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Nearly all of the propellers we produce each year are designed and manufactured at Mercury World Headquarters in Fond du Lac, WI. From the automated die-casting work-cells to the award winning investment casting foundry, Mercury leads the way in propeller manufacturing technology.
It starts out as a need-to get the best performance out of your power. Then a vision deftly executed on computer by our propeller designers and engineers. Next comes computer testing of every kind imaginable so that even before the first mold is cast, we've already made alterations and revisions to ensure an outstanding prop.
Once a propeller model is built, the real-world testing begins. Call us passionate. Or even compulsive. But the fact is, as the experts in marine propulsion, we're never satisfied. That's why from design through production, we're continuously subjecting our propellers to the rigors of real-world abuse. Drowning it in saltwater. Beating it with logs. Running it for days on end. You name it; we test it. Day and night. Continuously. Mercilessly. Then if something's not right, we fix it. Then we start all over again. We constantly push our propellers, all for your amusement.
Finally, once the tests have all been passed and the adjustments have all been made, Mercury propellers are exactingly built using the time-tested investment cast method. Molten. White-hot. Steel. Searing temperature of 2900 degrees F. Cooling off. Breaking the mold. Then grind, machine and polish them into precision marine instruments. |
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When it comes to propellers, everyone else tries to follow the leader - Mercury. But we didn't become the experts in marine propulsion by intending to give up our forefront position. That's why we design, build and test our propellers so that there is none better. If it's a Mercury, you know it's the best.