>  Simulating Porosity Factors  by Pamela J. Waterman

Numerical modeling tools are commonplace, but the core-gas blow defect is rarely understood because the causes are so difficult to determine. FLOW-3D software helps model core-gas flow, leading to...

>  Developing New Solutions for Core and Moldmaking  by FMT Staff

Advances in process efficiency and the adoption of low-emission technologies are improving the equipment choices, even for midsized and smaller foundries.

>  Faster Cooling, Better Castings 

State-of-the-art control technology reduces cooling cycles and enhances pressure-casting quality.

>  Those lingering doubts  by Robert Brooks

Can we have a thriving economy without broad-based confidence and mutual trust, when the random instances of progress are overshadowed by so much doubt and resentment?

>  Ending the Era of Employee Entitlement  by Woodruff Imberman, Ph.D.

A company's survival requires a participative environment in which rewards are based on skills, knowledge, and productivity. The task of improving performance needs to be shared by all.