25017 Lonato del Garda - BS
Monday to Friday
Fonderia di Lonato Company originates in Lonato near the lake of Garda on an area of 12.000 sq.m. of which 4.000 sq.m. are built. The company was founded in 1975 with the name Profilfer spa producing castings of high-alloy steel, afterwards, thanks to the initiative of Colonel Pilot Luigi Gorlani, is transformed into a new reality, oriented at the production of components for endothermic engines.
Starting from this date, in order to satisfy the market needs, the company begins to invest in the equipment, in the technologies and in the production of the materials, offering new semi-finished products.
Change of enterprise name: instead of Profilfer spa it becomes Fonderia di Lonato srl
installation of new equipment for shell moulding and for centrifugal castings, to obtain cylinders liners and piston rings for original equipment ( O.E.M. ) and aftermarket ( A.M. )
Start the production of special casting in spheroidal, cast iron and austenitic, cast iron for piston rings and ring carrier
installation of new electric furnaces MHF and centrifugal casting machines for the production of large bore raw tubes (450 ÷ 600 mm) destined for the production of liners and pistons skirt for naval marine engines
Start new production of centrifugal-cast tubes in special alloy steel
Installation of two new medium-frequency electric furnace with capacity of 1.500 kg and start new production of centrifugal-cast tubes nickel based alloy.
Installing the first electric furnace for Heat Treatment, operating in controlled atmosphere; power 80 kWh, load up to 2.000 kg. Installation of new MHF electric furnaces with capacity of 500 ÷ 800 kg. Also, installation of the first CNC lathe in machining department
Installation of two other new electric furnaces for heat treatment operating in controlled atmosphere; power 80 kWh, load up to 2.000 kg. Also, 1 shot-blast unit for surface finishing of row castings and other 3 CNC lathe in machining department.
In the year 2017 was implemented the reorganization of 5 departments:
Smelting furnaces Dept
Shell moulding casting Dept
Centrifugal casting Dept
Heat Treatment Dept
Machining and Surface finishes Dept
Installation of Hánel Lean-Lift® automatic vertical warehouse
Strengthening and division into 4 of the Quality Laboratories
Change of corporate name: Fonderia di Lonato srl Unipersonale
Call now for a visit to the Departments+ 39 – 030 913 0164
