We would like to thank everyone in the industry that voted for us.  As a result of your input, Badger received the coveted Supplier Excellence Award at the May 2008 Casting Expo in Atlanta Georgia.

We feel honored to have received this award and would like to share it with the rest of the industry.  Just Click Here or  the left sidebar button.

Everyone is going through difficult times now.  We receive calls every week concerning companies that are going out of business or from someone that has lost their job as a result.

Many of us use our web site as a resource.  We are in the process of adding a new section on our links page that addresses this need. Click here or on the sidebar button.  On this page is a link that lists individuals that have had this happen to them. Badger Metal hopes to help them continue their die casting career.

If you know of any job openings at your company or at other locations, there will be contact information on these individuals along with other information.  If you know of anyone that lost their job, tell them to get in touch with us.  We all can help.

One question we are frequently asked is "How hard is it to weld and polish after these are applied?"

We recently got our chance to find out.  We were asked by a major OEM, in Milwaukee, to process some used tooling.  They have been producing recreational vehicles for over 100 years.

The test involved a "retired" die that had high cosmetic requirements.  Because of heat checking and cavitation breakout, it could no longer produce acceptable castings. 

The results surprised even us.  Click here or on the sidebar button for full information on our website.

In short, the die went from being retired, to being put back into normal production.  Polishing the castings after any sequence proved not to be a problem.  Welding was no more difficult than on a ion-nitrided surface.

On our website, you will also find compression curve results on test coupons that were processed in a similar manner and measured with X-Ray diffraction.  Click here or on the sidebar for more information.

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