The Economics of Sand 3D Printing

Binder jet 3D printing is revolutionizing sandcasting & enabling complex cores that can’t be produced any other way and organic rigging designs that help... more

Incorporating 3D Printing Into Your Foundry

This webinar will present the experiences of three different companies in acquiring and setting up 3D printers in their operations. The focus will be on using printers... more

Lost Foam Stainless Steel

An update on the AFS Research Project: Lost Foam Process Stainless Steel ASTM A351 CF8M.

Case Studies in Additive Manufacturing for Metalcasting

Did you know some foundries have applied additive manufacturing to their existing processes? Find out how foundries are able to do this with an AFS member-only Webinar.... more

Best of Congress 2018 – What Impact will 3D Metal Printing have on Investment Casting?

In the past few years, the number of manufacturers of metal additive manufacturing systems has ballooned from less than ten to more than thirty and new ones seem to... more

3D Sand Printing – Operation/Maintenance Considerations

Faster, higher quality at lower cost/higher value. Focus on operational sustainability and materials that offer increased process flexibility and deliver higher quality c... more

Additive Sand Manufacturing – Path to Production

Recent advancements in additive sand technology have fostered its emergence from a prototype-only process to a process that is viable for particular production casting... more

Scanning & Eliminating Slow Moving Patterns

A lot of warehouse space is devoted to storage of old, seldom used foundry patterns. When you factor auxiliary storage space, insurance and other factors, the process... more

3D Sand Printing: Production-Ready

This webinar is a discussion on 3D printing opportunities to go into full production.

Best of Congress 2020: Wireless Sensor Measurement in 3D Printed Sand Molds

Additive manufacturing is enabling the casting of complex geometries directly from digital design data and including 3D-scanned and reversed-engineered structures and... more