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Badger provides a standard 3-5 day ARO turn around time for the MetaLLifeÒ and ThermaLLifeÒ processes. If prior stress tempering is specified, please add 1-2 days depending on the time of day that your shipment is received. Here are some items and considerations to assure that we not only turn your tooling around quickly but also that it comes to us intact with no damage occurring during shipment. When preparing your tooling for shipment, make sure that the tooling is disassembled to it's major components. We only need the actual inserts, slides and core/cores. We do not have the capability to handle holding blocks for the inserts. The tooling should be cleaned to remove all grease and solder. Even though we pre-clean all tooling prior to processing, excessive build-up of grease or cosmoline could cause a delay in getting your tooling into our normal processing schedule. We also run the risk of contaminating our equipment chambers and machinery. Both mechanical and intermetallic solder should be removed. This, ideally should be accomplished using a NAOH (sodium hydroxide) solution or better yet ultrasonic machinery that is specially designed to do this type of cleaning. Many die casters use muratic acid, however, if tooling is left in solution too long, this could damage the tool by dissolving the H-13 steel. Remembering that MetaLLifeÒ is a line of site process, it is important to disassemble the tooling to allow the best access to the area/areas needing processing. If possible and not already supplied, make sure a casting is included with your shipment of the corresponding die cast inserts sent to us. This assures that all die surface casting areas will be properly identified and correctly processed. Also the casting gives us a fingerprint under actual running conditions showing where heat checking has occurred. When the die is at room temperature, some smaller heat checks have a tendency to close up. We maintain a rotating inventory of castings for about a one year period. In cases of repeated applications of MetaLLife on the same tool or additional cavities of the same tool, it may not be necessary to include a casting. It is best to call us prior to shipment to assure we have a casting in our inventory. Items that are small enough to ship in cardboard boxes via UPS, Federal Express, etc, should be completely wrapped in appropriate protective material. We recommend bubble pack or supported Styrofoam packaging. The shipment should be double boxed encapsulating the box with polypropylene tape to prevent splitting of the box during shipment. UPS now has a total shipping weight of 150 lbs., however, packaging items of this weight in cardboard boxes is not recommended. Items should be two way banded to a skid in good condition and then framed with 2" x 2" or 2" x 4" boards to protect all sides from damage, movement, or shifting during shipment. Smaller items are best shipped in wooden crates or boxes. Thin wall wooden boxes should be placed on a skid and banded to the skid or pallet. Items placed in these boxes should be packaged as smaller items to prevent moving, shifting or damage during shipment. In addition packaging material or wooden spacers between inserts, cores, or slides should be used. If your shipping container is not reusable, Badger will use either one of its 2" x 6" constructed wooden boxes or a new pallet packaged as described here. Here are few other items of equal importance.
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