by sure_admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Know When it’s Time to Move on From Die Casting As your manufacturing volumes remain at high levels, die casting is often the obvious casting process to use. But, most manufacturers don’t recognize when the status quo may be hurting them. Die casting is one of three...
by sure_admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Pushing Continuous Improvement One Step Further OPEN TO CHANGE At Sure Cast, we empower our team to challenge our industry’s status quo. Our Continuous Improvement Program looks to achieve a better, faster, and safer workplace. The question is, though, “how do we...
by sure_admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Below the Surface: Heat Treatment at Sure Cast You have already been introduced to heat treatment, now it’s time to go further. Heat treating aluminum improves the mechanical properties of alloy, making it easier to machine the part. At Sure Cast, we use the T6...
by sure_admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Your Introduction to Heat Treatment WHAT IS HEAT TREATMENT? Simply put, heat treatment improves and strengthens a part’s material properties – in our case, it’s aluminum. This process involves controlled heating (to extreme temperatures) and cooling to achieve a...
by sure_admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Material Selection In our first guide to material selection, we discussed the metals we use and their properties. But what about swapping out one material for another? Why choose aluminum over steel or other ferrous metals? The most obvious benefit to aluminum over...
