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Jiten Shah
May 23, 2022

Blue Diamond Steel Casting (Pigeon, Michigan) helped a customer significantly reduce inventory and assembly with a conversion for a Bobcat R series loader.

Jiten Shah
March 22, 2022

An OEM’s decision to convert a 10-piece steel fabrication to a one-piece casting for an agriculture application came down to three needs: (1) a consistent and geometrically stable component; (2) a

Jiten Shah
January 17, 2022

A safety-critical aluminum part was converted from an I-beam weldment to a thin-wall box section using the semi-permanent mold casting process for better structural torsional rigidity, higher load-

Jiten Shah
November 16, 2021

As a near-net-shaped casting process, investment casting offers tight dimensional and profile tolerances with no or minimal draft and excellent as-cast surface finish.