Feature Article in the March 2026 Issue of Modern Casting
In the middle of the 20th century, scientist discovered DNA is a double helix-shaped molecule that carries survival instruction inside all living organizes – a blueprint in fact, containing chemical code. Over 70 years later, modern metalcasting are unlocking break throughs in the life of the foundries by decoding their own DNA: also known as data. At AFS Corporate Member Ferroloy, based in Wichita, Kansas, a four-year journey into Foundry 4.0 has begun to yield cost savings and tangible solutions to productivity obstacles.
Data collection was never the primary goal but instead a means to the real end. Ferroloy’s secret to converting data into a serious competitive advantage was capturing and digitizing all the critical activity of the plant and translating it into practical and applicable information – information that no caries DNA-like instruction to individual departments and processes.
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