Monthly Archives: May 2018

In 2016, worldwide casting production was 104.4 million metric tons, a near match to 2015’s reported 104.1 million metric tons, according to this year’s Census of World Casting Production conducted by Metal Casting Design & Purchasing’s sister publication Modern Casting. Casting growth from 2014 to 2015 was 0.4%, and from […]

Global Casting Production Growth Stalls

4 May, 2018 in News tagged Forecast by Global Casting Magazine

The Columbiana, Alabama, lost foam casting facility that’s currently owned by AFS Corporate Member American Axle & Manufacturing was handed a difficult challenge in 2015. They had to produce a chainroll, and one that was incredibly complex. It was a test, and one the facility ultimately passed. This ductile iron […]

Cutting Through the Challenges

4 May, 2018 in Features tagged Lost Foam Casting by Global Casting Magazine

The reuse of ceramics, specifically stucco and flour in investing casting, would reduce expenses in the purchase of raw materials and in the disposal of the spent shell. Some companies sell their spent shell material, but typically the only savings here are in the disposal side. Thus, reusing the material […]

Reclamation and Reuse of Shell Ceramics in Investment Casting

4 May, 2018 in Features tagged Ceramics / Investment Casting by Global Casting Magazine

The solder defect in diecasting affects surface quality and strength, especially in castings with a high seal requirement. The defect could lead to leakage that would mean more wasted cost (Fig 1.). Four aspects of soldering was analyzed, including chemical principle, mold structure, release agent and die casting process. For […]

Methods and Measures to Reduce the Solder Defect of Die ...

4 May, 2018 in Features tagged Die Casting by Global Casting Magazine

AFS Corporate Member Lodge Manufacturing Co. (South Pittsburg, Tennessee) has begun operations at its second metalcasting facility in Tennessee. The 127,000 sq. ft. facility is located blocks from the company’s original foundry, which is still in production. Lodge broke ground on the new plant in the middle of 2016 and […]

Lodge Manufacturing Opens Second Tennessee Foundry

4 May, 2018 in News tagged North America by Global Casting Magazine

AFS Corporate Member Victaulic (Easton, Pennsylvania), a manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining solutions, has unveiled a plan to build an additional state-of-the-art manufacturing center in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. The 400,000 sq. ft. facility is the result of increased domestic demand for the company’s products. The facility is expected to break […]

Victaulic to Build New Facility

4 May, 2018 in News tagged North America by Global Casting Magazine

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the China Federation of Industrial Economics jointly announced the second batch of individual champion manufacturing enterprises and individual champion product lists. KOCEL’s heavy cast steel gas turbine recommended by Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone has won the national individual champion […]

KOCEL Receives the Individual Champion Product Award of MIIT

4 May, 2018 in News tagged China by Global Casting Magazine

For cast pump components, and especially for the core and impeller, 3-D printing of the sand casting molds now eliminates the need for an entire post-processing step. The industry puts the post-processing time per impeller at an average of 10 to 15 minutes and this is exactly where clever companies […]

3-D sand printing pumps up profit.

4 May, 2018 in Products tagged Additive Manufacturing / Sand & Binders by Global Casting Magazine

The dry ice blasting unit ASCOJET 1208 has a new modern frame design and self-explanatory pictograms. According to ASCO, the 107-lb unit is easily carried to any place, thanks to the two large fixed rear wheels, as well as two lockable small front wheels. Housing and frame are made of […]

The new ASCOJET 1208–dry ice blasting

4 May, 2018 in Products tagged Blasting by Global Casting Magazine

The new AL 28-18-18 FSC extends the portfolio of the Kurtz low-pressure casting machines with more clamping area and hydraulic power. It relies on proven Kurtz low-pressure die casting technology in order to achieve greater benefits for users through newly optimized assemblies and components. Thanks to the innovative trapezoidal arrangement […]

Kurtz Unveils New Low-Pressure Casting Machine

4 May, 2018 in Products tagged Die Casting by Global Casting Magazine