SCHAEFER INDUSTRIES, INC.
FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

For over 36 years, Schaefer Industries has been a leading supplier of refractory shapes for metal casting industries.   Known best for our pouring cups for the Investment Casting industry, Schaefer Industries is also known for providing  the highest quality products, exceptional service, and on-time delivery.   We pride ourselves on proactively anticipating our customers needs, assuring that they have the parts they need when they need them. Schaefer Industries has diversified its product offerings over they years and is now a producer of refractory shapes in a variety of compositions including mullite, fused silica, and alumina.   Our product lines include shapes that withstand high temperature industrial processes and/or molten metal contact such as refractory pouring cups, crucibles, molten metal flow control shapes, kiln furniture, etc.  We offer pressed and cast shapes, depending on the application and volume of parts required, to assure that our customers receive the most cost-effective parts.  Key to our success has been our custom shape capability where we apply our decades of application and design experience to provide innovative products for specific applications. Schaefer Industries now serves many industries including investment casting foundries, sand casting foundries, powdered metal parts producers, and other specialty industries.  Regardless of the industry, we operate with the same objective:  to provide the highest quality products and the best possible service. Ceramic Products To work endlessly toward creating a product that is practical and efficient while always trying to innovate our processes.  We achieved our ISO 9001 Certification by creating a living quality system that ensures our company works as a team to make the best possible product for our customers. We currently serve many markets and are always in search of new ways to apply the knowledge we have to a product for a customer in any industry applicable. Schaefer Industrial Ceramics foundation has been the  supply of refractory pouring cups for the Investment Casting industry since Wes Schaefer started the business in 1979.   Today, we provide all foundry refractories for investment casting including crucibles, cups, extensions, covers, strainers, and mold supports.   Our in-depth knowledge of the needs of the investment caster help us to provide the ultimate products that meet every need, regardless of the industry served.   It is our  quality that separates us from our competition.  We strive to provide the highest quality parts to assure chemical compatibility, maximum cleanliness and tight dimensional tolerances to assure that our aerospace customers can fulfill the demanding requirements of the industry.   The aerospace investment casters push the performance of their refractories to the maximum.   Schaefer Industrial Ceramics refractory shapes can take the heat! The medical industry has unique demands and Schaefer Industrial Ceramics has experience delivering the products that produce consistent high quality production of orthopedic castings.  Schaefer Industrial Ceramics is proud to announce the introduction of its newest product line - refractory gating systems for sand casting foundries.  Our unique design allows for exceptional quality levels not seen in our competitors products with features that assure ease of installation, better flow characteristics, and improved cleanliness.   Both powder producers and powdered metal part producers can find superior products with Schaefer Industrial Ceramics.  Powder producers will appreciate the long life and consistent performance of our alumina crucibles.  Parts producers will appreciate the quality and long life of our kiln pusher plates and saggers.   Both will come to value our exceptional service and on-time delivery. A distributor to help us reach the west coast