Tag: Casting
Exploring MSS SP-55: Can You Spot Casting Irregularitie
What is a casting irregularity? What does it look like? Could you identify an irregularity in a valve casting upon first inspection? Surprisingly many cannot and irregularities are often overlooked, even by experienced technicians and engineers.
Featured Story – Exploring MSS SP-55: Can You Spot Casting Irregularities?
What is a casting irregularity? What does it look like? Could you identify an irregularity in a valve casting upon first inspection? Surprisingly many cannot and irregularities are often overlooked, even by experienced technicians and engineers. The documentation and imagery found in the MSS SP-55 standard is very important to the manufacturing process. Can you spot the irregularity in this cast valve?
Badger Alloys Appoints New Quality Engineer
Badger Alloys recently announced that Bret Kohler, CSSBB, has joined their team as Quality Engineer. The company’s skilled machinists provide machined castings for valve bodies, wear components, split castings, casings, and more.
Samuel, Son & Co. acquires CAID Industries
Samuel, Son & Co. has announced the acquisition of Tucson, Arizona based CAID Industries Inc., moving Samuel into new market segments and adding advanced capabilities within its manufacturing group of companies.
The inside scoop on valve casting, materials & testing
The Special Topic of the April 2018 issue of Valve World Americas, available now, is Maintenance & Materials and one of the articles in this section is a Q&A style interview from the technical team at Micromazza and Usimontec.
Badger Alloys adds metallurgist
Badger Alloys, Inc., a full-service castings manufacturer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has announced that Mr. Michael Beining has joined the company as metallurgist.