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Hyundai Heavy Industries and KUKA concluded a MOU regarding a strategic partnership. It was signed on May 7th, 2018, in Augsburg, Germany, at KUKA headquarters by Ki-sun Chung, EVP, Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings, Dr. Till Reuter, CEO KUKA AG and Stefan Lampa, CEO KUKA Industries.
The MOU aims towards a strategic partnership between the two companies including joint efforts on marketing and related comprehensive support. In furtherance of the partnership, a Strategic Sales...
Chemicals
The inorganic binder technology INOTEC from ASK Chemicals has established itself over the past 10 years as a productive and alternative core manufacturing procedure in serial casting production processes, especially in the segments of aluminium cylinder heads, crankcases and suspension parts by low pressure die casting and gravity casting applications. This odourless and emission-free core production is also characterised by very low cleaning and maintenance efforts for machines and tools....
Coremaking
Norican Group and Suzhou Mingzhi Technology Co Ltd. are pleased to announce the signing of a binding agreement whereby Suzhou Mingzhi Technology Co Ltd. has purchased the assets of the DISA Core product business, based in Leipzig.
The sale is the result of close dialogue between the parties, exploring potential cooperation within complementary business areas, to better serve customers. DISA has been offering Core solutions to the foundry industry for 20+ years from its facility in Leipzig,...
Discharging, Decoring, Fettling, Finishing
Founded in 1929, Magaldi has built a solid reputation, presenting itself not only as a supplier, but as a reliable technological partner able to provide customized solutions, as well as take care of customer needs in each step of the project, from design to after-sales assistance.
Technological innovation, quality, reliability, care for the environment and for the health of operators, has convinced over 1,500 companies worldwide to adopt Magaldi systems to handle materials under the toughest...
Enviroment, Energy & Safety
Material recycling in the IndustryMany materials have to be comminuted before further processing - this includes different chips and stamped parts made of plastic and metal, but also valuable precious metals such as gold and silver as well as laboratory samples. In this process, a part of the raw material often remains in the crushing machine. In order to recover the precious material, the plant had to be opened and cleaned demanding much time and effort up to now. Erdwich Zerkleinerungssysteme...
Heat Treatment
Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic (ATM) announces the promotion of Donald Gibeaut to “Manager Tubular Products.” Don has worked in the induction industry for over 36 years and has achieved great success in the pipe and tube markets.In his new position, Don will work with all ATM brands to promote and increase market share in the tubular industry including Heat Treat, Quench and Temper lines, Emmedi welders, coating systems and all other associated tubular processing products.Don has a background in...
It-Solutions
Synchro ERP are pleased to announce that Jean Marie Darchicourt and Max Morgan have been awarded the SAIF (South African Institute of Foundrymen) Non-Member Diploma Award for the best technical presentation in 2017.
As part of our attendance at the the 2nd South African Metal Casting Conference (MCC) in March 2017 in Gauteng, South Africa, Synchro undertook a presentation entitled: “TOTAL FOUNDRY CONTROL USING SYNCHRO ERP - SOFTWARE INTEGRATION – WHY IT MATTERS!” to SAIF & Foundry...
Melting Shop
The trend towards ever lighter vehicles has created new demands on cast aluminium parts and associated production processes. Return material in particular poses great challenges to foundries: melting furnaces increasingly have to handle a mix of large flat cast parts and smaller thin-walled material. Automotive supplier KS HUAYU AluTech (Neckarsulm, Germany) has found a solution to the problem in StrikoWestofen’s “BigStruc”. Not only can the StrikoMelter BigStruc handle return material with a...
Metals & Alloys
Zinc alloys are characterized by low melting points and excellent flowability. Hot-chamber die casting produces exceptionally complex and precise parts with excellent surface finish. These are suitable for very demanding tasks such. Electronic housings or precision mechanics for electronic, optical or mechatronic systems. Due to the good castability of the material, very small wall thicknesses are already realized up to clearly less than one millimeter. However, many designers lose their...
Moulding
SAVELLI has recently installed and successfully commissioned a new horizontal tight flask molding line type F1 (1.400 x 965 x 400/400 mm, 60 molds per hour) equipped with Formimpress mold compaction system served by a new SAVELLI SK 90 sand cooler and a new SAVELLI SGMT 4000 sand mixer at Zakład Metalurgiczny “WSK Rzeszów” Sp. z o.o., in Poland. The new molding line produces heavy large grey and ductile iron castings mainly for trucks and tractors. The molds-castings are partially cooled in...
