Mars Metal Company™ has been supplying production keels to just about every know builder in North America over the last 30 years. Starting with our low cost MarsKeel Lifetime Tooling System™ of which has made us the most economical and efficient production keel tooling supplier available to get you started up and get producing faster and for less money than any others.
All our Production Keels are treated with the same professional attention and care as if it was a one – off custom 12 Meter keel – no compromise!
Our production keels are cast to exact alloy specifications and produced on a consistent basis supplying identical castings within to specified weight tolerances.
All of our produced production keels utilize our below lead MarsKeel™ welded bolt armature system ensuring accurate bolt placement each and every time cast along with the added security that each bolt is welded together below the lead surface as a secure complete Stainless Steel armature .
MarsKeels are cast in a controlled environment utilizing only blended ingot lead – no scrap or secondary metal is used guaranteeing a quality alloyed casting each and every time.
Once cast we utilize our specialized fairing department to fair and paint each keel to our high quality production standards. We use a high end fairing compound where required and apply two final coats of Interprotect 2000E Epoxy Barrier Coat Paint .
Our 360 Degree12 Point Inspection System™, before heading to packaging, assures the customer of detailed trailing edges , consistent bolt placement, and ten other inspections rounding out our protection process. Each MarsKeel Production casting has it’s own Quality assurance sheet filled out and filed once approved by Production Management.
Our packaging and shipping department once again oversees the final inspection ensuring all bolt threads are perfect and applies caulking around each keel bolt at the root chord to ensure no water penetration if the keel sits vertically outside waiting for install. Finally bolt tread protectors are added to each keel bolt to provide protection from possible nicking in transit and offloading.
The final step is the custom construction of the shipping pallet/crates for the “ Ready To Install MarsKeel” each and every keel is custom packaged to ensure the same quality of when it left our facility shipped to when it arrives at our customer anywhere in the world !
