by Wayne Siefert | Oct 2025 | Metal Casting & Foundries
A Nightmare on Rust Street: 5 Ways VCI Saves Your Steel from a Spooky Fate The Phantom Profit Drain Rust isn’t just a physical flaw; it’s a phantom profit drain secretly sabotaging your steel service center. While you might see a rusted steel coil or sheet...
by Wayne Siefert | Aug 2025 | Metal Casting & Foundries
Saving Your Steel: Why Rust Prevention is More Critical Than Ever for U.S. Steel Service Centers As the American manufacturing sector doubles down on sourcing domestic steel, the pressure is on for steel service centers to protect every coil, sheet, and plate that...
by Wayne Siefert | Jul 2025 | Metal Casting & Foundries
How One Pennsylvania Foundry Eliminated Rust and Saved Thousands by Switching to Rust Guard Premium™ In the foundry world, rust isn’t just an annoyance. It’s a costly, reputation-damaging problem that can derail logistics and erode customer trust. That’s exactly...
by Wayne Siefert | May 2023 | Metal Casting & Foundries, Metal Stamping & Forming, Powder Metal Parts, Precision Machining, Solutions & Successes, Spring & Wire Forming, VCI Articles, VCI Products
What is Rust Season and How to Protect Your Valuable Metal Parts Hey there, let’s talk about Rust Season! It’s that time of the year (March – June) when rust, that pesky iron oxide, likes to show up as an uninvited guest and wreak havoc on metal parts. But...
by Wayne Siefert | Mar 2023 | Metal Casting & Foundries, Solutions & Successes, VCI Articles, VCI Products
For Precision Machinists Preventing Rust is Essential Precision machining is critical to the production of a wide range of products that keep America moving, from medical devices and automotive parts to electronics and military equipment. However, throughout the...
by Wayne Siefert | Jan 2023 | Metal Casting & Foundries, Solutions & Successes, VCI Articles, VCI Products
Understanding Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor (VCI) Technology VCI materials contain corrosion-inhibiting chemicals, which neutralize the air around your metal parts and protect them from rust and corrosion. Working on a molecular level, the technology migrates from the...
