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Husqvarna’s diecasting operation maintains its high production levels and runs safely, smoothly, and effectively thanks to Henkel Bonderite L-MR cutting fluids … Read the full story …
Metalcasters may find that hot isostatic pressing is not only a way to make casting imperfections disappear, but an opportunity to alter their own progress
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More intuitive programming and more responsive, collaborative functions are giving metalcasting operations a new sense of possibilities.
Easier automation
Defining functions and flexibility
One user interface
95% energy savings
HMC designer recognizes that metalcasters need systems with faster, cost-optimized cycle times
Cut machining time, unplanned downtime
“Intelligent Reduction of Inertia”
Workpiece capacity 630x900 mm
Cool, lubricated, and odor-free high-throughput machining for aluminum and magnesium diecastings
Running hard, fast, hot
No tolerance for contamination
Saving two days of production
New technologies include a large-envelope vacuum system for large-volume, light- to medium-weight part impregnation.
Fixing aluminum’s flaws
Resin coating
Dry vacuum and pressure
In 1972, Dennis Daniels set up shop a small aluminum foundry in suburban Cleveland: He was the only employee. Today, Alumalloy Metalcasting Co. has 104 employees in an 110,000-square-foot foundry and machine shop, supplying aluminum cast parts and...
OSHA’s expansive new regulations requires foundries and other manufacturers to reconsider their operating practices.
What must be done?
Will it be worth it?
If not silica, then what?
Alumalloy Metalcasting has expanded beyond its founder’s expectations, becoming a one-of-a-kind, one-stop supplier of high-quality components and subassemblies
Cut out the middle man
Learning machining
Quality starts with reliability
