Casting metal parts from 3D-printed plastic or Styrofoam models is all the rage these days, and for good reason — casting is a way to turn one-offs into mass-produced parts. Seems like most of the ...

Electric vehicle maker reportedly testing rapid casting as replacement for cold metal stamping. Tesla is reportedly testing a new aluminum casting method in the production of its Model Y vehicle.

Gravity casting aluminum in permanent molds beats conventional sand and pressure die casting. Today, gravity-fed permanent metal molds can produce near-net-shape parts from a variety of aluminum ...

You can melt down almost any kind of aluminum—cans, even—but a piece that has already been cast (such as a water pump, wheel, or intake manifold) will have an alloy that's better suited for casting.

MANITOWOC - Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry is on the grow again. The company, which completed an expansion in Manitowoc in late 2020, announced Wednesday it has purchased the assets of Wabash Castings, ...

Artificial intelligence has just helped push one of the world’s most familiar metals into unfamiliar territory. By teaming ...

Metal Exchange Corp. (MEC), with headquarters in St. Louis, says it is reorganizing its secondary aluminum casting capacity and rebranding its secondary cast product lines at its Pennex Aluminum Co.

Engineers at MIT have taken a metal that usually trades strength for lightness and pushed it into an entirely new class, ...

A new process that solves the porosity problem may be a boon for superlight suspension arms, turbo impellers, and other automotive components. The aluminum blocks and heads for this Indy car engine ...

When it comes to choice of metals that can be melted in the home foundry, it’s a little like [Henry Ford]’s famous quip: you can melt any metal you want, as long as it’s aluminum. Not that there’s ...

In olden times, people who poured molten metal to craft exquisite creations usually just made weapons. And these days, they still do. Even though those weapons are usually Game of Thrones or Lord of ...

With scheduled visits at General Motors Co.'s Saginaw Metal Casting Operations and Nexteer Automotive in Buena Vista Township, Snyder is set to be a part of positive announcements at two of the county ...