Gravity casting aluminum in permanent molds beats conventional sand and pressure die casting. Today, gravity-fed permanent metal molds can produce near-net-shape parts from a variety of aluminum ...

Scientists have developed modelling tools that show the impact of even minute adjustments to the casting process on aluminum casthouse products. The Norwegian project "Modelling-assisted Innovation ...

Engineers at MIT have taken a metal that usually trades strength for lightness and pushed it into an entirely new class, ...

You can melt down almost any kind of aluminum—cans, even—but a piece that has already been cast (such as a water pump, wheel, or intake manifold) will have an alloy that's better suited for casting.

Artificial intelligence has just helped push one of the world’s most familiar metals into unfamiliar territory. By teaming ...