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mance record (no field failures due to casting
defects or vacuum leaks); and Stable-Cast® ,
a proprietary series of heat-treated alumi-
num casting effective for high precision
applications. Stable-Cast® provides dimen-
sional stability without sacrificing machin-
ing properties (machining can be high speed
and distortion fee without interrupting the
machining for intermediate stress relieving).
Critical to Palmer’s success was convinc-
ing others in industry of the capability in
their castings. Logan says castings are some-
times maligned as being low-tech or unclean,
and therefore unable to serve in high tech
or clean applications. Of course, as Logan
explains, computer chips are manufactured
under very demanding standards of cleanli-
ness. If Palmer Foundry’s components can
serve that market, it could also serve others.
The company has since diversified and con-
tinues to serve a range of industries involving
all manner of analytical instrumentation as
well LED lighting.
Palmer Foundry’s ability to create large
and complex components (some up to 1,400
pounds) has eliminated the need for compa-
