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During your time as a casting buyer, it is highly likely you will be required to re-source the production of your casting to a different foundry.

Now that you have selected a foundry and procured the pattern and core boxes necessary to make your casting, what comes next? You are at a particularly important stage in the manufacturing process—

A basic question comes up often over the years: “Why do we use castings?”  Some folks take this as a negative question, but I interpret it as an indication that the person asking is new to the cast

Clear and precise communications between a casting end-user and its foundry are vital if a casting is to be launched successfully. As a casting buyer, have you remembered to include discussions abo