Products

At Ellwood, we know success demands more than material. It demands mastery—an adept connection to a process, a product, and the purpose it serves.

What We Offer

From metals that underpin our national security to safety-critical forgings performing in the most taxing environments, we not only adhere to the highest standards, we define them.

We start by understanding your mission, then deliver the metallurgical and engineering know-how to meet it.

Behind Every Offering

Specialty Metals

High-performance alloys, steel and aluminum—all engineered with deep metallurgical expertise.
  • Carbon and low-alloy steels
  • High performance alloys: stainless-, nickel-, and copper-based alloys
  • Aluminum 2xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx, 7xxx series 
  • Ingot, bloom and bar
  • Slab, billet, Precision5™ aluminum tooling plate 
  • Ferrous and nonferrous alloy melting
    • Electric arc furnace, ladle furnace refinement, vacuum degassing
    • Vacuum oxygen decarburization
    • Vacuum-arc and electro-slag remelting
    • Vacuum induction melting
       
  • Aluminum melting
    • 2xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx, 7xxx series 
    • Small batches and custom chemistries

Forgings

Advanced forging capabilities to produce complex, mission-critical components at scale.
  • Carbon and low-alloy steels
  • High performance alloys; stainless-, nickel-, and copper-based alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Titanium
  • Custom open-die and complex cross-section forgings
    • 1 ton through 150 ton forging weights
    • Five presses from 1.5K ton to 10K ton
    • 197 in width x 237 in max daylight
    • HSNode® massive blocks for construction applications
  • Closed-die forgings
    • 100 lb to 8K lb forging weight
    • 5K - 11K ton hydraulic presses, 16K ton screw press
    • Multidirectional press with 8K ton of upsetting force and 4K ton offsetting (deformation) force
    • 12K lb through 63mT hammers, 80mT counter-blow hammer
  • Rolled rings and forged discs
    • 4 in - 144 in OD rings
    • Discs up to 70 in diameter
  • Bar
    • 5 in and above

Engineered & Finished Components

An end-to-end offering leveraging our vertical integration to deliver components capable of performing in the most demanding environments.
  • Blocks, plates and custom shapes
  • Shafts and hollows
  • Crankshafts
  • Build-to-print machined and welded components
  • Program management: full internal supply chain support with familiarity and expertise in high-spec, complex contracting
Machining
  • Rough and finish
  • Horizontal and vertical
  • Milling and deep hole boring
Heat treatment
  • Horizontally up to 86 in H x 149 in W x 59.5 ft L
  • Vertically up to 76 in Dia. x 32 ft L
  • Aluminum aging and drop bottom furnace up to 20K lb s loads
Welding 
  • 26+ automated welding systems
  • 450+ qualified procedures
  • Full scope NDE services
  • All specialty metals

Service & Distribution

The deepest inventory in the industry bolstered by value-added support and rapid responsiveness.
  • 50M pounds specialty metals inventory 
  • Comprehensive inventory of tool steels, mold steels, and die steels
  • Broad selection of aluminum grades in as cast as well as forged conditions suitable for diverse manufacturing needs
  • State of the art fully integrated and automated aluminum tooling plate line offering Ellwood Precision5® tooling plate
  • High performance alloy inventory in rounds and blocks
  • Five warehouses covering the US, Canada and Mexico 
  • Dedicated melting, casting and forging capacities
  • Industry leading times:
    • 2–3-day lead times from inventory
    • 5–6-week lead times for mill direct orders
  • Value-add machining such as sawing, milling, grinding
  • Robust metallurgical and R&D support

Behind Every Offering

Research and Development
& Technical Partnership

We invest in research and development to support proactive partnership and the long-term success of your business.

50+
metallurgists

Support from protoype through full rate production

Specification development

In-house test lab services

Quality & Compliance

Where performance carries consequence, quality is not optional.

Results the Right Way

Everything we craft carries consquence. We work with rigor, responsibility, and respect for the stakes at hand.

Why We Exist