Monthly Archives: May 2014

Picture of officials at foundry school opening in China — As one of the 10 pilot industry schools that the Open University of China (OUC) planned to launch, a founding ceremony for the foundry school was held in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2013. It marked cooperation between the Open University of China and China Foundry Association has yielded important results […]

Foundry School Launched in China

14 May, 2014 in News tagged Asia / Education by Global Casting Magazine

Picture of reusable metal after being recycled with the Didion equipment. — For years, an engineer at a medium-sized iron casting facility in the north central U.S. viewed the hundreds of tons of slag waste from its melting operation as an untapped piggy bank. It was no secret that useable metal was accompanying the slag from the cupola melting department to storage […]

Metal Recovery Increases Savings

14 May, 2014 in Products by Global Casting Magazine

General Kinematics, Crystal Lake, Ill., U.S., provides vibratory equipment, rotary equipment and process systems to manufacturing and material processing organizations throughout the world. Its primary markets are metalcasting, mining and recycling. Depending on the year, typically 45-50% of its business is in the metalcasting industry. The primary countries it markets […]

Trends in Vibration/Shakeout

14 May, 2014 in Suppliers' Perspective tagged Cleaning & Finishing / shakeout by Global Casting Magazine

On Dec. 26, 2013, CITIC Dicastal (Ningbo) Co. Ltd. started production. It’s another successful attempt by CITIC Dicastal to build a world leading aluminum alloy wheels production base using its 25 years’ experience. CITIC Dicastal (Ningbo) Co. Ltd is situated in Hangzhou Bay New District in the north of Ningbo […]

A CITIC Dicastal Plant Put into Production

14 May, 2014 in News tagged Asia / Die Casting by Global Casting Magazine

AUDI AG opened a new production facility in Münchsmünster. The company is consistently expanding its main plant in Ingolstadt. In the Münchsmünster Industrial Park, approximately 30 kilometers east of the main plant, body parts and suspension components will be produced with new, innovative technologies. Some 800 Audi employees will work […]

Audi Expands Ingolstadt Plant With a New Production Facility in ...

14 May, 2014 in News tagged Europe by Global Casting Magazine