Choosing the wrong riser type doesn't just cost you material — it costs you the entire casting. Yet the open riser vs blind riser decision gets made on gut feel more often than it should. Most of the time, it's left to whoever set up the last job. These two designs...
Every shrinkage defect that reaches your customer starts with the same problem — the wrong riser, or no riser at all. Most foundries treat riser selection as an afterthought. Teams pick by gut feel and habit, not by geometry and physics. That's a costly mistake.The...
Scrapped castings. Rework costs climbing. A customer rejection just landed in your inbox.Porosity keeps showing up in your parts. You know the frustration. But most shops fix the symptom, not the root cause.Why your castings have porosity isn't always a clear answer....
