ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
An engineer's guide to manufacturing aluminum castings, hosted by Batesville Products, Inc.
BPI has over 75 years of experience engineering, tooling, casting, machining, inspecting, and polishing aluminum and zinc products for 70 industries nationwide.
Check out more content like videos, written guides, and case studies on our website: batesvilleproducts.com
BPI has over 75 years of experience engineering, tooling, casting, machining, inspecting, and polishing aluminum and zinc products for 70 industries nationwide.
Check out more content like videos, written guides, and case studies on our website: batesvilleproducts.com
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
15 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
35 episodes
since May 4, 2022
episodic
IN THIS PODCAST 🔗
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Pros, cons, and when to use each casting method. With Mary Jutzi, Rachel Weber, and Stephanie Randolph.
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Casting defects, casting methods, sand cores, and what's coming to the casting industry in 2025.
Rachel, Stephanie, and Tim outline 5 steps to transferring your tool to a new foundry:
Visit potential suppliers
Describe your mold/casting
Get a quote
Send your mold for retrofitting
Approve FAI and launch production
Mary, Stephanie, and Rachel compare the mechanical and physical properties of aluminum alloys 319, A356, and A380.
Why might we machine castings? Tolerance, material, design, and process differences when casting from ingot vs. machining from billet. With Rachel Weber, Stephanie Randolph and Tim Williams.
Do I really need heat treat? What is it? What are the pros & cons?
Rachel Weber and Mary Jutzi give a beginner's guide to the heat treatment process.
A glimpse into the foundry industry: aluminum market, labor market, supply chain concerns, onshoring, offshoring, and new technology in manufacturing.
10 types of defects, what went wrong, and what you and your supplier can do to fix it together.
Chapters:
Gas hole porosity
Hydrogen gas porosity
Inclusions
Part design related defects
Mold design related defects
Mold maintenance related defects
Supplier related defects
Defec…
Differences, tolerances, and when to use each casting method.
Engineer’s guide to designing for permanent mold aluminum casting. Get a printable guide here: https://batesvilleproducts.com/resource/2024-design-guide/
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