About Harmony Castings, LLC / TPi Arcade Inc.

Our 117,000 total square-foot, computer controlled facilities house state-of-the-art computer controlled equipment run by our manufacturing experts. Compared with a typical sand foundry, we produce finer finishes and cast to tighter and more consistent tolerances. The result? An upgrade in quality at a comparable or even lower total cost.

We provide a multitude of services not always available from other casting suppliers including:

• Aluminum V-PROCESS manufacturing
• CNC machining, finishing and subassembly
• CAD/CAM systems to receive, integrate and generate numerically controlled programs for rapid, accurate patterns and component machining.

History of the Vacuum-Process (V-process) at Harmony Castings, LLC/ TPI Arcade, Inc

The V- Process was originally developed in Japan. During the late 1970’s the Herman Molding Company located in Zelienople Pennsylvania, was in search of new molding technology to add to their line of foundry products. Bill Willmont, President of the Herman Molding Company, traveled to Japan in this search and purchased the rights to the V-process.

In 1980 Mr. Willmont resigned from the Herman Molding Company to start his own V-Process Foundry in the adjoining town of Harmony, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately his love of the process could not overcome the tough economic times of the early 1980’s. In 1986 he decided to leave the V-Process and sold Harmony Castings, LLC to his largest vendor, whom had worked for Mr. Willmont as Manufacturers Representatives.

In 1985 Taylor Pohlman Inc. purchased the rights to start a V-process foundry in Orchard Park, New York. TPI foundry grew to the point of expansion in 2001, when a new facility was built in Arcade, New York, replacing the Orchard Park facility.

In 1999 Ligon Industries purchased Harmony Castings, Inc and in 2002 Ligon purchased TPI Arcade. Both of these companies now operate under the Ligon umbrella to provide the best pricing for the V-Process.