Lee Brass provides complete service from design engineering to shipping. We assure quality workmanship and stellar service. We control every step in the casting process for our customers. Lee Brass is a worldwide provider of brass and bronze castings to original equipment manufacturers in a full range of applications. Our modern completely equipped pattern shop is manned by our professional staff of expert pattern makers. Our foundry utilizes automatic and semi-automatic molding lines, which allow us to produce over two million pounds per month.
At Lee Brass, we can simultaneously handle twelve different alloys, including no-leads, and we are able to quickly shift from one job to another. Our customers receive top quality products at competitive prices.
Lee Brass® Castings for Original Equipment Manufacturer
Lee Brass has been casting and machining low lead alloy components for Original Equipment Manufacturers for over 40 years for a wide range of applications. These products range from shower and faucet valves to a large percentage of domestic and international fire hydrants which have at least 10-15 pounds of Lee Brass castings in each hydrant. Lee Brass, in Anniston Alabama, has 500,000 sq. ft. under roof, and over approximately 200 employees that design and assure quality workmanship and service through every step in the manufacturing process from pattern making all the way through machining. Although Lee Brass is a high volume casting and machining supplier, we are also able to competitively meet your low volume needs or even provide prototype sand casting requirements. Our modern and completely equipped pattern shop is manned by our expert pattern makers. Our foundry utilizes automatic and semi-automatic molding lines, which allow us to competitively produce castings. Our customers receive top quality products at competitive prices.
Lee Brass offers all this and more to our Original Equipment Manufacturing customers:
• Four Automatic Molding Centers (Two Sintos and One Vertical Disa)
• One airset line
• Metal Laboratory
• Engineering Design Staff
• In-house Pattern Shop
• Value Added Machining & Assembly
• Research & Development Departments
• Regular Weekly Order Status Reports
• Versatile Machine Shop
• Traceability of Heats
Finishing
Lee Brass has a wide variety of cutting and grinding equipment. Our Wheelabrator shot blast machines and our new drumblast technology provides the most cost effective means for cleaning varying types of casting designs.
• Full Inspection and Quality Control
Testing
Machined castings can be air tested underwater to assure only quality castings reach our customers.
• Pneumatic Testing
• Hydrostatic Testing
Casting Capabilities
Lee Brass is committed to delivering the finest quality products and services to our customers while respecting the environment.
Vertically Parted Molding
Our Disamatic vertical brass molding center has 15 ⅞ X 19 ⅞ pattern plate size, can cast up to 20 lbs and up to 16 inches in length. It is a high speed fully automated molding machine that can produce up to 6,500 molds a shift. The Disas produce smaller, high volume castings for our customers.
• 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 pattern plate size
• Castings up to 20 pounds
• Casting up to 16 inches in length
Horizontally Parted Molding
Robert Sinto FBO3 – Fully automated molding machines will accommodate your larger casting needs. In many cases, we can adapt your existing pattern and run on these machines.
• 20×24 pattern plate
• Castings up to 70 pounds
• Castings up to 20 inches in length
Core Room
Fully automated core machines that use cold, warm and hot box applications. We can convert your core boxes to accommodate our machines.
• Shell
• CO2
Pattern Shop
We have a complete in-house pattern shop for producing new patterns, repairs and preventative maintenance on your equipment. We can convert your equipment to accommodate our molding facilities.
• Full CAD/CAM capabilities
• Inventor/Mastercam
• Casting Design and Layout
• Metal, Urethane and Wood Pattern Making• Additive Tooling
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