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, […]
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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
Eagle Foundry (Eagle Creek, Oregon) is a jobbing foundry that produces over 13,000 different parts. Using a sodium silicate nobake process, Eagle pours high-chrome white iron, chrome moly, heat-resistant stainless steel, tool steel, manganese and low alloy steels at temperatures ranging from 2,550-3,000F in castings up to 2,000 lbs. The […]
Ceramic media improves casting quality, reduces production time
The hydraulic breaker attachment, one of the most common attachments for a remote-controlled demolition machine, generates as much as 1,500 ft.-lbs. of force at its tip. Typical wear and tear is expected, which is why keeping up on breaker maintenance is vital to ensure optimum performance on the jobsite. “Operators […]
Better breaker maintenance leads to increased uptime
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.
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
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
FCRI Group was established in 1958 with the head-quarter in Foshan, Guangdong. Based on the technological innovation, FCRI continuous adopting the modern management concept, persisting diversity, collectivity and globalization in the development. Now FCRI has become a comprehensive hi-tech enterprise in technology research, technical service, production and sales, economical trading […]
FCRI Ceramic Filter
Italpresse Gauss has teamed up with industrial software expert Wonderware (Schneider Electric Group) to develop a powerful app for live remote maintenance and service assistance for users of its high-performance light metal casting solutions. The AMe interactive assistant, first shown at Metef 2017 in Verona, boosts maintenance efficiency and speed […]
Italpresse Introduces New App for Live Remote Maintenance
Tribo-Chemie was founded in 1992 with the aim of manufacturing “Made in Germany” release agents that provide solutions for companies looking for suitable products for pressure diecasting and forging. The Isolat Enviro 1011 and Isolat TT 77 have become well established in the market, and Tribo-Chemie is proud to announce […]