In the previous years, the pandemic slightly distorted the calendar of expo, however, year's METAL has returned to its traditional date. The convention, which brings together companies professionally involved in the foundry market, still welcomes exhibitors. The Foundry Goes Green - the expo accompanying seminar is deemed to be an excellent opportunity to present modern solutions designed for the industry.…

Casting of aluminium components is one of the most important production processes, both technologically and economically, in lightweight automotive engineering – true now, and in the future, too. The percentage of aluminium castings found in a modern car has increased continuously during the past 50 years. After years of unceasing growth, production figures fell, for the first time in 50 years (with the…

The Challenge Traditional investment casting—creating metal parts from a ceramic mold after a wax pattern has been burned away—has been around for more than 5,000 years. Over the last century, the process has benefited from many innovations, but it is still slow and costly to create this kind of tooling for complex parts. Production time is typically measured in months and costs can run into the hundreds of…

According to reports by the Turkish Steel Exporters’ Association, currently there are 26 electric arc furnace, 11 induction furnace and 3 basic oxygen furnace steel plants in Turkey. The steel manufactured in local factories is a vital source material both for the country’s and the global economy. Together with Turkish iron, steel is globally recognized as a high-quality metal with good prices. The latest…

Turkey was importing 70% of its cast iron from the conflicting countries, however, supply chains have been disrupted due to the war that began following Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. Apart from the supply crisis, Azovstal, Europe's largest iron and steel factory in Ukraine, was also heavily damaged during the Russian bombardment, causing a rise in prices. To prevent a further cast metal crunch,…

Part 4 of our series about protecting your part will review the surface pretreatment process and the importance of casting quality. Both are extremely important to obtain a durable and attractive finish. Thanks to George Giering, of Giering Metal Finishing, Inc in Hamden and Waterbury, CT for providing the content for this article. Pretreatment Finishing metal components with a protective coating is a…

Mario Conserva , President of METEF, the reference exhibition on aluminum in Italy created 25 years ago, Secretary General of FACE, the federation representing the interests of aluminum transformers and users in Europe, and Editor in Chief of the International magazine Aluminium & Its Alloys , has received from the world organization International Aluminium Institute a prestigious recognition that…

Tenova, a leading developer and provider of sustainable solutions for the green transition of the metals industry, and SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation, the flagship steel manufacturing company in the Philippines, recently inked a partnership for Consteel® Evolution, a state-of-the-art low-impact technology for steel manufacturing. It will be the first of its kind in the country and will be employed in…

Castings are indispensable to sustainable and climate-neutral manufacturing. There is no sector of industry that could do without cast components of iron, steel or NF-metals ranging from aluminium to zinc. For export sectors such as automotive and machine tool production the foundry industry is a key sector within their value chains. However, the foundry industry – with its just under 600 companies of a…

Authors: Nicolas A. Riensch, Thomas Krey, Carolin Wallenhorst Abstract: The foundry business is driven by harsh quality requirements, strict environmental regulations defining emission thresholds and a high-cost pressure, currently intensifying by skyrocking raw material prices. At the same time, the importance of sustainability aspects and health awareness is getting more and more important. In this…