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Alloys and Metal Melting and handling, Die Casting Process, Die Cast Tooling Engineering, General Interest, Machine Maintenance, NADCA and Die Casting Industry, Operations Management, Plant Engineering, Political and Philosophy, Problem Solving and Quality, Post Casting Operations-Trimming and Machining, Sales and Marketing, Training

Alloys and Metal Melting and Handling

The Cafeteria of Die Casting Alloys (March 2025)

 

Furnaces and Metal Handling. What's the Big Deal? (January 2019)

 

Oxides are Inevitable, Hard Spots are Not! (January 2023)

 

Making Scrap with Perfectly Good Metal (May 2025)

 

High Integrity Castings and Alloys (March 2024)

 

"(Will you have) Chocolate, Strawberry or Vanilla??" (DCE_November 2012)

 

 

An "Element"-ary Guide to Die Casting Alloys: (Choosing the casting material that best suits your (customers' project)(March 2023)

 

 

 

Why Not Magnesium and Zinc? (September 2017)

 

"Structural Die Castings", Buzz Word or Reality? (DCE_November 2013)

 

 

Die Casting Process

When Do You Begin Process Development? (When do you start Your Project Timeline?); (March 2020)

I Love the Smell of Die Lube in the Morning!, (May 2020)

Cold Chamber Percent of Fill

Die Casting Flash Costs

D.O.E./Black belt Projects

Flash Problems, Common Problems and Recommendations

(Flash, it's not as cheap as you think! (DCM_June 2003),( For Text only format click here)

Hot Chamber Process Improvement Tips

Intensifier Benefits and Measurements

Pre-Fill, What is it and How do I Manage it?

Fine Tuning Aluminum Melt Operations and Furnace Life

What is Advanced Technology in Die Casting? (November 2017)

Do your "Systems" Insure your Companies Success? (Taking a second look at your Procedures.), (November 2019)

Are there really Cost Benefits to Process Control? (May 2019)

Cast Over: "Hot Topic" (September 2018)

 

Die Cast Tooling Engineering

CAD CAM: Computer Modeling and Simulations, Your Unanswered Question (July 2021)

Die Casting Die Tool Steel

Improving Core Pin Life

Sprues, the Long and the Short of it

Tooling Development Tips

Trim Tooling Tips

Don't Miss the Point of Doing a Simulation

Overflows, Vents and Simulation

Tool Steel and the Small Block Chevy V8, (long run tools vs. the annual changeover)

Simulation: When is Enough, Enough? (July 2019)

What are you Waiting For? (January 2020)

 

General Interest

Bob McClintic Bio

 

Machine Maintenance

Die Casting Cells

Die Casting Machine Controls

Hydraulic Fluid Maintenance and Up Time

Linkage and Foundation Preparation

Low Cost Machine PM That Pays Off

Tie Bars and Platens

 

NADCA and Die Casting Industry

2014 Congress & Table Top Commentary

Observations on the status of Industry in North American

Zinc Die Casters in North America

 

Operations Management

Apprenticeships in the 21st Century (DCE_March 2011)

Re-thinking Die Casting Employee Training and Education, (May 2021)

Attracting the Next Generation of Management

Consultants, who needs them?

Family Businesses and Management Style

Is it Time to GIve your Shop a Tune Up?

Launch Management

Is Your Company full of "One Man Bands" or an Orchestra?

Living With Change, Who do We Train and When?

Rethinking the Ideal Candidate

Training & Recruiting

Volunteerism and Leadership

What's City Planning have to do with Recruiting Employees? (Is it time to look at how you sell your company to new or prospective employees?)

When Flexibility is a Strength

World Class Management

Furnaces and Metal Handling. What's the Big Deal? (January 2019)

Cast Over: "Hot Topic" (September 2018)

 

Plant Engineering

Part I, Engineering the Infrastructure, Compressed Air

Part II, Engineering the Infrastructure, Central Die Lube

 

Political and Philosophy

The Power of One

 

Problem Solving & Quality

Die Casting Defects: Nothing is New, or is There? (July 2020)

D.O.E./Black belt Projects

PPM, Defining and Calculating

PPM, Defining and Calculating (Original article)

Practical Thoughts on Problem Solving

Proactive design and Problem Solving Steps

 

Post Casting Operations, Trimming and Machining

Post Casting Operations

 

Sales & Marketing

Defining the "Perfect" Casting

Helping to Customer Choose the Casting Material

Launch Management

Negotiating Quality Criteria & Solving Problems by Design

New Product Development

Niche Market for Zinc

Why Not Magnesium and Zinc?

Structural Die Castings

Training our Customers

Decoding "Design Intent": What did the Engineer really need?

 

Training

Apprenticeships

Living With Change, Who do We Train and When?

Planting seeds of future success

Re-thinking Die Casting Employee Training and Education, (May 2021)

Senior Employees and Succession Training

Tooling Development Tips

Training & Recruiting

What's Your Training Budget for Future Success?

 

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