protocast Inc.’s investment casting process slightly varies from what most know as traditional investment processes because we never actually create a tool Instead, we produce all castings from a 3D printed pattern — an ideal method for small, low volume, yet complex parts because it is faster and cheaper. At the same time, our customers are thrilled because they still receive an industry standard, fully dense casting — they just get the same high quality casting more quickly and for less money.
• Sand Casting Line Expansion, 2014 - 2015 saw us increase our capability when it came to san casting. Our new, larger continuous sand mixer with dual hopper, automated control, and mechanical reclaim allowed us to expand from low quantity high quality to production quantities — all while maintaining our hallmark high-quality work. We are also proud to relay that this expansion meant we have been able to reduce our footprint for consuming natural resources, with specific regards to silica sand commonly used in sand casting. We are able to reuse 80 percent of the sand in the sand casting process while utilizing secondary markets for reclaimed sand whenever possible. This all has the net effect of virtually eliminating the sending of sand to landfills by yours truly!
• We Moved Again, 2017 - It’s a good thing we keep moving, since it means we keep on expanding our processes and services offered. To this day, we have you covered for any and all of your machine shop and foundry-related needs. When it comes to tool cutting, RPM casting, investment casting, and much more we’ll discuss below, we are capable of delivering our clients timely, affordable, and high-quality results.