Columns: 2021

JIten Shah
March 25, 2021

In a mini drone cast by AFS Corporate Member Aristo Cast Inc. (Almont, Michigan), 3D printed wax patterns and generative design were used to achieve a complex support structure.

Harry Moser
March 25, 2021

In my last column, we discussed the conditions propelling a significant global supply chain shift and the positive trend toward localization that is increasing the rate of reshoring by U.S.

Doug Kurkul
March 25, 2021

The thousands of professionals who buy, specify and design parts are in many ways the under-appreciated heroes of the industrial supply chain.

Kim Phelan
March 25, 2021

Question: Who’s the first point-person at the foundry responsible for looking at the buyer’s contract?