The City of Saginaw Water Treatment Plant has been in operation since 1929 and is one of the largest drinking water plants in the State of Michigan.  Currently, the Water Works has a maximum treatment capacity of 115 million gallons per day.  The raw water source originates at Lake Huron’s Whitestone Point, and takes a 65-mile journey to the City…

If you are a member of Thailand’s royal family and would like to restore your 1907 Renault street car, what would you do?  RM Motorsports in Wixom, Michigan, restores vintage race and collectable cars and was selected by Thailand’s royal family to restore their street car.  Unfortunately, the original cylinder cases were severely corroded and in multiple pieces. Because of…

A representative from an agricultural university in Michigan stopped into Bernier Cast Metals’ facility with a piece of plastic farm machinery that was not operating as required. This machinery component had several design flaws that were causing disruptions in the planting process slowing productivity. Working with the university, Bernier Cast Metals developed a design for the part that would be…

Bernier Cast Metals Inc. was contacted by a potential customer in the Vibratory Finishing industry. This customer has a number of finishing machines, with the most important being a very large machine that is manufactured in Italy.  One of the main components of this machine is a 500 lb gray iron casting that was beginning to show signs of considerable…

We were contacted by our customer in the wastewater industry. The customer was not satisfied with the performance of their current screening equipment at a particular site, because it was not able to screen a satisfactory level of debris and organic material. They quickly designed a component that would meet their standards, but they needed this part to be produced…