(ABM) Alan Beckwith Macbro
(ABM) ALAN BECKWITH MACBRO
Our history in the foundry industry dates back to 1930 when Alan Beckwith became a moulder. In 1960, he formed his own business to supply cores and moulds to the foundry industry. From small beginnings, the company has now grown into a large, diverse company supplying and manufacturing foundry products.
In 1992, Alan Beckwith and Co purchased A & D McMillan, designers and manufacturers of the range of MACBRO sand mills, shell moulding machines and shell core equipment.
In 1995, the business further expanded by acquiring a modern foundry and pattern shop. The pattern shop was equipped to produce patterns, core boxes and other tools to meet not only the foundry requirements but also to take on other outside work in the foundry, tool-making and vacuum-forming industries.
The foundry is fully equipped with a modern moulding plant electric melting and processing equipment, capable of producing castings from a few grams to 1200kg.
In 1996, further expansion occurred with the acquisition of a resin-coated sands facility, selling to foundries throughout Australia and for export into Asia and New Zealand, and again in 1998 with the installation of a Thermal Reclamation Plant to service both in-house requirements and the foundry industry.
As a result, Alan Beckwith Macbro prides itself on the diverse range of products and services it has to offer.
- Castings – Grey and Ductile Iron
- Castings – Non-Ferrous
- Cores – Shell and chemical Sand
- Patterns – Wood, aluminium and plastic
- Hot-coated resin sands
- Moulds – Green sand, shell and chemical moulds
- Macbro shell core and shell moulding equipment
- Laboratory testing – Metal and resin sand
- Thermal Sand Reclamation Plant
The company is accredited to AS/NZS ISO 9002:1994. License No 8377. We are also online with EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) through Telstra Tradelink.
We have our own materials testing laboratory on-site with facilities to do microscopic examinations, hardness testing and spectrometer chemical analysis. We are able to have tensile testing done if required.