Monthly Archives: January 2019

Metal additive manufacturing, or 3D metal printing, has received a lot of attention in the last several years. General Electric spent more than $1 billion to purchase Arcam and Concept Laser and formed a new division called GE Additive. They predict they will have manufactured more than 100,000 metal components […]

What Impact Will 3D Metal Printing Have on Investment ...

8 Jan, 2019 in Features by Global Casting Magazine

The bulk of A356 castings are poured in permanent molds with solidification times generally less than 10 minutes. This process normally provides the best metallurgical properties when compared to the other common casting processes such as high pressure die casting (traditional or vacuum), sand casting, plaster molding and investment casting. […]

How Properties Vary Throughout a Casting

8 Jan, 2019 in Features by Global Casting Magazine

On October 1, Kimura Foundry Company Ltd., a ferrous cast metal foundry located in Japan, entered into a technology supply agreement with the Swedish process control specialist SinterCast for Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI) product development, prototyping and niche volume production. Under terms of the agreement, SinterCast will install a Mini-System […]

Kimura Foundry Adopts SinterCast Process Control Technology

8 Jan, 2019 in News by Global Casting Magazine

On September 23-27, 2018, in Krakow, Poland, the 73rd World Foundry Congress took place. By the decision of the World Foundry Organization (WFO) authorities made a few years ago, Polish Foundrymen’s Association (STOP), which is the founding member of WFO, became the main organizer of the Congress. The honorary patronage […]

73rd World Foundry Congress: Meeting of Metalcasters From Around the ...

8 Jan, 2019 in News by Global Casting Magazine

A group of investors bought Sivyer Steel (Bettendorf, Iowa) out of bankruptcy. According to local reports, the group bought Sivyer for $6.5 million in July. Sivyer will continue to operate under a new name, Sivyer Steel Castings LLC, and the 325,000 sq. ft. facility will be renovated and updated. “As […]

Investors Buy Sivyer Steel

8 Jan, 2019 in News by Global Casting Magazine

Ellwood Group announced it’s building an aluminum casting facility at its engineered castings location in Hubbard, Ohio. The investment is worth a reported $60 million. According to reports, the facility will be a 70,000 sq. ft. expansion and will employ 34. “This significant investment clearly demonstrates Ellwood’s unwavering commitment to […]

Ellwood Group Building New Aluminum Casting Facility

8 Jan, 2019 in News by Global Casting Magazine

Even though furan is reliable for the high production requirements of cores and molds as a binder system in 3D printing, some small weaknesses are present. So far, the veining on the surface and on the inner contours of castings with furan in combination with sand in complex geometries in […]

New Molding Material Recipe Eliminates Veining

8 Jan, 2019 in Products by Global Casting Magazine

NPP Ferolit is one of the industry’s leading companies in Ukraine. Located in the town of Gorishni Plavni in the Kremenschuk iron ore district of central Ukraine about a 4-hour drive from Kiev, it provides domestic and foreign companies with high-quality castings and piping details. For more than 18 years, […]

Ukranian Manufacturer Purchases First Disamatic C3-B-250 in Europe

8 Jan, 2019 in Products by Global Casting Magazine

China Academy of Machinery Science & Technology Group (CAM) was founded in 1956. The goal of CAM is to improve the equipment manufacturing level of China. CAM has 16 subsidiaries, including the holding companies with the operation system of the group management of parent-subsidiary type. CAM has built 39 key […]

Personalized Rapid Customization Integration Solution Provider for Equipment Complex Parts

8 Jan, 2019 in Products by Global Casting Magazine

Morgan Advanced Materials (Worcestershire, England) has developed a proprietary leachable material which significantly cuts investment casting times in turbine engine blades by up to 20%. The development comes as the commercial aerospace industry is facing a significant overhaul. According to Market Research Future, the Commercial Aircraft Turbine Blades and Vanes […]

Material Shortens Production Time of Turbine Engine Blades

8 Jan, 2019 in Products by Global Casting Magazine