The Half-Million-Dollar Gasket Problem The customer had a problem sitting on the conference table. A gigantic gasket interface.Big sealing surface.Expensive assembly.High consequence
“Somebody’s Going to Get Hurt” The foundry manager pointed at the old match plate. “See that?” I looked at it. Aluminum plate.
From Part to Pattern: Creating Digital Foundry Tooling from an Existing Part Sometimes the pattern is gone. Sometimes the drawing is outdated.Sometimes
Your Foundry Pattern Needs a Digital Twin A foundry pattern sitting on a shelf is not the same thing as a backup
A mid-sized foundry had a pattern room full of legacy wood patterns. Some were active jobs. Some were old customer tooling. Some
Bondo Is Not a Production Strategy If your foundry is repairing the same pattern with Bondo between pulls, that pattern is not
