2010 -
September
2010 -
New owner, New website,
Telecommunications
(update on changes at
Badger since the beginning of the year)
March 2010 -
Orlando NADCA Casting Expo Cavitation Sessions
- New
Approach to the Cause of High Pressure Die Erosion and
Breakout - Cavitation (T10-052)
- Understanding How Combining Shot Peening and Ferritic
Nitrocarburizing can be an Effective Proactive and Reactive
Maintenance Program for Die Casting DiesJerald Skoff
(T10-063)
above session transactions
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2009 -
March 2009
-
Las Vegas Die Casting Expo Congress
Success Stories
panel discussion of various success
stories using various repair procedures)
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2008 -
December 2008 -
Let Badger Metal Track Your Die Maintenance
(a unique free method
for Badger to assist your tracking of your die maintenance
history)
September 2008 -
Gross Cracking - A Hard to Quantify Failure Mode
(catastrophic failure of die cast tooling that
usually requires replacement of the failed component)
June 2008 -
Supplier Excellence - How We Resurrected Retired Tooling
(case study in supplier excellence and polishing
effect to processed tooling)
March 2008 -
Improve Flow, Reduce Lamination
(after MetaLLife topography, make it permanent with
ThermaLLife - Need a tool shop to repair a die?)
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2007 -
December
2007 -
Changes Coming in 2008
(management/owner changes, process guarantee,
gifts for conversion, and jpg resizing and more....
September 2007 -
Lamination and Cavitation
Effect
(fluid dynamics study of low pressure cavitation sheds light on breakout cause in die casting dies)
June 2007 -
NADCA User Guides - Article DCE September 2007
(die Care Maintenance, Relieving Stress in Die
Casting Dies, Heat Treat Spec
207-2006)
March 2007 -
Weld Repair and the Stress Connection
(repair and Correction welding creates high
tensile stresses that lead to premature failure of the tool.)
January 2007 -
Search and Repair
(new Search Engine with Google like capabilities, Protect your
Seal Groove Castings)
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2006 -
September 2006 -
Packaging Odds and Ends
(careful preparation & packaging will assure a quick turn
around of your tooling with no shipping damage)
May 2006 -
NADCA 2006 Die Care Maintenance Manual
(NADCA has updated its 1995 Manual on Die Care and Maintenance
Checklist)
March 2006
-
Another Surface Benefit
(study by Case Western shows effect of lubrican build up on
dies)
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2005 -
November
2005 -
Bottom Line
Profits
(we can help reduce downtime, scrap rate, die repair)
September 2005 -
Web Quoting and Laser Technology
(new develops in compressive stress technology and online web
quoting)
May 2005 -
100,000 and going strong
(guide to technical information regarding die materials and
associated NADCA task force studies.)
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2004 -
October
2004 -
Improving
Magnesium &
Aluminum Flow
June 2004 -
Recapping Benefits for Die
Casters
(A Concise single source for everything you
wanted to know about our processes)
June 2004 -
Surface Treatments for Cold
Work Steels
(Processes now adapted to include treating cold
work drawing/forming/blanking tools))
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2003 -
March-April
2003 -
Manufacturing & Steel Issues
-
SAM
(Save American Manufacturing - NADCA
Article - Dievar®
ThermaLLifeÒ
considerations)
January-February
2003 -
Manufacturing Alert
-
China
Threat
(Information regarding the economic
threat that China's Free Trade poses to the USA)
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2002 -
November
2002
- Coating
Compatibility
-
Over our processes
(Adhesion characteristics of various coatings
to our processed surfaces)
October
2002 -
Window of Opportunity
-
Shortening Lead Time
(Understanding before requesting our service)
September
2002 -
Alliances
-
Us Manufacturing
(Utilizing additional sources for tooling
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August
2002
-
Choices Proactive or Reactive
(Procedures
MetaLL ife &
ThermaLLife
)
July
2002 -
Don't Take our Word for it
-
China Syndrome
(Testimonies and Benefits of
MetaLL ife &
ThermaLLife
)
May 2002 -
Combining the processes
MetaLL ife &
ThermaLLife
(one stop shopping for protection from heat checking and
soldering)
April
2002 -
Validation by Case Western
(ability to significantly reduce soldering of
aluminum to iron based materials)
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2001 -
December
2001
- Announcing
ThermaLLife
(Mailed Newsletter with our 2002 calendar)
July 2001
-
Introducing
ThermaLLife
(Electronic version of Newsletter with Photos, Definitions, Descriptions)
March 2001
- Preparing for a Tough Year - Getting a
MetaLL ife
Quote
(Recession Specter may raise its ugly head in 2001)
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2000 -
March 2000
- What about TiAlN?
(Combining
MetaLL ifewith the popular PVD Futura coating from Balzers)
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1999 -
September 1999
-
Getting It Together
(Curves)
(Effect of combining
MetaLL ife
and
ThermaLLife
(Diffusion Process)
April 1999
-
1999 Improvements & Developments
(Curves)
(Improved T-41 Process Characteristics & Combining with coatings and diffusion processes)
February 1999
- Substrate Preparation & Surface Treatments
(Application and Order of Surface Treatments to Attaining Desired Goals)
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1998 -
December 1998
- A Few Things You Should Know
(Not All Stress Relieving Processes Are Created Equal)
June
1998 -
Compresssive Stress
Unknowns (part 3)
(NADCA and DOE Residual Stress Production Testing)
March
1998 -
Compresssive Stress Evaluations (part 2)
(Stopping the Propagation of Heat Check Cracks)
February
1998 - Compresssive Stress Evaluations (part 1)
(Curves)
(Lambda Curves for T-21 thru T-71)
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1997-
November 1997 -
Mode & Causes of Die Failure (part 6 of 6)
(Using Coatings to Solve Soldering Problems)
August 1997 -
Mode & Causes of Die Failure (part 5 of 6)
(Causes of Aluminum Soldering for Die Casting Dies)
June
1997 -
Odds and Ends of
MetaLL
ifeÒ (Shipping & Handling Instructions)
(updated with
September 2006 Newletter)
April 1997 -
Modes & Causes of Die Failure (part 4 of 6)
(K value formula parameters & KDA1 die steel properties)
March 1997 -
Modes & Causes of Die Failure (part 3 of 6)
(Die Stress Physics & "K" Factor Introduction)
February 1997 -
Modes & Causes of Die Failure (part 2of 6)
(Gross Cracking and EDM Effects)
January 1997 -
Modes & Causes of Die Failure (part 1 of 6)
(Die Stress and Thermal Fatigue)
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1996 -
April 1996 -
Clearing up Confusion
(updated 02-2006)
January 1996 -
Recapping Benefits
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1995 -
November 1995
-
Casting Surface Finish
June 1995
-
Case Western Reserve University Green Light
April 1995
-
Flow Chart to Maximize Tool Life
January 1995
-
Gambling Algebraically
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1994 -
October 1994 -
Heat Stress Tempering
August 1994 -
Compressive Stress Depths
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