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own castings, and within five short years,
the foundry operations accounted for al-
most half of all Farrar’s business. Under the
leadership of E.C. Farrar’s son, business grew
to such extent that the company discontin-
ued its own product line to focus solely on
providing build to print products. Since this
time, Farrar has become proficient in pour-
ing all grades of ASTM A536 Ductile Iron,
in castings from 2 pounds to 70 pounds and
production runs of 100-100,000. In the early
1990’s, E.C.’s grandson Joe Farrar added the
capability to produce austempered ductile
Iron as a side item to their standard ductile
iron grades. An ISO 9001:2008 quality cer-
tified company, Farrar’s capabilities today
encompass the range of technical engineer-
ing consulting, casting design, pattern de-
sign, production, heat treating, machining,
painting and assembly.
Farrar’s foundry operations allow for the
processing of nearly 40 tons of melt per day.
State-of-the-art CNC operations allow for
all manner of turning, milling, boring, fac-
ing, drilling and tapping. Those capabilities
include turning up to 27 inches diameter,
milling up to 40” x 40” x 36”, gear cutting
up to 10” diameter, as well as fixture design,
