News

What is the cost of quality? Casting inspections are performed to confirm the manufacturer has met the purchaser’s requirements. However, imposing unnecessary quality requirements can drive up cost, increase production time and scrap good parts. What is the cost of...

Working with your casting manufacturer’s engineering team early on in the manufacturing process – ideally, prior to creating tooling – can improve the performance of your casting. Foundry engineers can advise your in-house engineers on the best process and material...

Why do steel castings fail? Hint: “Product defect” is not the number one answer. With a knowledgeable engineering team, state-of-the-art equipment and technologies, and a variety of materials poured, your castings provider can help you use the manufacturing process to optimize casting...

Whether you are troubleshooting an issue with an existing casting or working to avoid problems altogether on your first run of a new part, solidification analysis is a valuable exercise. By using Magmasoft to simulate the casting process, our engineering...

Whether caused by flooding, power outages, fires or a pandemic, emergency breakdowns can be devastating to your business. This past year has shown us the depth of extreme situations that can shut down manufacturing. At Badger Alloys, we are uniquely...

With mounting pressures to decrease casting production time while keeping costs low, casting engineers can find prototypes to be an ideal solution. Prototyping can be effective for one-off parts, for new parts that require design refinement, or in situations where...

f you seek to improve the quality of your castings and lower the cost of quality, consider having your machining performed by your castings manufacturer. When a castings supplier is asked to deliver un-machined castings, they are prevented from identifying...

If your worn part needs to be replaced and is obsolete, and/or the pattern equipment is beyond its useful life or otherwise unavailable, you need to find a quick solution to maintain or resume production. New technologies have made reverse...

Bret Kohler, CSSBB, has joined the company as Quality Engineer. He is an experienced industrial and mechanical engineer who has focused his career on process improvement through Six Sigma and other root cause analysis tools to improve internal and external quality. In...