Gigacastings are bad News for Foundries in the Supply Chain

Depending on the design, these giant rear-floor castings integrate about 70 smaller parts. Many of them are castings, like shock towers, longitudinal members, etc. As soon as Gigacastings take over, these parts are gone!

This is a snippet from our 17th Gold Nugget, “Introduction to Gigacastings”! In this episode, we discuss the latest development in the automotive HPDC industry, Gigacasting. The HPDC industry was in a sort of wake coma for 30 years without major developments until Tesla blew the door open with their gigantic Gigacastings. Very soon, Asian OEMs followed their tracks, and now it has become the to-go variant for car manufacturing.

Yet, what are the difficulties of quickly scaling up castings to impressive sizes? What can be done to prevent them, as the budgets are there? Also, we shine a light on the opportunities for people wanting to advance in their careers. We cannot cover all the points, but we have invited people to discuss the following aspects with industry experts.

Watch the full Gold Nugget 17 on the Goldcasting website!