Future plans at Southwest Steel Casting Company include additions and modifications to Plant's 1 and 2 and additions to support facilities such as Stores and Maintenance.

At Plant 1, plans are under development to add two (2) induction furnaces to it's existing 6,000 lb. arc furnace. The addition of Induction Melting will benefit SWS and it's customers by:

    ► Exotic Alloy Melting
    ► Reduced Melt Costs
    ► Cost Effective Small Production Runs
    ► Rush Customer Jobs
    ► Parts Sampling

Additional plans include the installation of a thermal reclaimer to supplement the existing 12tph attrition (mechanical) system.

Plant 2 is undergoing a redesign of the cleaning room. This project is being under taken jointly with Iowa State University and Southwest Steel Casting Company. Other plans for Plant 2 include the enlargement of Heat Treating with an additional furnace and more efficient quench tank.

Due to increasing demand for large steel castings, 3,500 to 4,500 lb. range, Southwest Steel Casting Company is installing additional large molding capacity with will include a 1,000 lb./min. extended reach continuous mixer.

Other projects at Southwest Steel include an 8,200 sq. ft. building addition which will house Southwest Steel's new shipping facilities and the addition of a 7,000 sq. ft. warehouse for consumables and maintenance parts.