SEABEE CORP

Being able to offer engineering, manufacturing, specialty chrome finishing and foundry capabilities - all under one roof - is a rare combination in today's business environment. But it is this very combination that distinguishes Seabee from its competitors. Serving the industry since 1978, Seabee utilizes the latest technology, materials, manufacturing processes, computer-aided design, quality inspection and engineering techniques. Seabee is a specialist in the design and manufacture of custom hydraulic cylinders, and offers a full capacity cast steel foundry pouring 2 - 2,000 pound castings, as well as a state-of-the-art chrome plating facility.

Seabee serves the largest equipment manufacturers in the world by offering 2" - 27" bore hydraulic cylinders, pressure ratings up to 10,000 PSI, and strokes to 35' on single-stage applications. All hydraulic cylinders are designed to meet the customer's specific application and 100% tested before shipping. Seabee offers custom-engineered hydraulic cylinder solutions for construction, forestry, agricultural equipment, material handling, defense, instrumentation, truck cranes, aerial work platforms and other diverse applications. Seabee Chrome offers grinding, induction hardening, chrome plating and other custom finishing processes. With one of the largest inventories of processed specialty steel found anywhere in the United States, Seabee stocks a wide variety of chrome-plated tubing and bars, ground tubing and bars, and honed tubing as well as raw material in many sizes. The Seabee Foundry offers a complete in-house pattern shop, twelve 1-ton electric induction furnaces, and metallurgical services.  Seabee castings can eliminate the worry of troublesome weldments, reduce the need for expensive machining, as well as reproduce intricate designs quickly and efficiently. The Seabee Foundry also offers heat-treating and some machining capabilities.

Seabee Cylinders
E-mail Seabee Cylinder Sales:
seabeecylinders@hampton-hydraulics.com
712 1st St. NW
Hampton, IA 50441
Phone:  641.456.4871
Fax:   641.456.2387

PRIMARY PRODUCTS: Custom designed hydraulic cylinders for various applications from Agricultural to Waste Management. Specializes in cylinders over 120" stroke with bore sizes up to 24".

MANUFACTURING PHILOSOPHY: The cylinder facility is designed and operated to maximize the use of part/product families, cells and flow manufacturing. Three product lines are dedicated to manufacturing tube and rod weldments for long-stroke, short stroke and large-bore products. Raw materials flow from the warehouse through manufacturing into assembly, test, paint and ship. Pistons, heads and other components are manufactured in cells and delivered to the assembly area for final assembly.

TOTAL SQUARE FEET: 162,880 including office space

UNION AFFILIATION: Non-Union

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Seabee Chrome
E-mail Seabee Chrome Sales:
seabeechrome@hampton-hydraulics.com
712 1st St. NW
Hampton, IA 50441
Phone:  641.456.4871
Fax:  641.456.2387

PRIMARY PRODUCTS: The chrome operating unit produces chromium plated solid bar or tubular product. The product can be supplied in various lengths between 12' and 28'. Diameters range from 3/8" to 8". Chrome thickness is also variable. The facility has the ability to induction harden material up to 6" in diameter.

MANUFACTURING PHILOSOPHY: The chrome facility is currently undergoing a redesign to incorporate improvements in grinding technology and product flow. Scheduled for completion in first quarter of 2003 the process will flow from raw material staging to final product shipping. The end result will be significantly reduced handling and improved quality of product.

TOTAL SQUARE FEET: 106,900

UNION AFFILIATION: Non-Union

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Seabee Foundry
E-mail Seabee Foundry Sales:
seabeefoundry@hampton-hydraulics.com
1483 Highway 3
Hampton, IA 50441
Phone:  641.456.4411
Fax:  641.456.4462

PRIMARY PRODUCTS: The foundry produces alloy steel castings ranging from ½ pound to 1000 pounds in weight. The foundry produces low to medium volumes with no minimum quantity requirements. The foundry has heat treatment and machining capabilities as well as a full-line pattern shop.

MANUFACTURING PHILOSOPHY: The foundry has 12 one-ton induction furnaces capable of producing 480 tons per month. We use a pep set, chemically bonded sand for our molds, which eliminate the need to bake molds. We have the capability to test hardness as well as perform spectrographic, ultrasound and liquid penetrant testing.

TOTAL SQUARE FEET: 57,009

UNION AFFILIATION: Non-Union

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