Foundry Metalcasting Weekly - Sep 12th, 2023
 
 
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Using inspection results to link product design and process set-up can help automotive casting operations to improve product quality, reduce scrap, and increase efficiency, guiding the progress toward a “smart” foundry.
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Proven performance of DIDION Rotary Foundry Equipment provides the fastest payback in the industry for top tier metalcasters worldwide. Continuous innovation, longevity, lowest maintenance and operating costs. 

Shipments of high-strength, lightweight compacted graphite iron castings hit a new record, setting the annualized rate of 4.0 million metric tons/year as “the new normal.”
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EXAIR’s Reversible Drum Vac is a two-way pump that can vacuum liquids into an ordinary drum and then with the turn of a knob, pump it back out to another container. The stainless-steel pump is quiet and has no motor to clog or wear out.

HPDC process developer Bühler AG is embracing Comptech semi-solid casting capabilities in order to expand and enhance the potential of its megacasting technology.
It's time to define some of the terminology of metalcasting, starting with the metals that are cast. Or, more specifically, to establish a baseline understanding of the metals that foundries and diecasters choose to fulfill their work assignments – and what details make those material choices suitable to particular applications.
How you do anything is how you do everything. Your tradeshow display is a visual representation of how you present your brand to the world across many other channels.
There are three steps metalcasters can take in order to handle greater capacity, see faster operating speeds, reduce downtime and boost safety.
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For workers who need corrective lenses, Read is cost-effective and lightweight eye protection that fits well and is available in five diopter strengths.
A new range of six- and seven-axis measuring arms replace 34 original versions, with reliability and repeatability for 3D tactile inspection and measurement in industrial settings.