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> OSHA Cites Citation for Safety/Health Violations $60,000 in penalties proposed for Brewton, AL, foundry

> Bulk Storage, Handling Saves Time, Labor, and Floor Space Once Alpha Foundry Co. in Wright City, MO, realized that demand for its aluminum and zinc castings was rising and its production was...

> Lufkin Orders New Sand-Reclamation Systems from Simpson Two molding lines to be retrofitted, to process +80 tons/hour

> New Shell Sand Improves Core Production Shell cores are an important component of the Tyler Pipe's North Plant casting operation in Tyler, TX — which produces more than 500...

> Processing/Cooling/Storing/Classifiying/Transporting System, … at Nemak The recent expansion at Nemak Corp.'s Windsor Aluminum foundry in Ontario includes a new multi-million-dollar system that processes sand as hot as...

> Tungsten Carbide Adds Strength, Wear-resistance to Sand Handling Equipment Sand binders may be the source of many problems for metalcasters, but one that has gotten fairly little attention is their effect on process equipment.

> New Shell Sand Improves Core Production, Enhances Working Conditions Coremaker Sees Benefits, too

> A Commercial Break for Cutting Emissions Working together, foundry operators and their suppliers are finding successful approaches for identifying, selecting, and implementing technologies that improve these emissions problems.

> Technical Development: Process Controls and Data Management … … Improve Green-Sand Cooling and Conditioning

> New Mold-Sand Handling and Feeding System Increases Productivity, Cuts Maintenance for Wescast Also, investment caster finds water blasting effective, productive

> Foundry Sand: New Chromite Source Shows "Excellent Results" Report contains test procedures and results

> Sand Binders: Six Sigma Helps Predict Sand-Binder Performance PUCBs can deliver positive, optimal performance

> Sand Prep Equipment: Still Room to Improve Green Sand Preparation Widely available and employed, but not ‘perfected’ yet

> German Iron Foundry Automates Sand-Core Coating, Handling Two, six-axis robots designed for high-duty cycle applications

> Optimizing New Sand and Core Sand Additions in Foundry Green Sand Systems The old rule for new/core sand additions is 300 lbs. per ton of metal poured, but that approach needs to be re-evaluated and made more exact for current molding methods and materials.

> Outside the Sand Box While trying to minimize casting thin-wall metal sections, Ashland Specialty Chemical discovers that the answer to a problem sometimes means changing the way people think.

> Solving Hot-Sand Problems: A guide, and a solution Today’s foundries cannot afford to sacrifice the efficiency and profits that are the consequences of poorly controlled hot molding sand.

> Putting GMBOND to the Test It's been nearly a decade since the GMBOND sand binder system was introduced. This month, the prototype of a production coremaking system specifically designed for use with this binder is being commissioned at GM's Saginaw Malleable Iron operations in Michigan.

> Three-Stage Process for Cooling Return Sand Three-stage cooling of return sand is effective and efficient when flash cooling and premixing are accomplished on a belt conveyor and final cooling is performed in a rotary sand blending/cooling/screening drum.

> OSHA Cites Citation for Safety/Health Violations
$60,000 in penalties proposed for Brewton, AL, foundry

> Bulk Storage, Handling Saves Time, Labor, and Floor Space
Once Alpha Foundry Co. in Wright City, MO, realized that demand for its aluminum and zinc castings was rising and its production was...

> Lufkin Orders New Sand-Reclamation Systems from Simpson
Two molding lines to be retrofitted, to process +80 tons/hour

> New Shell Sand Improves Core Production
Shell cores are an important component of the Tyler Pipe's North Plant casting operation in Tyler, TX — which produces more than 500...

> Processing/Cooling/Storing/Classifiying/Transporting System, … at Nemak
The recent expansion at Nemak Corp.'s Windsor Aluminum foundry in Ontario includes a new multi-million-dollar system that processes sand as hot as...

> Tungsten Carbide Adds Strength, Wear-resistance to Sand Handling Equipment
Sand binders may be the source of many problems for metalcasters, but one that has gotten fairly little attention is their effect on process equipment.

> New Shell Sand Improves Core Production, Enhances Working Conditions
Coremaker Sees Benefits, too

> A Commercial Break for Cutting Emissions
Working together, foundry operators and their suppliers are finding successful approaches for identifying, selecting, and implementing technologies that improve these emissions problems.

> Technical Development: Process Controls and Data Management …
… Improve Green-Sand Cooling and Conditioning

> New Mold-Sand Handling and Feeding System Increases Productivity, Cuts Maintenance for Wescast
Also, investment caster finds water blasting effective, productive

> Foundry Sand: New Chromite Source Shows "Excellent Results"
Report contains test procedures and results

> Sand Binders: Six Sigma Helps Predict Sand-Binder Performance
PUCBs can deliver positive, optimal performance

> Sand Prep Equipment: Still Room to Improve Green Sand Preparation
Widely available and employed, but not ‘perfected’ yet

> German Iron Foundry Automates Sand-Core Coating, Handling
Two, six-axis robots designed for high-duty cycle applications

> Optimizing New Sand and Core Sand Additions in Foundry Green Sand Systems
The old rule for new/core sand additions is 300 lbs. per ton of metal poured, but that approach needs to be re-evaluated and made more exact for current molding methods and materials.

> Outside the Sand Box
While trying to minimize casting thin-wall metal sections, Ashland Specialty Chemical discovers that the answer to a problem sometimes means changing the way people think.

> Solving Hot-Sand Problems: A guide, and a solution
Today’s foundries cannot afford to sacrifice the efficiency and profits that are the consequences of poorly controlled hot molding sand.

> Putting GMBOND to the Test
It's been nearly a decade since the GMBOND sand binder system was introduced. This month, the prototype of a production coremaking system specifically designed for use with this binder is being commissioned at GM's Saginaw Malleable Iron operations in Michigan.

> Three-Stage Process for Cooling Return Sand
Three-stage cooling of return sand is effective and efficient when flash cooling and premixing are accomplished on a belt conveyor and final cooling is performed in a rotary sand blending/cooling/screening drum.