Metal Providers Servicing The midwest

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At the James L Tracey company we partner with the best manufacturing companies around. Whether you need machining (large or small parts), steel castings, forgings, fabrications, no problem. We can offer castings and forgings machined complete. If you need custom molded injection parts, we can do it.

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About Us

James L Tracey Company is a family-owned and operated business based in Aurora, Illinois. We pride ourselves on our honesty and integrity, and we firmly believe that you'll see the difference when you choose our company. If you are looking for machining of large castings, forgings, or weldments, we can help.

Services

D&S Machine

D&S Machine Service is a facility with more than 100 years of combined machining, fabrication, and engineering experience. D&S Machine Service's top commitment is towards the quality of our parts, services, and customer satisfaction.

We take advantage of single manufactured components to large multi-component assemblies. Free, fast, and competitive quotes are available upon request.

At D&S, we offer affordable pricing on larger quantity orders.

  • 60' of "X" and 157' of "Y" CNC horizontal.
  • Vertical turning 32" swing.
  • 120" centers VTL swings up to 93" diameter CNC plasma.
  • Oxy-fuel plate cutting sizes of up to 120" by 480" can be reduced.
  • 100,000 sq ft. welding & fabrication facility.
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  • CNC vertical milling and machining specializes in large part machining precision tight tolerance.
  • Welding and fabrication wire feed, Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW), and Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW).
  • Hone, paint, and turnkey assembly.
  • Component assembly and delivery.
  • ASME Certified stamp holder.
  • CNC horizontal milling and machining, prototype and one-off runs. High volume production volumes.

Kenosha Steel Castings

Kenosha Steel Castings is a full-service steel foundry producing castings up to 8,500 lbs. in weight and in flasks up to 10 ft. square.

Alloys poured range from plain carbon steel to high grades of 165,000 and 150,000 psi tensile and yield strengths respectively. Custom designed alloys and heat treatments can be designed to meet individual requirements.

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Full-Service Capabilities

  • Pattern construction and rigging.
  • Sodium Silicate Molding.
  • Core making in baked oil sand or sodium silicate and phenolic urethane no-bake.
  • Complete cleaning and finishing facilities.
  • Normalizing, annealing, stress relieving or quench and temper heat treating.
  • Inspection and painting.

What We Offer

  • Mining.
  • Mineral processing.
  • Oil field.
  • Heavy construction.
  • Military.
  • Lumber.
  • Specialty railroad applications.
  • Gears.
  • Sheaves.
  • Pinions.
  • Bearings.
  • Bushings.
  • Slips and clamp assemblies.
  • Ball joints.
  • Crusher components.
  • Spectrographic chemical analysis.
  • Magnetic particle inspection.
  • Brinell hardness testing.
  • Dimensional verifications.
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Our Work

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