Monthly Archives: September 2018

Problem-solving in life and in business can seem like a complex and intimidating effort causing many to fall back to a hands-off approach. But problems must be solved in a metalcasting operation or they eventually lead to additional costs to your business and loss of profitability. Using structured problem solving, […]

Solving the Problems in Your Foundry

28 Sep, 2018 in Features tagged Foundry / North America / Process Control / Quality Control by Global Casting Magazine

he procedure of identifying, diagnosing and minimizing or eliminating crucial casting defects is important for a foundry to run in a low-cost, and high-efficiency mode. It can disprove incorrect conventional wisdom and show that unexpected methods are actually the best way to move forward. To do this, there are three […]

5 Steps to Identify Casting Defects

28 Sep, 2018 in Features tagged Foundry / North America / Process Control / Quality Control by Global Casting Magazine

AFS Corporate Member ATEK Metal Technologies (New Hampton, Iowa) is expanding its plant and technical capabilities to keep up with demand. The company has recently completed a significant expansion of its metal casting, heat treatment and finished machining capabilities. “We added 40% to our low pressure permanent mold casting capacity […]

Atek Expanding Iowa Plant, Technical Capabilities

28 Sep, 2018 in News tagged Foundry / North America by Global Casting Magazine

Ryobi Die Casting (Shelbyville, Indiana), a supplier of aluminum diecastings was recognized with an Excellence in Quality Award from Honda at its Annual Supplier Conference. Honda has more than 700 (OEM) suppliers that provide parts to 16 Honda plants in North America that produce Honda and Acura automobiles and light […]

Ryobi Die Casting Inc. Receives Award From Honda

28 Sep, 2018 in News tagged Foundry / North America by Global Casting Magazine

AFS Corporate Member Waupaca Foundry (Waupaca, Wisconsin) was honored by Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing with one of five available professional excellence awards. Waupaca is the first Tier II supplier to be honored with one of these awards. Waupaca has supplied iron castings to TIEM since 2002. In 2017, Waupaca was […]

Waupaca Foundry Honored By Toyota

28 Sep, 2018 in News tagged North America by Global Casting Magazine

AFS Corporate Member Betz Industries (Grand Rapids, Michigan) is planning to invest $3.5 million to add a new 41,280 sq. ft. facility in Walker, Michigan, that would offer machining services. The gray and ductile iron caster produces castings for multiple industries. According to a report from MiBiz.com, the addition could […]

Betz Industries Expanding

28 Sep, 2018 in News tagged Foundry / North America by Global Casting Magazine

Simpson Technologies (Deutschland) GmbH (Alfeld, Germany), a subsidiary of AFS Corporate Member Simpson Technologies Corporation (Aurora, Illinois) specializing in process solutions for the metal casting and chemical process industries, announced the acquisition of Webac Gesellschaft für Maschinenbau GmbH (Euskirchen, Germany) together with its subsidiaries Webac Maskin AB (Stockholm, Sweden) and […]

Simpson Technologies Gmbh Acquires German Foundry Industry

28 Sep, 2018 in News tagged Europe / North America by Global Casting Magazine

CHINA DIECASTING 2018 – The 13th China International Diecasting Congress & Exhibition (CID) & 2018 China Nonferrous Alloys & Special Casting Exhibition (CNF) were held from 18th to 20th of July, 2018 at Shanghai New International Exhibition Center (SNIEC) in China. Organized by Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society […]

CHINA DIECASTING 2018

28 Sep, 2018 in News tagged Asia / China by Global Casting Magazine

Every automobile manufacturer has made it clear to their metal casting suppliers: reducing vehicle weight is increasingly important. Besides solid castings, hollow casting, a variation on the permanent mold process, is an option for producing complex lightweight structures. It can produce individual components that replace an assembly of metal parts, […]

Improved Casting Machine Design Promotes Better, Lighter Cast Parts

28 Sep, 2018 in Products tagged Equipment / North America by Global Casting Magazine

The disc AFS Corporate Member Washburn Iron Works (Washburn, Wisconsin) casts for an agricultural client isn’t a new product for the company. The gray iron component used for grain/seed separation is one they’ve manufactured for years, but the method needed to be transformed. Instead of producing the cope and drag […]

Robotics make difficult casting sustainable

28 Sep, 2018 in Products tagged North America / Robotics by Global Casting Magazine