Columns: September 2025

In the world of metal castings, few topics generate more confusion––and debate––than casting quality expectations.

The binderless sand casting vacuum process (also referred to as V-process) offers a tremendous amount of freedom to design engineers.

Have you ever pictured what it would be like to win something comparable to an Academy Award? Who would you thank if you were recognized on a stage in front of hundreds of smiling faces?  

In the July/August issue we discussed the Reshoring Survey responses collected from the American Foundry Society’s readers, a subset of the national Reshoring Survey.