Badger Foundry Company
103 Years of Excellence
Our Product is Iron… Our Strength… People
Quality Policy
The Quality Policy of Badger Foundry
Company is to provide high quality castings
and customer services that meet our
customers’ expectations. We are committed
to continually improving our quality
management system processes and
increasing Customer Satisfaction through
the use of measurable quality objectives.
Angus R Callender, President
Our Product is Iron… Our Strength… People
Significant Milestones
1980s
1940
Badger makes significant capital investment
particularly in the core area and expands its
facility size to 115,000 sq. ft.
Richard Callender (current
president’s father) takes
over as president of Badger
1952
1910
2002
Badger installs overhead sand
transportation equipment improving
efficiency of the production process
Badger Foundry Co. is
founded in Racine, WI
1970s
1920
•Angus Callender,
current president,
becomes president of
Badger
Angus Callender (current
president’s grandfather)
becomes a controlling
shareholder
1949
Badger’s operations are moved to
an acquired space of 35,000 sq. ft.
in Winona, MN
•Badger builds a new
60,000 sq. ft. facility
and moves to the new
space
•Badger adds 20,000
sq. ft. of space and
installs new machinery
to increase production
capacity
Badger installs a 1,000 lb/min.
continuous mixer and reclamation
equipment to enhance large casting
production
1995
Badger implements
no-bake process that
gives the Company the
ability to produce large
castings of up to 5,000
lbs. and added sq.
footage to bring the
total to 135,000 sq. ft.
2005
Badger installs electric furnace
dedicated to the production of
ductile iron castings giving the
Company new abilities
Our Product is Iron… Our Strength… People
Key Strategic Items / beliefs
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Employees – Average length of service is
15 years.
Committed to employee safety
Financial Strength
ISO 9001-2008 Certified
On time delivery
Personal and proactive service on each
account.
Design Support
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Capabilities
Iron: Gray and Ductile Iron
Casting Weights:
Gray - 100 lbs. – 4000 lbs.
Ductile – 100 lbs. -2500 lbs.
Melt Capacity:
Gray - 130 tons/daily
Ductile - 35 tons/daily
Green Sand Flask Sizes:
Typical: 24X24, 40X40, 36X62inches
No Bake Flask Size:
Custom, up to 80X80
inches
(Designed to fit your product)
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Facility
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Cupola and Electric Melt
40 Ton Holding Furnace
3 Green Sand Molding Lines
2 No Bake Lines – large cast
3 No Bake Core Make Lines
Automated Process Control Techniques
Extensive Handling Equipment
Sand Lab
Metrology
Pattern Shop
135,000 sq. ft. facility
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Plant Layout
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Product Management
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Badger maintains a high quality
supplier base to accommodate Tier 1
functions.
Paint
Heat Treat
Machine
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Continuous Improvement
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Housekeeping
Lean
5’s
2009 – 7 Events
2010 – 5 Events
2011 – 6 Events
2012 – 5 Events
2013 – 2 Event
151 Employees
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Environmental Programs
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Air Pollution Control Equipment
On-site sand disposal
Several recycling programs
Reclaim Processes
Storm Water and Air Emission
Controls
Title V
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Environmental Programs
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Raw material storage.
Byproducts are segregated
and stored for recycling.
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Environmental Programs
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Beneficial reuse of excess foundry sands.
Applications used: Cement production, fill for Ag
and general projects.
Plant lighting project saving 1,426,332 lbs of CO2
emitted each year.
Water usage improvements saving 40% annually.
Reclamation of No Bake Sand.
Blaster Sand Reclamation.
Salvage iron and steel from reuse sand. 120 tons
of remelt last (2) years.
Coke breeze recycled as a fuel source=94 ton
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Process Flow
Raw Materials
Melt
Pattern/Tooling
Produce Core
Produce Mold
Green Sand
No Bake
Pour
Finish
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Raw Material
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High quality materials are purchased
Supplier Approval Process
Detailed Specifications
Dedicated working Relationship
Advanced planning activity
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Pattern Engineering
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Electronic transfer of blueprint information for
work stations using Pro-E, Catia, Anvil,
Unigraphics, or I-DEAS.
Badger also utilizes online communication tools
such as “Same Time” and “Web X” .
Solidification Modeling is conducted to ensure
casting soundness.
Validate casting to model and modeling also
available.
Casting Solidification Simulation
Showing liquid above
15%.
View angle x/y/z:
32/40/135
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Melt Process
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Extensive process control and chemistry
analysis.
Ductile – Specifically prepared batches /
heats to meet each customers needs.
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Lab
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Fully Equipped Lab
• Chemistry:
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Leco – Carbon Determinater
Spectrometer – 17 Elements
• Complete Greensand and Chemically
Bonded Sand Testing
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Molding Process
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No Bake
Green Sand
Automated sand control
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Core Process
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Complex core design and assembly.
Proprietary blends to accommodate
customer needs.
Shell cores
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Finishing Process
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Hanger & Tumble Blast
Skilled Inspectors
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Process Instructions
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Our Product
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Contacts
Jeff Schaetz
V.P. Manufacturing Manager
(507)452-5760
jschaetz@badgerfoundry.com
Loren Wadewitz
Quality Manager
(507)452-5760
lwadewitz@badgerfoundry.com
Chuck Will
V.P. Sales
(262)650-8480
cwill@wi.rr.com
Frank Kunce
Foundry Engineering Mgr
(507)452-5760
fkunce@badgerfoundry.com
Kim Hardy
Sales
(507)452-5760
Sales@badgerfoundry.com
Mike Bader
Account Manager - Sales
Cell (920)373-5725
Office (507)452-5760
mbbadgerfoundry@gmail.com
Our Product is Iron… Our Strength… People
Location
1058 East Mark Street
Winona, MN 55987