Green Sand Metalcasting Foundry News

Neenah Swing Frame Wins Casting of the Year

This is the 2019 CastExpo Casting of the Year. It's a swing frame produced by the Neenah Foundry, in Neenah, Wisconsin. The material is ductile iron. The process is green sand. The weight is 25.6 lbs., 11.6 kilograms, 23.2 lbs. machined, 10.5 kilograms. 

Tooling & Equipment International (Livonia, Michigan) has won the AFS/Metal Casting Design & Purchasing Casting of the Year award for its motorcycle Cyclotron swingarm.

TEI teamed with software company Autodesk to design and produce a casting that provides the ultimate performance characteristics with the minimum weight.

Originally a three-part billet machined into a box section, the new design reduced mass by 10% with an increase in torsional and bending stiffness. TEI cast and machined the part in three weeks using 3-D printed sand technology and extensive simulation. Casting and secondary processes such as machining and heat treating were carried out on site, which minimized timing.

Businesses need to function at least five days per week. Castings are found all over a standard workplace setting, allowing tasks to be completed. 

Millions of Americans spend the bulk of their careers in offices. Whether it’s working in publishing, accounting, law, medicine or countless other fields, plenty of important work is completed in office settings. Castings make that possible.

Metal castings are all around us. They allow us to travel, get medical care, harvest food, and create art that makes the world a better place. They also allow offices to function smoothly. Here are multiple examples compiled by Modern Casting of how castings make an office work.