In my 15 years covering the metalcasting industry, I've seen a considerable amount of change in how foundries are using technology in their operations. If you asked me when I first started at Modern Casting what a more sophisticated foundry might look like, I might have said something like "more robots." It's true we see more robots and mechanical automation, but the change I didn't see coming was how foundries would be using data to connect their systems for better process control and efficiency. A futurist, I am not!
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