November/December 2021

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Underground Hero: A young, entrepreneurial manufacturing team collaborated with a U.S. foundry to design a skinny, coreless and versatile casting that easily morphs into multiple iterations that safeguard precious
electrical cables—hundreds of feet into the earth.
K. Phelan
Minimizing the Carbon Footprint of Castings: The contributions of melting, casting, heat treating, machining, and more is very small compared to the carbon footprint of the purchased metal used for making castings, making recycling extremely important.
M. Hartlieb and G. Wittbecker
Year in Review: Casting Source reviews the major casting supplier news from the last 12 months.
EDITORIAL: Positive Feedback from Casting Source Readers
D. Kurkul
INDUSTRY INSIDER: Through the Eyes of a Metalcaster
D. Charbauski
RESHORING UPDATE: Reshoring Poised to Surge 38% to Record High
H. Moser
SOURCING STRATEGIES: What Is a Green Metal?
B. Baird
DESIGN DETAILS: Designing a Complex Aerospace Pump Housing With Investment Casting
J. Shah
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