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  • Current Issue
  • Industry News
  • Archives
  • Casting Source Directory
  • Photo Galleries
  • Columns
  • Advertising
  • Subscribe
  • Casting Competition
  • Metalcaster Prospectus
  • eNewsletter Archives
  • Modern Casting Magazine
  • Event Calendar
  • Foundry Video Central

2018 Casting of the Year Winners

Motorcycle Cyclotron Swingarm

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

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

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

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

Honorable Mention: Torque Rod

Honorable Mention: Ductile iron torque rod cast via lost foam by AAM Columbiana (Columbiana, Alabama).
On-site Cube Camera

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

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.

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