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Two casting projects, both massive in scale Ř_ ǣOŸƼsʰ ĠȖǣǼ Ŏ y Ķs _ ǼŸ ǣOÞsŘǼÞfiO _ÞǣOŸɚ- eries that change our understanding of the universe. Portage Casting & Mold Inc. (PCM), Por- tage, Wisconsin, and Bay Cast Inc., Bay City, Michigan, have completed multimillion dollar ƼNjŸĠsOǼǣ ÞŘ ƼȖNjǣȖÞǼ Ÿ¯ ǣOÞsŘǼÞfiO Njsǣs NjOÌ. D y Cast’s cyclotron stopper and PCM’s plasma dynamo experiment are one-of-a-kind in size and shape and unique in function.


Casting a Jigsaw Puzzle Bay Cast Inc. specializes in heavy steel castings, while its sister company, Bay Cast Technol- ogies, handles large-format preci- sion machining. When the Na- tional Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State Univ. (MSU), East Lansing, Michigan, began searching for companies to make its 200-ton cyclotron stopper and castings, Bay Cast was an ideal candidate, sɚsŘ ɠÞǼÌŸȖǼ ǼÌs __s_ EsŘsfiǼ Ÿ¯ being an hour and a half away.


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When completed, the cyclotron will act as ¶Þ¶ ŘǼÞO Ŏ ¶ŘsǼ ɠÞǼÌ ¶ ǣ˚fiĶĶs_ OÌ ŎEsNj that will create thermalized ions by slowing beams of short-lived isotopes. By doing so, scientists can study rare isotopes and low-en- ergy nuclear reactions.


Owned by brothers Max, Jason and Scott Holman, the Bay Cast companies handle low volume jobs in mild and alloyed steel castings up to 70,000 lbs., and stainless steel castings up to 30,000 lbs. With plenty of capacity to


Bay Cast delivered the 13-ft., 200-ton cyclotron castings to Michigan State University.


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