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Goals Value Reclamation Neptune Technologies, Tallassee, AL is a medium sized brass foundry specializing in the manufacturing of unleaded brass water meters. They utilize Green...
June 30, 2026
Courtesy of DIDION Intl Inc
DIDION Streamlines Sand
Goals Foundry Expansion Progressive Foundry located in Perry, IA, a producer of gray and ductile iron castings, completed a multi-million multi-phase foundry expansion. This expansion...
June 30, 2026
Sponsored
This white paper examines how optimizing the shakeout stage can improve both production throughput and casting quality in modern foundry operations. The shakeout process plays...
April 2, 2026
The annual Foundry Management & Technology Business Outlook Survey portrays current conditions for foundries and diecasters, according to the knowledge, insights, and...
Dec. 19, 2025

Great Question Podcast

Melt/Pour

The Watts Aware-130 system provides a cloud-connected, browser-based platform for continuous, synchronized monitoring of energy consumption across multiple equipment types, facilitating...
Aug. 24, 2026
A U.K. metalcaster deployed an array of AI-based evaluation tools and digital simulation processes to define lightweight automotive structures, and envisions more reality-based...
July 30, 2026
A precision-engineered lattice structure minimizes turbulence, improves mold fill, and provides repeatable filtration performance.
July 28, 2026
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July 23, 2026

Molds/Cores

Alena Brozova | Dreamstime
Flasks filled with treated green sand.
Preparing sand to receive molten metal is the first, critical production step for green sand foundries. The result can determine overall casting performance. Can you get it right...
Aug. 10, 2026
Accurate and repeatable 3D sand printing for small and midsized foundries, patternmakers, and print service providers, with a minimized footprint and low investment and operating...
June 23, 2026
The decision to invest in automation may start with metalcasters’ skills shortage, but the prospects become more faceted and compelling as robots and cobots gain more functionality...
May 26, 2026
Andrey Popov | Dreamstime
Engineer uses FEA to review design.
The steps between casting design and casting production involve a different sort of expertise, but one that is just as critical to a satisfactory and effective result for metalcasters...
May 13, 2026

Issues and Ideas

The employee-owned foundry is the third acquisition in four years for the ferrous casting group, and a source there confirms no changes are planned for the Wisconsin operation...
Aug. 18, 2026
Sukanta Bhattacharya | Dreamstime
Foundry coke
The U.S. International Trade Commission will determine if seven European businesses have engaged in unfair competition, or intellectual property infringement, by exporting their...
July 21, 2026
The Steel Founders’ Society of America’s Cast In Steel competition series will show why metalcasting connects us to the past, enlightens us about today’s workplace, and points...
July 9, 2026
Peter Jurik | Dreamstime
Cast iron pipe products
Gray iron is the most widely used cast iron alloy, valued for its castability, machinability, thermal conductivity, and vibration-damping properties. Its characteristic graphite...
June 24, 2026

Finishing

Highly visual, shop-floor software takes users beyond the numerical output from roughness gages, helping connect the results to the actual surfaces being produced.
Aug. 4, 2026
Roman Kosolapov | Dreamstime
Grinding large iron casting.
Castings are rarely perfect, and the steps needed to improve them are among the most demanding in the process of delivering parts to customers.
March 30, 2026
A continuous-flow shot-blasting system will increase productivity and enhance safety for desanding large iron castings.
March 19, 2026
Color-coding helps stop cross-contamination in grinding operations involving both carbon and stainless, by making it easy to identify the correct wire brush.
Nov. 6, 2025

New Products

The EL500 combines high-torque electric drive technology with compact maneuverability; it lifts up to 1,110 pounds (500 kg) easily; and a fully charged battery runs efficiently...
May 12, 2026
An update to Thercast simulation software includes enhanced physical models, optimized solvers, improved usability, and a focus on sustainability.
March 17, 2026
New mold sealing product can reduce the waste of mold leaks from variable cope-rope deformation.
March 3, 2026
A lightweight helmet is designed for metalcasting and other operations involving extreme temperatures or molten metal exposure.
Aug. 26, 2025