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    Eirich Group
    Eirich Group Evactherm® at Atik Metal.
    Palmer Manufacturing & Supply
    Palmer’s HCCL-Series sand classifier.
    EMI Inc. .
    EMI Inc. core machine.
    Resand Ltd.
    Italian additive manufacturing company Corsa3D prints sand molds and cores.
    HiTech Shapes & Designs
    HiTech Shapes & Designs green sand mold tooling.
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    FoundryLab
    Foundry Lab DMC system
    Issues and Ideas

    Getting in Shape for Active Duty

    March 11, 2025
    Metal additive manufacturing is finding a proper role in the design and development, and production, of critical components for military and defense technologies.
    Tinger Omega
    Tinker Omega sand mixing machine.
    Molds/Cores

    Sinto America Adding Tinker Omega

    Nov. 5, 2024
    The Michigan operation will absorb the manufacturing activities for the supplier of sand processing machinery.
    Hunter Foundry Machinery Corp.
    The Hunter Top Bottom Blow machine, introduced in 2019, uses adjustable hydraulics to deliver higher squeeze pressure and produces more consistent and uniform mold surface hardness than many gravity-filling processes.
    Molds/Cores

    Hunter Foundry Machinery Sold to Investor Group

    Oct. 24, 2024
    The manufacturer of matchplate molding and mold-handling equipment is under new ownership, with assurance of continued commitment to metalcasting operations and technology.
    Humtown Products
    Sand printing at Humtown Products.
    Issues and Ideas

    Researchers Studying Cybersecurity in Sand 3DP

    Oct. 10, 2024
    A DOE-sponsored effort is developing a powerline monitoring system for binder-jet additive printers, to identify and prevent cyber incursions.
    Formlabs
    The Clear Cast Resin plus stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing workflow produces patterns with fine details and smooth surfaces as well as clean burnout and minimal ash content.
    Molds/Cores

    New 3DP Workflow for Investment Casting

    Oct. 3, 2024
    A new resin material developed for investment casting patterns produces a clean burnout with low ash and no trace metals, low thermal expansion, and accuracy within 0.25 mm of...

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    Foundry Quiz: Metallurgy

    March 12, 2025
    In metallurgy, common terms may have nothing in common. They might be phases or microstructures, or something else. How well do you grasp the process?
    Resand Ltd.
    The modular Resand electric sand reclaimer can be installed in four to five months, to clean 1,000 kg of sand per hour.
    Business Wire
    Manufacturers can produce high-quality master patterns quickly for investment casting using the 3D Printing Build Processor from Stratasys and Materialise.
    Jill Lehmann | Dreamstime
    Sands through and hourglass.
    Fraunhofer IFAM
    The thin, structureless layers of UltraPlas allow both nanoscale surface structures, e.g., for the nanoimprint process, and mirror-gloss surfaces to be perfectly reproduced.
    3D Systems
    3D Systems’ QuickCast Air (at left) is an advanced tool for designing 3D-printed polymer patterns (right) for investment casting, to maximize material removal from the interior of casting patterns. This enables reduced material consumption, lower pattern costs, faster build times, cleaner burnout processes, and improved draining efficiency.
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    Design Software Optimizes Investment Casting Patterns

    Sept. 4, 2024
    The QuickCast Air function offers more geometric options for 3D-printed polymer patterns, lowers investment casting tooling costs, maximizes material removal, and contributes ...
    3D Systems
    Astech engineering manager Bob Helwer holds a pattern printed on the company’s EXT Titan Pellet 3D printer.
    Molds/Cores

    Additive is Transformative for Astech

    Sept. 3, 2024
    An iron and steel foundry adopted 3D printing to bring pattern production in-house, handing it a competitive advantage with tooling, accuracy, speed of production, and turnaround...
    Surat Toprasertying
    Aluminum engine block cross section.
    Purchasing and MRO

    Higher-Performance Water Glycol Formulations

    Aug. 20, 2024
    For decades water-glycol formulations have been the hydraulic fluid of choice for metalcasting, driving efficiency, supporting cost management, and enhancing safety. New developments...
    Magellan Aerospace
    Casting pattern preparation at Magellan Aerospace, Renfrew, Ontario.
    Issues and Ideas

    Magellan Renewed to Supply Pratt & Whitney

    Aug. 15, 2024
    The aerospace component manufacturer will continue providing complex castings for several aircraft engine programs under long-term arrangements.