The ExOne Company (Nasdaq: XONE), the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, today announced the launch of a new desanding station for use with the industrial S-Max® and S-Max Pro™ sand 3D printers, the company’s most popular family of printers. The new desanding station features two vacuum-powered wings that flank the job box and help easily remove...

The casting was good and now the annoying part begins: deburring, separating sprues, milling, filing, drilling, sawing or thread cutting. In many iron and non-ferrous foundries this is part of everyday life and entrepreneurs are asking themselves whether to provide personnel and process them manually or automate them. This entrepreneurial question depends not least on the number of pieces and on...

Rio Tinto's new high-quality alloy series has been developed for high pressure vacuum die casters to mix with their own scrap and recycled cleaned crushed wheels. As an alternative to buying Lower grade secondary remelt ingots, the final blend will cost Less, have Lower carbon footprint and meet stringent industry standards. The company's technical marketing experts will work with customers to tailor...

Voxeljet, Friedberg, near Augsburg, May 2017 Innovation project: The German agricultural machinery manufacturer Amazone was able to save 18 percent in weight when producing a prototype for a new bogey chassis. Because the family business from Hasbergen, near Osnabrück in Germany, were able to quickly print the sand-casting moulds and cores for the cast metal with the world’s largest industrial 3D printer...

The Schaffhausen-based artist, who used to live in Leipzig and now lives in Zeitz, has been connected with GF Casting Solutions in Leipzig for at least 10 years for a variety of projects. For his latest project, he maintained close cooperation with Matthias Heinrich (Managing Director of the GF site in Leipzig), Lukas Blumenauer (Head of Addivite Production) and the team. For the realization of the...

After 2019, which was in line with an excellent 2018, American foundries suffered a considerable setback, like the rest of the world, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the US being hit particularly hard. In spite of this, according to Doug Kurkul, CEO of the American Foundry Society, the US trade association, gradual recovery is expected already in the early months of 2021, even though it will reasonably...

Magaldi Group, leading provider of dependable conveying solutions, is pleased to invite you all to join us for a free live webinar dedicated to aluminum foundries. The webinar will be held on Thursday, December 10th at 10.30 am CET / 10.30 am EST and will be an opportunity to learn how the Magaldi Casting Cooler (MCC®) and the Superbelt® conveyors provide substantial advantages to aluminum casters...

How much does aluminium comprise in the overall weight of a typical passenger vehicle — a midsized sedan or an SUV? Globally, transportation accounts for the largest share of aluminium consumption at 27 percent. Although the demand for aluminium in automobiles has always been there, it surged after the oil crisis of 1970s. Obsessed with fuel economy, car designers started replacing heavy steel parts...

A visit to the Gienanth Group in Eisenberg/Palatinate region had been planned for a long time, but had been delayed due to the pandemic. Now, it came at just the right time. Iron casting has a long tradition at the group's locations in Eisenberg / Palatinate, Fronberg / Bavaria, Steyr in Upper Austria and Bujanov in the Czech Republic, explains Dr. Hans-Jürgen Brenninger, the CEO and the management...

Whether a pandemic, market or technology transformation, or climate change - the greater the challenge, the greater the willingness in the company to rethink existing processes and cycles and, if necessary or sensible, to realign them. When it comes to sustainability, the casting process has always been at the forefront, because most metals of all kinds can be recycled and returned to the material...