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Spinoff story
Monel Machining
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Castle Industries, Inc. is a small machine shop manufacturing replacement plumbing repair parts, such as faucet, tub and ballcock seats. Therese Castley, president of Castle decided to introduce Monel because it offered a chance to improve competitiveness and expand the product line. Before expanding, Castley sought NERAC assistance on Monel technology. NERAC provided an information package which proved very helpful. The NASA database was included in NERAC's search and yielded a wealth of information on machining Monel.