Okay, I am a couple of weeks late reporting this news, but a new website, http://www.metalcastingdesign.com has been jointly launched by Engineered Casting Solutions (ECS) magazine and the American Foundry Society (AFS).

The new website is apparently a replacement for an older site, and promises to provide white papers, blogging, podcasts and tools to help engineers design castings. They also claim to provide information to buyer’s to help purchase castings.

When I get some time, I will review the site in more depth, but at first glance, one major piece that seems to be missing is the ability to download cad models for engineers. Of course the focus is more for custom designed castings, so I could see engineers turning to sites like ThomasNet.com to download their “standard” casting models.