Ever wondered what happens when hot, molten metal meets soft silicone molds? In this video, I melt metal to extreme temperatures and carefully pour it into different silicone molds to see what shapes ...

Making silicone molds seems easy, but there are a lot of missteps to be made along the way that can mean the difference between a great, reusable mold, and one that’s a sad waste of silicone. If ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and executive, I explore the world's industries. One of the promises of 3-D printing is that it presents the ...

Gravity casting aluminum in permanent molds beats conventional sand and pressure die casting. Today, gravity-fed permanent metal molds can produce near-net-shape parts from a variety of aluminum ...

For decades, workers at Wilton Armetale have been ladling white-hot molten metal into sand molds to cast the company's renowned kitchenware at its Mount Joy foundry. This summer, the company is ...