Guide: How to Automate Your Foundry & Casting Process
Read our guide to learn how to automate your foundry – and discover why foundries that invest in automated solutions have a competitive advantage over those who do not.
It could be argued that it’s never been harder to run a foundry than it is today. Demands for higher volumes of more complex parts continue to grow, alongside pressure to reduce scrap and increase yield. As production challenges have escalated, so, too, have staffing challenges: each year, it becomes more difficult to keep foundries fully staffed. As a result, many foundries have found themselves trapped in a vicious cycle.
Luckily, these challenges don’t need to be existential. Thanks to an influx of innovative automated solutions on the market, there have never been as many opportunities to transform operations – and solve the Catch-22 outlined above – as there are today.
Why Foundries Should Invest in Automated Solutions
Foundries that invest in automation enjoy a host of benefits, nearly instantaneously. Our latest guide, A Guide to Automating Your Foundry & Casting Process, explores the key benefits of automating casting, melting and molding.
Download the guide to learn how automated solutions can help your foundry:
- Improve staffing and retention
- Adhere more easily to safety regulations
- Avoid costly, compliance-related penalties
- Streamline production
- Increase throughput
- Enhance precision
- Improve metal quality
- Reduce scrap
- Gain a competitive advantage
How to Get Started
In addition to outlining key benefits, the guide is a practical resource for foundries interested in investing in automated solutions. To aid foundries in their journey, the guide provides:
- An overview of the basic elements of an automated foundry
- Information about the most popular automated solutions on the market, including pros and cons
- Insight into how to prioritize investments in automation
- What to expect once your foundry integrates automation into its operations
Automate Casting with CMI Novacast
Since its founding in 1981, CMI Novacast has helped foundries automate their casting process with electromagnetic (EM) pumps and related systems (including heated launders, preheat ovens and control systems).
Speak with a CMI Novacast factory expert about your casting application and learn more about the role EM pumps play in the bigger picture of foundry automation.
