Engineers will get answers here
Converting weldments to castings, abbreviated as W2C, is an opportunity for you, as a design, production, or materials engineer, to simplify the end product while also lowering costs. This website was designed to give you research tools to decide where and how to begin the evaluation process to see if W2C is right for your parts, products, and customers.
Midwest Metal Products, the only foundry owned and operated by a metallurgist, has provided this site for those who want straight talk from a foundry that is helping businesses just like yours to determine if a weldment to casting conversion will give them a competitive edge.
Quick Start Guide: How to use this website
Start by reading or downloading the CASE STUDY if you are new to this process and want to review the many steps to ensure success of the end casting.
The FREE RESEARCH TOOLS menu button should answer many of the commonly asked questions.
CAN CASTINGS REALLY LOWER COSTS give access to proper weldment costing for comparison to an equivalent or better casting. There is also additional research from independent sources about WHY WELDS FAIL.
Want to dive deeper? The ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TOOLS give you access to several highly detailed research reports by a metallurgist who is involved with every conversion on a daily basis. The link provides enough background to choose where to start, see what your competition is doing with W2C, and see how others have improved their end products while also lower costs.