June 2013
| Business World Magazine | 157
tems which soon resulted in their achieving
greater efficiencies, product quality and ca-
pacity to serve. They implemented automa-
tion and enhanced technology tools. They
also developed a system for recycling sand.
As they formerly had at least two truckloads
of sand being hauled-in and hauled-out each
day, only being used once, the new system al-
lowed for the material to be recycled, in fact,
the company still recycles some 16 to 20 mil-
lion pounds of sand per year. “We felt like
we couldn’t stop looking at what’s next,” says
Logan. “We kept asking, ‘What can we do
better?’ What can we do to make us stronger
as a company?’”
The obvious answer can now be found
within the castings produced by Palmer.
Over the years, the company has produced
components from new alloys that include:
HyDuct5™, an alloy that is resistant to cor-
rosion, has excellent anodization properties
and is perfect for applications where high
ductility is required (compared to 356-T6
and 356-T51 alloys, this has a higher ulti-
mate tensile strength of 35,000 versus 33,000
and 25,000 respectively and an elongation
value of 9% versus 3% and 2% respectively);
VaPore®, a vacuum-tight aluminum casting
produced from a proprietary process used
throughout industries with a spotless perfor-
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