Joyworks traces its roots to my passion for metal castings and sharing that evocation with young engineers. Located in rural Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, the original 1,000 sq. ft. facility, commissioned in 2005 is equipped with a 65kw Inductotherm power unit and two self-contained induction tipping furnaces the studio is capable of 200lb heats of steel/iron and 70lb heats of aluminum. With a 750 sq. ft. addition commissioned in 2013, Joyworks LLC is now a stand-alone design and prototype studio with 3-D printing and FEA design and analysis. Justin Lefevre, Principal Engineer, manages Joyworks and brings his materials roots and his mechanical engineering education to the technical/creative effort.
As this goes to press, Joyworks is developing complex gray iron castings with printed cores for an automotive Tier 1 supplier. We're helping to validate the manufacturability and functionality of a new design of ADI railcar component. ADI has a role in down-the-hole drilling, and work currently underway at Joyworks will validate the use of ADI in some surprising applications. The Ductile Iron Society has sub-contracted with Joyworks to produce specimens for DIS research. We're also working with a significant player in the extractive metallurgy segment on techniques to improve the quality and manufacturability of technical alloys.
Education is still a core function of Joyworks. We have helped Applied Process by hosting AP University metal casting labs at Joyworks. This fall, once again, we'll welcome students from the University of Michigan to Joyworks to make lost-foam aluminum castings.
We're expanding our technical capabilities and sharpening our execution to provide creative solutions; taking concept to castings in weeks. Let us know how we can help you grow your business by helping you to develope better, faster, cheaper designs and the prototypes to test the concepts.