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Design Details:
Achieving Best Properties in Aluminum Castings
Setting a Standard:
American Seating produces seats with cast-iron sides that are used in many major stadiums, arenas and ballparks across the country.
Several No-Lead Copper Alloy Options for Water Components:
Metalcasters have a variety of no-lead copper alloys to choose from to make cast components for potable water systems, and each alloy requires specific practices when converting from leaded alloys.
Tool Design Meets Challenges:
When a part's design is already locked in but proving difficult to produce, the solutions must be found in creative tooling and casting process procedures.
Machined Tooling or 3-D Printing?:
Certain conditions in which short lead times and a small production order is required for a complex part can make the case for the use of 3-D printed molds.
Casting Process Modeling Rundown:
This roundup provides a review of updates to flow modeling software that's available to casting designers.
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