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Volume 12 Number 4
July/August 2010
Now That’s Far Out p. 56
ColumNs Editorial:
Design Details:
Casting as a Core Competency? Casting can be focal or folly for today’s OEM. A.T. Spada
Fuel Delivery Casting Purchasing Points:
Succeeds With Attention to Gating For a casting this complex, simulation was critical. J. Shah
Working With the Design Team Casting purchasing and designing sound like two distinct jobs, but the two teams must work closely together. B. Mueller
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DepArtmeNts Castings in Action
Casting Innovations Shakeout:
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Olympian bobsled and skeleton teams gain traction on the sliding course with cast titanium spikes, and a mining shovel uses a steel arm to keep its loads under control.
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A producer of agricultural equipment tackles a 45-piece conversion for a wheel assembly on its vegetable har- vester, and a prototyper uses robotics to quickly machine large molds and cores.
Metalcasting Is Rocket Science 56
Ever wonder how molten metal might solidify in the zero gravity of space? Neither did we. But fortunately, a group of researchers did.
Industry News 9 • Website Spotlight 50 Classifieds 54 • Advertisers’ Index 55
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