Patternmaking, mouldmaking and tooling & Rapid Prototyping, rapid tooling & 3D Printing
FP: Dr. Ederer, where do you stand with your company today? You are not only one of the main inventors of the technology, but also the founder of Voxeljet. What are some keywords to describe how the technology has developed in recent years?
Dr. Ederer: We started with our technology at the TU in Munich. At that time, we were working on a small scale, but could already see the scope of possibilities and applications. In the meantime, the whole thing has come very far. For the automotive...
Equipment, Plant Technology
The boss, Zoran Tesic, his son, Darko, and Sudhir Gurram are not only known worldwide but above all recognized experts and consultants.From the dismantling and repairing of used equipment to the re-installation in a facility on another continent, TCT Tesic knows how to successfully and efficiently complete the whole process.
In 25 years’ time, you get to know many people and cultures, learn to develop solutions together, travel the world, all while keeping a home base in Iserlohn, Germany,...
Pouring, Gating, Feeding
The current advantages, such as minimum footprint area, smallest contact area and optimum moulding sand compaction beneath were adopted from the existing FEEDEX K concept. From the first idea to the serial stage, extensive tests were carried out. Prior to casting tests, solidification simulations were conducted for verification purposes.Within the new concept, a large part of the compressor core is heated by the highly exothermic feeder sleeve material.• This significantly reduces the contact...
Pressure Die Casting Equipment
The powertrain of the future, legal regulations for the CO2 fleet regulation – these are challenge the automotive industry is facing.
There are a lot of opened questions: What are the expectations of the automotive industry for suppliers like GF? How can a sustainable supplier strategies look like? What are the motivations for companies to invest in E-Mobility? Where do we see chances for us? Has the internal combustion engine served its purpose or will it live longer than expected?
On...
Process Control Technology
The DISA MAC helps identify issues around mould alignment before they become a problem – that is, before they result in unnecessary rework or scrapping of one, more or many castings.
The unique device consists of a bridge-like scanning bracket that is mounted across the mould string between the moulding machine and the pouring unit. This bracket is equipped with laser sensors that continuously scan along the mould string, tracing specifically designed impressions on each mould.
Clever...
Refractories
Plant downtime is an enormous cost factor for foundries. So when it comes to refractory repairs to the dosing furnace, time is money. To speed things up, StrikoWestofen offers an innovative solution: pre-sintered refractory replacement parts that reduce downtime by about 60 percent compared to standard lining methods. Alupress, a manufacturer of high-end die-cast parts, carried out a relining using StrikoWestofen’s replacement part four years ago, and the relined furnace is still providing...
Sand & Binders
Why Thermally Reclaim?
Today’s modern foundry is under increasing pressure not only to reduce costs but to reduce its impact on the environment, whilst at the same time improve and maintain it’s casting quality.
One of the ways of meeting these requirements is to invest in sand reclamation. Whilst most foundries now have mechanical reclamation, many are looking to further reduce costs and invest in Thermal reclamation to get as close to 100% reuse levels as...
Service Provider
In 1993, Zoran Tesic started brokering used foundry equipment from a small cellar office, carrying out the first orders with only the help of a secretary. Today, TCT TESIC buys and sells, dismantles and assembles, repairs and modernizes used foundry equipment - worldwide. The company employs about 20 people at its headquarters in Iserlohn and also works internationally with various agents and external assembly teams.
Foundry ServicesShortly after the founding of his company, Zoran Tesic...
Simulation
The 2018 China joint die-casting conference took place in Suzhou on March 20th and 21st. More than 700 participants from 380 companies attended this conference, including China Foundry Association members, government officials, CEO of international companies, and experts of the die-casting industry.
CFA invited MAGMA to actively contribute to this meeting. As silver sponsor, Mathieu Weber, General Manager of MAGMA Engineering Suzhou, collected the award from the Secretary General of...
Testing, measuring & Quality Control
This insight will highlight some common slurry testing mistakes that I’ve seen over the years. Avoiding these common mistakes could help keep your process running smoothly.ViscosityViscosity testing, although at first glance appearing simple, can be a little bit more complicated. One of the standard ways to check viscosity is to use a dip cup of some sort, and depending on the required viscosity of the slurry, most people would be using a Zahn 4 for backs up slurries or a Zahn 5 cup for...