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Schaefer Industrial Ceramics: Your Source for Refractory Shapes


Our History


Schaefer and his wife, Bonnie. Wes purchased technology from Washington Porcelain Co. in New Jersey and began Schaefer Industries in Allentown, PA. Schaefer Industries immediately began manufacturing pouring cups for the Investment Casting Industry.


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Industries has served the Investment Casting market throughout its history and was purchased by Richard Kilgore at the beginning of the year, renaming the company as Schaefer Industrial Ceramics. Kilgore has been with the company since 2002, serving as its Vice President & General Manager.


What Schaefer Does Schaefer Industrial Ceramics is a manufacturer of mullite and fused silica pouring cups as well as alumina melting crucibles and transfer ladles.


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chaefer Industrial Ceramics was originally started in 1979 as Schaefer Industries by Dr. Wes


The company offers both pressed and cast shapes. Schaefer Industrial Ceramics takes pride in offering innovative designs to help its customers improve their processes. These include specialized material compositions for extreme thermal shock applications and directionally solidified/single crystal processes, as well as proprietary designs to minimize turbulence in the casting of metals. There has been an on-going emphasis on improving the business from an operational stand point as well as offering new products to the Investment Casting Industry.


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company expanded firing capacity in the early 2000’s adding high temperature capabilities for its alumina products. More recently, new presses were added which greatly improved both quality and productivity. One of the company’s most significant accomplishments has been the development of a shop floor control computer system. Now virtually


paperless, employees have access to all quality and manufacturing information via I-pads. The system provides full lot traceability from raw materials to finished product. Kilgore adds, “We continue to expand the scope of our system which now gives employees access to their attendance and vacation records, as well as company policies, safety programs, and all quality system


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Industrial Ceramics


manufactures a complete line of refractory shapes for the investment casting industry. Products include: pouring cups, crucibles, ladles, rings and other miscellaneous shapes. Products can be manufactured from many compositions of alumina, mullite and fused silica.


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