December 2014

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Washington Alert: GOP Takes Senate Majority
CEO Journal: I Take It Back
Novel Solution: Think Like a Rookie
Steady Growth in Global Output: A Modern Casting Staff Report
The 48th Census of World Casting Production.
Is Sand Supply a Casting Concern?: The immediate future for the industrial sand market appears to have stabilized amid the fracking boom. Take a look at supply and demand issues that could impact your operation.
D. Jablonski and N. Leider
What Do the Numbers Mean?: Find out which sand tests you should be doing on a regular basis and what aspects of your sand system the tests are measuring that will help you produce good castings.
S. Honeyman
Rooting Out Respirable Crystalline Silica: An advanced method helps metalcasters determine the causes of exposure.
E. Pylkas and R. Scholz
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