Molten Metal Brought To Life In A Canadian Foundry

Behrends is a Canadian foundry and sign shop that has specialized in bronze, aluminum and brass plaques since 1952. A recent article in Sign & Digital Graphics showcases their talented processes and end-result creations.

Precision Board Plus plays an important role at Behrends, being utilized whenever they require patterns or finished products that require a high degree of detail and consistency. Other applications include concrete stamps, cast plaques that feature photo sculpts, and cast 3D crests.

This project features Precision Board PBLT-40 that was CNC cut into a pattern for a bronze crest for the Tacoma Police Department. Years ago, Behrends used MDF for these types of patterns, but MDF wasn’t stable enough to retain the levels of detail they needed when cut on the CNC machine, meaning a lot of extra time was spent in the finish stage hand-tooling the final products. Switching to Precision Board Plus alleviated this problem.

Please visit www.behrendsgroup.com to see more of their amazing projects.

Additional information about the bronze casting process can be seen in the Sign & Digital Graphics Article on page 88.

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Click here and navigate to page 88 for a behind the scenes look at Behrends Bronze.

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Coastal Enterprises Offers New Incentives For Distribution Abroad

Worldwide Demand Creates Global Sales Opportunities For Precision Board Distribution

Coastal Enterprises announces it has initiated a new “International Pathways” program to meet growing demand for distributors in Europe, South America, Africa, Australia, Mexico and Asia. The program identifies immediate Precision Board Plus HDU sales opportunities for distributors currently serving the aerospace, composites, marine and signage industries.

Through state-of-the-art sales and training webinars for distributors and customers alike, a pre-qualified leads program, multi-lingual online resource database, and inventory incentives, International Pathways streamlines bringing a product to market and identifying applications within markets serviced.

“Because the distributors we are targeting already serve the aerospace, composites, marine or signage industries, many of their customers already have applications for Precision Board”, says Kellie Miller, Customer Relations Manager at Coastal Enterprises. “A natural sense of wanting to help your customer only comes with accurate knowledge of the product you are presenting and that’s what we communicate in our International Pathways program.”

As a firmly established tooling board and sign substrate manufacturer, Coastal knows what customers want with a rigid polyurethane board. Precision Board Plus high density urethane (HDU), provides an economical advantage in many applications, such as 3-d signage, prototyping, thermoforming, composite layup tooling, pattern making, model making, vacuum forming, high-temperature composite tooling and tool proofing.

“One of the key benefits of Precision Board is the time it saves over other materials, such as metal, when being CNC machined”, says Danny Lotz, Sales Manager at Coastal Enterprises, “Precision Board HDU also offers more flexibility for design changes, which is becoming increasingly more important as many businesses transition to a LEAN Manufacturing doctrine.”

Precision Board Plus is also an industry-leading sign substrate used for dimensional signage. According to Lotz, “The absence of wood grain, ease-of-cutting or sandblasting, and custom-sheet sizes save a lot of the hands-on labor/bonding time required with other substrates. In addition, because it is certified eco-friendly, Precision Board offers a long-term, sustainable solution that is attractive to both environmentally-conscious customers and sign shop owners.”

Distributors interested in attending a Precision Board webinar, or obtaining more information on available opportunities, should contact Kellie Miller, Customer Relations Manager at Coastal Enterprises, at hdu(at)precisionboard(dot)com.

Coastal Enterprises has been an innovator and leading manufacturer of urethane products since 1973. A large inventory, fast shipping, and comprehensive product line provide a secure foundation for distributors interested in expanding their product line. Coastal manufactures Precision Board Plus HDU, along with a full line of “companion products” including primer, hardcoat, texture finishes, and adhesives. See our press release on PR Web.