Casting Uncommon Aluminum Alloys

Have you faced challenges casting uncommon aluminum alloys? Casting defects caused by difficult alloys can affect your bottom line. Dave Weiss of Eck Industries will... more

Best of Congress 2018 – Aluminum Casting Alloy for High Performance Engines

Automotive design engineers are looking for higher performance engines. Whether this translates into more horsepower on the racing circuit, or improved fuel economy in... more

Best of CastExpo 2019?Welding of Aluminum Castings: An Overview and Recommendations

In-process weld rework during finishing of as-cast surfaces on many kinds of castings is widely misunderstood by casting materials engineers, manufacturing engineers,... more

Application of AI in the Metal Casting Industry

This webinar will explore the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in foundries.

Grain Refinement and Hydrogen Control of Cast Aluminum Alloys

Hear the latest developments in sand molds, permanent molds, and low pressure molds with aluminum alloys, and learn the latest advancements and case studies on the use... more

Effect of Defect Size on Tensile Elongation in Aluminum Castings

In order to better understand the effect of defect size on tensile elongation, 4 groups of tensile specimens were collected and studied in this work from cast aluminum... more

Demonstration of the Impact of Thermomagnetic Processing on Cast Aluminum Alloys

A number of alloys were processed via thermomagnetic processing (TMP) including 242, 355, and Al-8Ce-10Mg alloys. Mechanical property results from cast tensile samples... more

Brinell Hardness Testing Methods

This presentation explores some of the issues that can arise when trying to compare between different hardness scales and when trying to convert from one test method to... more