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In one of my earlier columns, I described many of the cost drivers that are under the control of the OEM.

A carefully-designed and engineered casting can assist the manufacturing engineer with tremendous time, floor space, and cost savings.

Following a mini getaway in June, my beloved and I arrived home to find our AC on the blink and a stuffy, 82-degree reading on the upstairs thermostat. Drat!

The part in this example was originally a copper sand casting in the late 1960s. After that, the foundry created the part by machining and welding it out of solid billet.