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Jiten Shah
November 16, 2023

A component for oilfield drilling operations was originally produced via sand casting, but by redesigning the component as an investment casting—produced by RLM Industries (Oxford, Michigan), the O

Dave Charbauski
November 16, 2023

With every quote you receive from a foundry, there will most likely be a line item specifying the tooling required to produce your casting along with its estimated cost.

Harry Moser
November 16, 2023

Manufacturing output per hour in the U.S. has grown at an average of just 0.2% a year since 2009, according to the U.S. Labor Department—below the non-manufacturing U.S.

Dave Charbauski
September 20, 2023

In my last column, I covered shrinkage related defects, their causes, and potential cures.