In many manufacturing operations, casting and machining still operate like two separate trades connected via a drawing and a due date. The foundry pours the part. The machine shop figures out how to ...

Passing on the intuition and know-how of veterans to the next generationFrom small products like water meter cases and marine ...

The drive to reduce material use and improve performance is resulting in products with more complex and organic shapes. At the same time, the pandemic has highlighted the fragility of global supply ...

There are ten basic steps in the investment casting process. 1. A metal die is used to produce an expendable pattern, now almost universally a complex blend of resin, filler and wax. Precision ...

Engineers often have an important decision to make when they design and source a metal part: Should it be machined or die cast? In the past, a cursory review of production volumes, tolerances, ...

Urethane casting is a “common” option for low-volume manufacturing parts and prototypes for a variety of reasons. Let’s get started and examine some of the main advantages. High-quality parts are ...

The question of whether to machine or die-cast during production usually comes down to cost, especially as advancements in die-casting technology now mean there’s little to separate the two ...

Deformation processes transform solid materials from one shape into another. The initial shape is usually simple (e.g., a billet or sheet blank) and is plastically deformed between tools, or dies, to ...