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    Foundry Management & Technology is a center for metalcasting ideas and the insights on metallurgy, design, processes, and technologies that shape the industry and its markets.

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    Automotive aluminum diecastings.

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    GreenIron
    Melt/Pour

    Pursuing Carbon-Neutral Iron for Steelmaking

    Dec. 1, 2023
    A reduction process that uses hydrogen fuel to recycle waste metal or treat ore will result in high-grade iron units, and a “completely CO2-free value chain,” according to the...
    Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry
    Hand-grinding a green sand casting at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry.
    Issues and Ideas

    Foundry Expansion Draws Funding

    Oct. 24, 2023
    The ongoing expansion has drawn $11 million from a community development fund, recognizing WAF’s “people-first culture” and commitment to an environment for individuals’ growth...
    ABB Robotics
    Speeding up diagnostics and decision making, OptiFact software increases uptime with less engineering effort, ensuring production can keep pace with customer demand.
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    Data Collection, Visualization, Analysis

    Oct. 7, 2023
    Speeding up diagnostics and decision making, OptiFact increases uptime with less engineering effort, ensuring production can keep pace with customer demand.
    ALD Vacuum Technologies
    Electron-beam melting furnace installation.
    Melt/Pour

    How to Melt High-Tech Alloys

    Oct. 4, 2023
    The heat- and wear-resistance that make refractory metals so essential for high-tech manufacturing also demand technologies that are specially engineered for melting at over 3...
    Tasso A/S
    Continuous casting of iron billets is essentially a permanent molding process, according to the researcher modeling iron casting at Tasso A/S.
    Melt/Pour

    Opening the Black Box of Iron Casting

    Oct. 3, 2023
    Advanced mathematical models and artificial intelligence form the basis for one foundry’s effort to improve workflow through digitalization.

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    Foundry's 2023-2024 Where-to-Buy Directory

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    A modern cloud platform provides the enterprise-wide connectivity that manufacturers need to access data from every area of activity — customers, sales, operations, supply chain, inventory, etc.
    Reichmann
    The Maus 600 automated grinding cell at Schmiedeberger Giesserei, Germany.
    Everett Collection Inc. | Dreamstime
    Labor walk-out. Cincinnati, 1930s.
    Eakrin Rasadonyindee | Dreamstime
    'Change to success' concept on wooden blocks.
    U.S. Air Force / Paul Shirk
    Ted Fetchik, a USAF 553rd Commodities Maintenance Squadron welder, pours aluminum into a 3D-printed mold at Tinker Air Force Base.
    Molds/Cores

    USAF Workshop Adds 3DP Mold Making

    Sept. 29, 2023
    The REACT Lab at Tinker Air Force Base is printing molds and casting aluminum for parts that may not be available from OEMs or via bidding, including bearing housings, fuel fittings...
    Shinhwa Auto USA
    Shinhwa Auto USA diecasting and machining operation in Auburn, Ala.
    Molds/Cores

    CapEx Project for Automotive Diecaster

    Sept. 18, 2023
    Shinhwa Auto USA is planning a $114-million expansion in Alabama, its second since 2020, to add aluminum diecasting and finishing capabilities for EV components.
    3D Systems
    Vaupell uses 3D Systems’ QuickCast™ stereolithography (SLA) printing process to produce investment casting molds for aerospace manufacturers that require low-volume, high-complexity parts.
    Issues and Ideas

    3D Systems Brings Printers in House

    Sept. 18, 2023
    “Insourcing” production of systems for printing polymers and metals is a step to optimize inventories, improve production quality, and speed up deliveries.
    breakermaximus | Dreamstime
    Worker with a respirator.
    Issues and Ideas

    Feds Sue Foundry in Worker Safety Dispute

    Sept. 15, 2023
    OSHA investigators claim Tyler Pipe violated the rights of a former cupola furnace operator by denying him the use of a respirator to protect against smoke and fumes.