Columns: Design details

This developmental engine block casting is for an advanced 2-stroke, opposed-piston, gasoline, compression-ignition engine.

A component for oilfield drilling operations was originally produced via sand casting, but by redesigning the component as an investment casting—produced by RLM Industries (Oxford, Michigan), the O

A complex boat propeller was being produced by machining from solid billet, with hours of programming and machining time.

A new product for a high efficiency water heater was designed for manufacturability at an affordable cost and produced by Alu-Bra Foundry (Bensenville, Illinois).