February Digital Magazine

Editorial: Pick a Caster, Any Caster, A.T. Spada

Cover Story: RIA Undergoes Military-Style Makeover, S. Gibbs
Rock Island Arsenal’s metalcasting facility helps it fulfill its role as a jack of all trades for the U.S. Military.

Cutting Binder Emissions, S. Wetzel
Is BMW’s new 100% inorganic metalcasting facility a sign of the times, an anomoly, or a well-publicized example of where the industry has been going for a while?

SDI Holds Concrete With Castings, S. Gibbs
Casting end-user Schwager Davis has learned a thing or two about casting from its suppliers over the years.

Decatur Integrates Its Quality Standards, S. Wetzel
Decatur Foundry has developed a new quality system intended to make its casting processes more transparent.

3 Binders Evaluated, J. Thiel, L. Stahl and S. Dutler
Recent tests on three commercially available binders has taken some of the guesswork out of matching a metalcasting facility with a sand system.

Website-Only Article: Confluence Welds in Aluminum Castings, R. Lett, S. Felicelli, J. Berry, R. Cuesta and D. Losua
The effects of gating design on the strength of confluence welds is explored.