A mid-sized foundry had a pattern room full of legacy wood patterns. Some were active jobs. Some were old customer tooling. Some
Stop Patching Worn Foundry Patterns Between Pulls Every foundry has seen it. A pattern is old. The edges are soft. The fillets
Prototype Casting Patterns: How to Validate a Design Before Production Tooling Production tooling is expensive. Before committing to machined tooling, match plates,
When to Use a Loose Pattern Instead of a Match Plate Not every casting job needs a match plate. For some projects,
Large-Format 3D Printing for Foundry Patterns and Industrial Castings Large foundry patterns can be expensive, slow to build, and difficult to revise.
3D Printed Match Plates for Sand Casting: Faster Tooling, Better Repeatability A match plate is one of the most efficient tools in
