Programming is sent from the engineering room to the machines. After completion of heat treating and aging, the part either goes to final detailing in the finishing department or machining in the machine shop. Finish work, including deburring, sanding, grinding, plating and powder coating provide additional job cost savings. Reducing the amount of work required in the customer's shop means that cost is reduced by lessening or eliminating the need for extra handling of the part. Light assembly such as stamping part numbers, attaching labels, bagging and packaging to customer specifications are all available at L A Aluminum Casting.
Some parts require a chemical conversion coating which is performed in the plating department.
This is an operation that provides an added measure of corrosion protection and electrical conductivity. Chemical stability is monitored regularly with our in-house quality testing. Samples of the solutions are also sent to outside labs to verify in house results. Our quality program is always improving as we change to meet our customer's requirements. Seminars, in-house training, along with the certification of all testing apparatus guarantees we are on the leading edge of the latest technology .