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    'Availability of new foundry sand is already becoming a challenge, along with the need of providing new solutions to waste management,” according to the director of a metallurgical research center.
    Branimir Ritonja | Dreamstime
    Automotive cast parts.
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    Jacek Sopotnicki | Dreamstime
    With deoxidized base iron, carbon levels can be increased to 3.30% C and alloying can be completely or nearly eliminated at the same time.
    SinterCast
    SinterCast licenses its CGI process control technology to 57 installations worldwide.
    LIFT
    LIFT is developing industrial technologies in support of the U.S. Department of Defense hypersonic weapons programs.

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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...
    LIFT
    LIFT’s Detroit research center opened in 2015, and includes an industrial workspace and “Learning Lab,” and a satellite location in Sterling Heights, Mich.
    Issues and Ideas

    LIFT, DoD Renew Co-Op

    May 17, 2023
    The U.S.-backed public-private R&D partnership will continue its materials, process, and talent development efforts for five years under a $49-million agreement.
    Simone Neuhold / RHI Magnesita
    Many refractory products are custom-developed and manufactured for particular applications, and also usually contaminated with material they have absorbed while lining furnaces or ladles, which makes the recycling process a challenge.
    Materials

    Cutting CO2 Emissions from Refractory Recycling

    May 1, 2023
    The goal is a sensor-based system for automated sorting of spent refractories, to increase recycling rates for refractory breakout material from as little as 7% to 80%.
    LIFT
    Michigan Tech undergraduates developed a powder metal atomization chamber, with LIFT support, toward production of new alloys for additive manufacturing.
    Materials

    New Technology for Custom 3DP Alloys

    April 18, 2023
    The LIFT research institute and undergraduate teams at Michigan Tech developed a new metal atomization chamber to support production of powdered metals, in support of hypersonics...
    Business Wire
    TriTech owner Robert Swenson, shown with the Production System P-1, is a titanium manufacturing expert.
    Materials

    Investment Caster Binder-Jetting Ti Parts

    March 21, 2023
    TriTech Titanium Parts LLC is making complex titanium components efficiently and cost-effectively after customer-qualifying its additive manufacturing operations for Ti64.

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    Materials

    Winsert Acquires Alloy Cast Products

    Nov. 8, 2022
    Manufacturer of high-temp alloy castings is adding investment casting capabilities in a purchase it said will allow it to introduce more products and services for its buyers.
    GE Additive
    Metal 3D-printed cross shaft arms, parts originally designed more than 50 years ago, were printed in cobalt-chrome and nickel alloy 718 on a GE Additive M2 system, as part of the USAF/GE Pacer Edge program.
    Melt/Pour

    3DP Displacing Originals for Long-Lead Parts

    Sept. 6, 2022
    A USAF and GE Additive collaboration is continuing to make gains as a reliable source of in-demand but unavailable or obsolete components.
    SinterCast AB
    SinterCast sampling cup during compacted graphite iron refining.
    Materials

    CGI Output at Record Level

    July 26, 2022
    Strong demand for compacted graphite iron engines and new series production coming on stream drove new quarterly production records in the first half of 2022.
    Stihl024
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    Materials

    Shredding Saves Space, Ups Safety

    June 27, 2022
    Integrating a shredder with a zinc diecasting machine minimizes space requirements and logistic costs, speeds up the handling process and reduces the risk of accidents.