Lodge Cast Iron
We’re in the business of cast iron.
As the country’s oldest and most respected Gray Cast Iron Cookware Manufacturer, we’re proud to take the vast capabilities and experience of our foundry and employees and turn them into new opportunities for your business. For our OEM customers, we put the same commitment to quality, consistency, delivery, and efficiency of our world-famous cookware into your custom cast iron products.
Access the Lodge foundry’s extensive capacity.
Foundry Capacity
Melting & Molding
- Disamatic Vertical Molding: D5/250 (3) & D3 (1)
- Melting: 10-Metric Ton Inductotherm Melters (5)
- Inductotherm Autopours (4)
- 3D Modeling/Solidification
- Casting size up to approximately 20” x 24” depending on shape and thickness (minimum .150”)
½ pound to 50-pound weight depending on shape and thickness (minimum .150”)
Note: Our product team will consult with you for complete size and weight specifications
Foundry Capacity
Quality Control
- Full Sand Testing Capability
- Stationary Metal Analyzer Spectro LACM12 (2)
- Data-Cast Thermal Analyzer Quick Lab (2)
- Contilance Continuous Temperature Recorder (4)
- BHN/Profilometer/Metallurgical Microscopy
Art and science of iron casting since 1896
A partner in production
While cookware is our business, our two Tennessee foundries have the capacity to help businesses of all kinds put quality cast iron to work . We’re an OEM partner with our customers—helping them navigate production needs, access consistent quality, and get deliveries that meet or exceed expectations.
We know quality casting.
As an OEM, we guarantee the same high-quality cast iron surface that we’ve perfected in the cookware business—a high-quality iron surface finish that’s trusted and tested every day. Because we’re a cookware manufacturer, we closely monitor our iron chemistry, only utilizing pig iron, steel slitter, and our own returns as melt stock.