When I first began covering metalcasting in 2005, I was fascinated with the wide range and variety of properties that different metals and their alloys exhibit, even within the same alloy family.
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January 17, 2022
Customers will at times ask why manufacturing facilities are shut down. Let’s face it: We live in an “I want the product, and I want it NOW world,” and no one wants to hear about a shutdown.
January 17, 2022
A safety-critical aluminum part was converted from an I-beam weldment to a thin-wall box section using the semi-permanent mold casting process for better structural torsional rigidity, higher load-
November 16, 2021
When you are in the casting design process, you go to great lengths to make sure the resulting casting meets your needs. You spend time making sure the material selection meets your strength a