Mchudo | Dreamstime
On-off red switch button.
Earlier this year Bradken’s ferrous foundry in Mont-Joli, Quebec, started operating a new, custom-designed electric heat-treating oven, a project that resulted from...
Zeiss
Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions ATOS 5 sensor with ScanBox Series 5 analytic technology.
Stokkete | Dreamstime
Team planning strategies for their business, pondering direction and making decisions together.
Dedmityay | Dreamstime
Foundry workshop interior, molten iron pouring from furnace into ladle as workers control the process.
Sinto America
Ladle filling molds with molten iron.
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Great Question Podcast

Melt/Pour

Porosity in castings results when mold gases are generated during pouring. This may result in blowholes (spherical or ovular cavities in the casting surface or within the casting) or pinhole porosity, the result of hydrogen trapped during in the mass of molten metal.
Mistakes are expensive, but metallurgists and QC technicians aim to profit from them by investigating how casting defects develop. That has resulted in a terminology for classifying...
Sept. 8, 2025
Koi88 | Dreamstime
Detail of a jet engine’s turbine blades.
The investment casting group is installing a Seco/Warwick annealing furnace to relieve the residual stresses and prevent recrystallization in single-crystal turbine blades.
Sept. 2, 2025
MPS Centurion UK
Centurion Concept Vulcan helmet
A lightweight helmet is designed for metalcasting and other operations involving extreme temperatures or molten metal exposure.
Aug. 26, 2025
Ford Motor
Ford is adopting unicasting for aluminum structures of its new Universal EV Platform.
The automaker is investing $2 billion to revamp an assembly plant for a new, more affordable EV platform and production process, including high-pressure diecasting for chassis...
Aug. 12, 2025

Molds/Cores

ExOne Co.
ExOne Co. develops binder-jet additive manufacturing systems and materials, particularly for sand printing technologies for molds and cores.
Two of the sand 3D-printing specialist’s overseas businesses were approved for sale to Anzu Partners, in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding for ExOne parent company, Desktop...
Aug. 7, 2025
Mantle
Mantle Top Definition functions allow direct printing of features as thin as 0.008 in.
Mantle Top Definition functions improve fine-feature capabilities, so moldmakers can eliminate the cost- and time-consuming sinker EDM operations.
Aug. 7, 2025
Rolls-Royce
Naval propellor produced at Rolls-Royce foundry, Pascagoula, MS.
Fairbanks Morse Defense acquired the Rolls-Royce specialty and stainless steel foundry – the only private plant in the U.S. casting large Navy-standard propulsor systems,
July 24, 2025
Norican Group
IPG designs, builds, and support machines and work cells for diecasting.
Following a management buyout, the diecasting technology developer will operate independently, with “more agility, flexibility, and autonomy to drive innovation,” according to...
April 22, 2025

Issues and Ideas

Andreyi Armiagov | Dreamstime
Those objecting to the uncertainty of tariffs are not challenging the politics, just the inconvenience. And the cost.
Business and politics do not mix – and the U.S. import tariffs are a bit too much of both.
Sept. 4, 2025
Mari1408 | Dreamstime
Metal additive manufacturing, laser printing in powdered metal bed.
The developer is proceeding with a new phase for an R&D program involving “large-scale, high-speed, flight relevant additive manufacturing print capabilities.”
Aug. 28, 2025
Loramendi
Loramendi coremaking system at Clow Valve.
Clow Valve has nearly doubled its metalcasting capacity for public and private water systems following an $80-million modernization program.
Aug. 26, 2025
GF Casting Solutions
GFCS unitary light metal casting for automotive rear side panel.
Nine automotive diecasting plants will be added to expand the foundry group’s global reach and presence with e-vehicle OEMs.
July 31, 2025

Finishing

VIP Tooling
CNC machining at VIP Tooling, Shelbyville, IN.
Kimura Foundry America acquired VIP Tooling, combining casting technologies and precision machining capabilities, simplifying the supply chain and improving lead times.
July 17, 2025
Weiler Abrasives
Weiler Abrasives automated grinding cell.
Labor-intensive processes are the focus of innovation, where emerging applications offer potential for greater performance and results, with health and safety advantages too.
June 11, 2025
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry
Charlotte Pipe Edge HP coated iron pipe and fittings.
The North Carolina foundry that opened two years ago will be the new location for specially coating of cast iron pipes and fittings.
June 10, 2025
Blast Cleaning Technologies
BCT Cast Products foundry.
A shot-blasting machine developer recognized what manufacturing customers need and require – so it designed and installed its own foundry, for a vertically integrated design-production...
June 5, 2025

New Products

Daubert Cromwell
Daubert Cromwell VCI film.
Corrosion-inhibiting films will break down into soil, gases, and water, for cost-effective, sustainable packaging.
June 3, 2025
Best Process Solutions Inc.
Best Process Solutions model CFL dual-motor vibratory feeders.
Machines are designed and manufactured to convey products smoothly, with adjustable, variable, or fixed material flow.
May 27, 2025
Cincoze
Cincoze 15.6-inch full high-definition display
The 15.6-inch full high-definition display for panel PCs and monitors offer high-quality displays for demanding industrial use, such as displaying complex SCADA data or image ...
May 6, 2025
FARO
The FARO Quantum X FaroArm.
The Quantum X FaroArm Series offers increases in accuracy up to 15% over comparable, previous-generation CMM arms.
Dec. 24, 2024