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Alpha Foundry Stacks Up
August 9, 2022With an “opportunities are endless” mindset, the small shell casting business fills a niche in the gaps between green sand, investment casting, permanent mold, and diecasting.
Read MoreHow a Foundry Can Diversify Into Lost Foam Casting at Negligible Cost
Businesses can avoid large upfront investment in lost foam tooling and equipment by instead machining foam and using manual compaction.
Working in a Vacuum
A New York foundry used the V-process to suck big cost and assembly hassle out of a part used in an operating room medical system.
Powerful Prototype Possibilities
Four examples of successful prototypes using casting ingenuity demonstrate the opportunities when designer and metalcaster work together.
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Individual Foundries; Together an Industry
August 9, 2022--When I first started covering the metalcasting industry for Modern Casting, I did not know what a foundry was or what it produced.
U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority to Address Climate Change
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. EPA and limited the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Lesson #4 – Servant Leadership
This column is the fourth of seven installments based on Jean Bye’s 2022 Hoyt Memorial Lecture delivered at CastExpo in Columbus, Ohio.
Maria Alverio Wins Inaugural Jean Bye AFS Women in Metalcasting Scholarship
To honor the extraordinary 47-year career of Jean Bye, AFS Women in Metalcasting (WIM) together with the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) created a scholarship to invest in creative and technically-trained female students who are passionate about metalcasting.