12 | Palmer Foundry Palmer mance record (no field failures due to casting defects or vacuum leaks); and Stable-Cast® , a proprietary series of heat-treated aluminum casting effective for high precision applications. Stable-Cast® provides dimensional stability without sacrificing machining properties (machining can be high speed and distortion fee without interrupting the machining for intermediate stress relieving). Critical to Palmer’s success was convincing others in industry of the capability in their castings. Logan says castings are sometimes 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 cleanliness. If Palmer Foundry’s components can serve that market, it could also serve others. The company has since diversified and continues 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-
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