Quality & About

Since 1970.
One standard.

WestCraft Manufacturing has built custom cylinders in Alto, Texas since 1970 — for OEMs who measure suppliers in decades, not orders.

A Texas shop that kept its word

Gerald West started WestCraft with a simple proposition: build cylinders exactly to the customer's print, test every one, and answer the phone when it rings.

More than fifty years later that's still the whole business model. The equipment is newer, the quality system is ISO-certified, and many customer relationships are older than the engineers' kids — but a quote from WestCraft still means the price and the date hold.

1970Founded in Alto, TexasGerald West starts WestCraft — custom hydraulic & pneumatic cylinder manufacturing.
1990sOEM programs beginFirst blanket-order relationships — several still active today.
2004ISO 9001 certificationQuality system certified; upgraded to ISO 9001:2015.
TodayCylinders worldwidePreferred supplier to OEMs across eight industries.

Tested. Certified. Traceable.

100%Every cylinder is pressure-tested above its rated working pressure after assembly — no exceptions.

To printDimensional inspection against your drawing, documented for every unit.

TraceableMaterial certs and test records retained for every serial number.

WarrantedBacked by our workmanship warranty — written terms with every quote.

ISO 9001:2015Certified quality management · Cert. No. C2024-02193Certificate available on request — contact us for a copy. Public download publication pending.

Warranty

Every new cylinder and every repair is backed by WestCraft's workmanship warranty. Full written terms are provided with every quotation — contact us for a copy.

Inside the shop

From your print to your dock — one roof, six stops.

Every operation that decides your lead time happens inside our Alto, Texas plant. Here's the path a cylinder takes, start to finish.

01 Spec & quote
It starts with your print
Send a drawing, a STEP file, an application load, or the worn cylinder itself. We confirm bore, stroke, mounting, pressure, and duty cycle, then return a firm price and a real lead time — the one the shop can hold, because every operation happens here.
02 Engineering
Engineered to the load, not a catalog
Engineering turns the requirement into a drawing — sizing the rod against buckling, selecting seals for the fluid and temperature, and detailing the weldment or tie-rod build. You see the design before any steel is cut.
03 · Machining
03 Machining
Cut, honed, and turned to size
Tube is honed and rod is finished to size; barrels, glands, pistons, and end caps are machined to the drawing — on the same floor, by the same crew that will assemble them. Short-run custom to scheduled OEM volume runs the same line.
04 Assembly
Built by one crew, start to finish
Welded or tie-rod construction, seals installed, rod and piston assembled into the honed tube. The people who machine your cylinder are the people who build it — nothing gets handed off to another building.
05 Pressure test
100% pressure-tested, then documented
Every cylinder is pressure-tested above its rated working pressure under our ISO 9001:2015 quality system, and inspected dimensionally against your print. Material certs and the test record are filed to the serial number.
06 · Crate & ship
06 Crate & ship
Nothing leaves the building twice
Painted, crated, and staged for the truck — with the certificate and test record in the crate. Down and waiting on it? The shop will tell you straight whether it can move up.