2018 Casting of the Year Winners
![Motorcycle Cyclotron Swingarm](/sites/default/files/styles/830x520/public/2018-04/TEI.jpg?itok=Eh1bD8dv)
Casting of the Year: Motorcycle Cyclotron Swingarm
Casting of the Year: A356-T6 motorcycle swingarm produced by Tooling & Equipment International (Livonia, Michigan) in the low pressure sand casting process.
![Magnesium Side Door Inner Panel](/sites/default/files/styles/830x520/public/2018-04/meridian.jpg?itok=ggrqe49s)
Best in Class: Magnesium Side Door Inner Panel
Best in Class: side door inner panel produced and engineered by Meridian LIghtweight Technologies and General Motors using the cold chamber high pressure diecasting process.
![Manifold Body Casting](/sites/default/files/styles/830x520/public/2018-04/ofallon.jpg?itok=i_MIN-Ix)
Best in Class: Manifold Body Casting
Best in Class: C355 aluminum manifold body casting produced by O'Fallon Casting (O'Fallon, Missouri) via investment casting.
![Disc](/sites/default/files/styles/830x520/public/2018-04/washburn.jpg?itok=JMbq6w3I)
Best in Class: Disc
Best in Class: Gray iron disc produced by Washburn Iron Works (Washburn, Wisconsin) using a custom automated sand casting process.
![Torque Rod](/sites/default/files/styles/830x520/public/2018-04/AAM%20Columbiana.jpg?itok=BUVxgzWA)
Honorable Mention: Torque Rod
Honorable Mention: Ductile iron torque rod cast via lost foam by AAM Columbiana (Columbiana, Alabama).
![On-site Cube Camera](/sites/default/files/styles/830x520/public/2018-04/aristocast.jpg?itok=hijhaMUN)
Honorable Mention: On-site Cube Camera
Honorable Mention: Magnesium camera weighing 35 grams produced via investment casting by Aristo-Cast (Almont, Michigan).
![High Pressure Boost Pump Housing](/sites/default/files/styles/830x520/public/2018-04/wellman%20dynamics.jpg?itok=Qh2fJvlT)
Honorable Mention: High Pressure Boost Pump Housing
Honorable Mention: F357 aluminum pump housing cast by Wellman Dynamics Corp. (Creston, Iowa) via a hybrid sand casting process.
The AFS/Metal Casting Design & Purchasing Magazine Casting Competition is held every year to give North American metalcasting facilities the chance to show the engineering and purchasing community what a cast metal part can accomplish.