Amidst the positive mood at EUROGUSS 2022, we met WINOA's European CEO Falko Schmidt at his company's spacious stand. Schmidt makes it quite clear that WINOA has used the challenges posed by the pandemic to set a course and that the blasting agent manufacturer is also well prepared for the other challenges. Thank you for being at our disposal Falko Schmidt. FP: Falko Schmidt, we are currently experiencing a…

Over the last few years, Tesla has been heavily investing in casting and alloy technology to enable larger casted parts that have the capability to greatly simplify manufacturing. The company acquired several units of the biggest casting machine in the world. These giant, multi-million dollar machines are developed by Idra. Tesla’s first Giga Press, which was installed at the Fremont factory, was put into…

HPDC offers a range of advantages, such as higher production rates and good surface finish; as a result, is the process of choice for many of the new, lightweight parts needed by the growing e-mobility and 5G markets. However, it is also not without its challenges. One significant limitation is the ability to produce complex internal cavity shapes. In order to overcome that obstacle, it is necessary to…

„Die Druckgussfamilie hat spürbar auf den Austausch und das persönliche Treffen auf der EUROGUSS 2022 hingefiebert“, fasst Christopher Boss, Leiter der EUROGUSS bei der NürnbergMesse die Stimmung in den Hallen zusammen. „Endlich! war das Wort, dass man von nahezu jedem Aussteller und Besucher hören konnte und dass die Freude über den persönlichen Austausch ausdrückte.“ Die umfassenden Einsatzmöglichkeiten…

Mit den Neuveranstaltungen GIFA und METEC Indonesia entstehen neue Plattformen für die aufstrebende indonesische Metallurgie- und Gießerei-Industrie. Die Messe Düsseldorf begleitet das starke Wirtschaftswachstum Indonesiens, eröffnet internationalen Unternehmen einen attraktiven Markt und stärkt die Weltleitmessen GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS und NEWCAST, die als „The Bright World of Metals“ kommendes Jahr…

Pressure die casting is a manufacturing process for producing devices ranging from medical devices to industrial equipment. However, it’s proven challenging to make die tools for Pressure Die Casting (PDC) that have efficient cooling channels using traditional methods. Die tools in standard production have straight-line cooling channels that are degraded. A team of scientists at the International Advanced…

Im Jahresverlauf 2021 stagnierten die Weltexporte von Druckgieß- und Kokillengießmaschinen* auf niedrigem Niveau, nachdem sie im Vorjahr pandemiebedingt um über 25 Prozent eingebrochen waren. Nach vorläufigen Schätzungen beliefen sich diese auf einen Gesamtwert von 675 Millionen Euro.** Auch die Entwicklung der Ausfuhren der CEMAFON-Länder folgt diesem Muster. Der Durchschnitt verblieb auf einem Wert von…

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have described how microscopic crystals grow and change shape in molten metals as they cool, in research that is breaking new ground in alloy research and paves the way for improving the tensile strength of alloys used in casting and welding. Their research, published today in Acta Materialia, used high-speed synchrotron X-ray tomography to ‘photograph’ the…

ItalPresseGauss is launching a new generation of Toggle Free High Pressure Die Casting machines that will deliver ‘custom made’ performance, faster and with less cost, perfectly adapting to casting needs with wide optionality. Highly configurable design The new range of digitally enabled TF machines, previewed at this year’s EUROGUSS, will be modular by design, meaning they can be more easily configured to…