A balanced and growing output for investment casters 16 Dec 16 It is two years since Dr Carlos Olabe became EICF executive director so Foundry Trade Journal caught up with him to find out how the EICF is developing and how the federation’s future...
More a Family Than an Industry 16 Dec 16 Against the backdrop of history, the future of the casting industry was celebrated and honoured at the ICME Annual Awards Lunch. Many of those honoured during the special day in October have spent...
Temperature measurement in iron foundry - Current processes and latest technology developments 03 Nov 16 The temperature of molten iron is measured several times in foundries, as it is one of the most important physical parameters. The accuracy, reproducibility and reliability of these molten metal...
Casting the Present and the Future 03 Nov 16 Foundry Trade Journal editor Lynn Postle offers an outlook of the current situation in the global cast metals industry It is of course always a crystal ball exercise to offer an insight into the...
Benton Foundry continues to streamline cleaning operations 03 Nov 16 Robotic cells offer major benefits to the cleaning and grinding process. In 2006, as a result of significant growth and a desire to further improve efficiency, Benton Foundry in Benton,...
Pattern recognition and data logging 03 Nov 16 Today’s modern foundry is under increasing pressure to reduce raw material consumption, minimise overhead costs but still continue to improve the quality of its castings. This has become even...
Fast Drying Coating - the conversion from solvent to water-based foundry coatings 03 Nov 16 One of the very last challenges of jobbing foundries is still to find a way to remove solvent coatings. With its new faster drying coating products Foseco can help to transition customers to...
Innovate to survive – yesterday, today and tomorrow 03 Nov 16 Over a thousand delegates from more than 20 countries took part in the 72nd World Foundry Congress, held in Nagoya, Japan on 21st to 25th May 2016. The occasion marked the third time the prestigious...
The largest steel plant in the world operating induction furnaces 03 Nov 16 Inductotherm successfully commissions four 22,000kW power supplies, 50 ton furnace systems and a fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) coating plant for rebar at a company in Bangladesh The four 22,000kW...
Cuts cost, blasts better - new heavy-duty blast wheel 03 Nov 16 Surface preparation expert Wheelabrator has officially launched its new blast wheel for heavy-duty applications. COMET HD achieves a clearly defined, even blast pattern and higher peak blast...
Following in footsteps but breaking new barriers 03 Nov 16 Bespoke refractory solutions backed by a heritage of competence and honour have helped a company in Scunthorpe win business at some of the UK’s leading foundries. Trent Refractories is a...
New fluxes enter the market 03 Nov 16 A French company has developed new fluxes to allow foundries to have a single product whatever the process and stages for metal treatment. Created In 1992, Aluminium Martigny France has an...
Demand for lighter auto parts propels foundry to £10m sales target 03 Nov 16 Major opportunities in the automotive sector are promising to help a UK founder hit the £10m sales mark over the next two years. Alucast, a specialist supplier of sand gravity and pressure...
Leading the way and leveling the playing field for UK manufacturers to choose green energy supply 03 Nov 16 Business energy supplier DONG Energy is offering UK manufacturers the opportunity to choose renewable electricity at no additional premium to traditional ‘brown energy’ sources. The...
Automotive trends drive widespread use of casting impregnation 03 Nov 16 As automotive OEMs increasingly look towards mega-platforms for vehicles as a way to reduce costs, implement greater production efficiencies, achieve more efficient product launches, and maximise...
Turbocharger - from ductile iron to steel 03 Nov 16 To help reduce automotive CO2 emissions there is a continued trend towards lower weight, higher strength components. Here, Norbert Schütze of Foseco Germany details the transition of the...
A medical emergency – not for this company 03 Nov 16 Focusing on highly complex and high value added pressure and gravity diecastings, from concept design through to fully machined and finished components, helped MRT Castings Ltd expand its business by...
Turning down the furnace to save energy and money 03 Nov 16 National Grid’s lucrative ‘power balancing’ schemes help foundries generate £70,000 per Megawatt (MW) saved, says CEO of Endeco Technologies Michael Phelan. Few will be...
Mexico’s expanding automotive sector - opportunities for suppliers in the foundry industry 03 Nov 16 With the next generation of premium compact vehicles for Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti about to be built in Aguascalientes, the rise of the automotive industry in Mexico appears inexorable. Work has...
14th World Conference in Investment Casting 03 Nov 16 Sunday 17th April 2016 - Wednesday 20th April 2016 Le Palais des Congrès de Paris, France Held every four years, this special event provides a unique meeting place for those seeking...
European high pressure and low pressure diecasting machinery manufacturers strengthen their leading position on the world market 03 Nov 16 Although the world export volume of high pressure and low pressure diecasting machinery(1) declined from €955m to €907m between 2012 and 2014, the five CEMAFON countries - Denmark, Germany,...
International Aluminium Diecasting Awards 2016 03 Nov 16 The first prize at the International Aluminium Diecasting Awards 2016 was won by a part containing a large number of integrated functions, which was achieved by means of a highly complex die concept....
Casting is Forever 03 Nov 16 In the build up to the World Foundry Congress in Japan in May, recently elected WFO president Prof Myungho Kim of Incha University, Incheon, South Korea, spoke exclusively to Foundry Trade Journal...
Spearheading new growth – setting new standards 03 Nov 16 Capable of producing over 2 million castings a year servicing a diverse range of clients throughout Europe, Lupton & Place Ltd is one of Europe’s leading diecasting producers. The company...
Working smarter to “yield” improvements in energy consumption 03 Nov 16 Keeping energy consumption to a minimum is not only fundamental in running a foundry but also in protecting the environment and doing all that is possible to halt climate change, says foundry...
Attracting new customers with modern moulding technology 03 Nov 16 ‘Everything from one single source’ is the philosophy of the brass and bronze foundry Josef F Filthaut, at Iserlohn, Germany. The family-managed company has over 90 years’...
What makes logical sense? A critical look at ‘fixed’ and ‘flexible’ energy contracts 03 Nov 16 A Foundry Trade Journal report prepared by LG Energy Group (www.lgegroup.com) Price volatility within energy markets is a complex issue, which affects a wide variety of stakeholders. Unfortunately,...
Reduced wear and tear and blasting time reduction through innovative premium blasting media 03 Nov 16 The optimisation of blasting efficiency was the focus of an industrial trial at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Mannheim - with considerable success A report by Vadim Malashonak, regional sales manager...
Celebrating new possibilities for the casting industry 03 Nov 16 A part which could only previously have been produced by direct metal laser sintering scooped the prestigious Component of the Year Award at the Cast Metals Industry 2015 Awards Dinner. The...
PEP SET – an efficient and environmentally friendly binder system 03 Nov 16 The demands of global competition are growing all the time. Besides high cost pressure and short delivery times, foundries need to meet the highest quality requirements. In time for its 50th...
World Foundry Congress 2016 03 Nov 16 The event in Nagoya, Japan, from 21st to 25th May 2016, looks to disseminate information on the further development of casting engineering, bringing together researchers and engineers to deepen...
Diecasters confidently looking to the future 03 Nov 16 The majority of German diecasters increased their sales and production in 2014 and 2015 and are confident of being able to continue this trend in 2016, says the German foundry society - Bundesverband...
