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HiTech Shapes & Designs
HiTech Shapes & Designs green sand mold tooling.
Nordroden | Dreamstime
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Hunter Foundry Machinery Corp.
The Hunter Top Bottom Blow machine, introduced in 2019, uses adjustable hydraulics to deliver higher squeeze pressure and produces more consistent and uniform mold surface hardness than many gravity-filling processes.

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Simpson Technologies
Simpson Technologies sand castles photo.
Molds/Cores

Clay Activation in Green Sand

Jan. 23, 2025
By understanding the charged nature of clay, the importance of mulling, plus clay’s interaction with water, it’s possible to optimize sand preparation for consistent and defect...
Humtown Products
Sand printing at Humtown Products.
Issues and Ideas

Researchers Studying Cybersecurity in Sand 3DP

Oct. 10, 2024
A DOE-sponsored effort is developing a powerline monitoring system for binder-jet additive printers, to identify and prevent cyber incursions.
Formlabs
The Clear Cast Resin plus stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing workflow produces patterns with fine details and smooth surfaces as well as clean burnout and minimal ash content.
Molds/Cores

New 3DP Workflow for Investment Casting

Oct. 3, 2024
A new resin material developed for investment casting patterns produces a clean burnout with low ash and no trace metals, low thermal expansion, and accuracy within 0.25 mm of...
Resand Ltd.
The modular Resand electric sand reclaimer can be installed in four to five months, to clean 1,000 kg of sand per hour.
Molds/Cores

Low-Emission Sand Reclamation Drawing Interest

Oct. 3, 2024
A sand-as-a-service arrangement and new financing are building the case for Resand’s electric treatment process for regenerating molding sand.
Business Wire
Manufacturers can produce high-quality master patterns quickly for investment casting using the 3D Printing Build Processor from Stratasys and Materialise.
New Products

New Build Processor for IC Patterns

Sept. 24, 2024
SLA printer supplier and software developer claim their new processor will speed file processing and improve print speeds, to enhance 3D-printing workflows for prototyping and...

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Foundry Quiz: Parts Cleaning

Jan. 26, 2025
Cleaning cast parts has gone from a value-adding service to a quality requirement for some products. Understanding the options for cleaning castings is becoming a requirement ...
Surat Toprasertying
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Purchasing and MRO

Higher-Performance Water Glycol Formulations

Aug. 20, 2024
For decades water-glycol formulations have been the hydraulic fluid of choice for metalcasting, driving efficiency, supporting cost management, and enhancing safety. New developments...
Magellan Aerospace
Casting pattern preparation at Magellan Aerospace, Renfrew, Ontario.
Issues and Ideas

Magellan Renewed to Supply Pratt & Whitney

Aug. 15, 2024
The aerospace component manufacturer will continue providing complex castings for several aircraft engine programs under long-term arrangements.
Dedmityay | Dreamstime
Issues and Ideas

Cost-Effective Cleaning for Foundries

July 29, 2024
A clean plant is more than advantageous – it’s essential, impacting product quality, worker safety, and regulatory compliance.
Eirich
Molds/Cores

Digitalization for Molding Sand Prep

July 25, 2024
An “intelligent” sand management technology models daily casting orders and calculates new sand and additive requirements.