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A crane manufacturer had an urgent need for a lift yoke that goes on the mast end of a truck-mounted crane. Unfortunately, the tooling was lost in a fire.

It’s often misunderstood what cost factors are owned by the OEM versus those owned by the foundry.

3D sand printing produces sand mold components without any pattern or core box equipment. The process essentially makes sand molds without the middleman. 

I was recently watching a television program on how a particular casting was made, and the narrator stated, “A worker pours molten metal into a mold and shakes out a casting when the metal has cool