Whether your casting will perform as desired in its application comes down to more than alloy and process selection.
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Casting of the Year: Planets Aligned for Clean-Sheet Cadillac Casting Design
May 23, 2023Celestiq is a posh EV that’ll cost more than some houses, and deep inside, almost everything about it rides on a casting that judges found irresistibly innovative.
Casting Design, Metal Quality, and Achieving the Material Properties You Need
Tensile Bar Castings
Understanding material properties in tensile bar test castings compared to the final product is helpful for making specifications that are both meaningful to the product and economically attainable at the foundry.
Casting Supply Chain Rocks in Cleveland
2,000 industry professionals gathered for Metalcasting Congress.
Technology Transfer at Metalcasting Congress 2023
Three research papers presented at the show are highlighted.
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Make Sourcing Connections at ‘Cast in North America’
Supply chain challenges continue for manufacturers, and it’s no secret that engineered castings are among the components that are difficult to source.
Investigating the Process
As a casting buyer, I am sure you have been involved in casting quality issues that arise periodically. Whether they are due to an issue with the casting or caused by something with machining or other downstream steps, they can be painful and stressful.
Automation Helps Manufacturers Profit by Reshoring
Years of continued supply chain disruption and surging ocean freight rates have accelerated reshoring decisions. New automation technologies that overcome labor shortages and offset higher U.S. wages are helping to close the labor-cost gap and reshore more manufacturing to the United States.
From 3D CAD to Casting in Days
The binder jet 3D-printed sand additive manufacturing process is tooling-less, so all the tooling-related design constraints, such as drafts, are eliminated.