About Experience, People, and Gigacastings

Welcome to this Snippet from our 19th Gold Nugget, “Geometric Distortions in Gigacastings”, in which we interview Philipp Hettich from Laubinger+Rickmann GmbH & Co. KG. In this episode, we discuss the impact of Gigacasting’s geometric distortion on the car production line and how to manage it with straightening. We also discuss what factors increase or decrease the complexity of straightening.

In the further discussion, you will learn about risk mitigation strategies in large projects and how the values of the average car user changed. This will be especially hard on certain European car manufacturers that are lagging behind in usability.

Watch the full Gold Nugget 19 on the Goldcasting website!

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