At the GIFA exhibition in 2011 Simpson Technologies again renewed the exclusive manufacturing license agreement for the Simpson Speedmullor® in Brazil with Küttner do Brasil Equipamentos Siderúrgicos Ltda. located in Belo Horizonte (MG). This Agreement is a multi-year continuation of the successful partnership begun in 1988 and again includes the marketing of the Simpson+Hartley brand on-line control and…

The World Foundry Organization (WFO) and the Slovenian Foundry Association are hosting the "WFO Technical Forum" and the 59th International Foundry Conference. Simpson Technologies (Germany) GmbH and Webac Gesellschaft für Maschinenbau mbH are taking part in this event for the first time this year, which takes place from September 18-20 in Portoroz, Slovenia under the motto "Castings as complex components".…

Sims Metal Management Limited the world’s largest listed metal and electronic recycling company announced the sale, effective November 30th 2012, of its Arizona scrap metal recycling assets to SA Recycling LLC. SAR is a joint venture owned equally by SimsMM and Adams Steel, and has operations in California, Nevada and Arizona. The sale was settled at a price of USD 35 million in cash. The sale principally…

Der hochproduktiven Maschinentechnik zur Herstellung von Sandkernen stehen die eigentliche Kernsandverdichtung und -begasung gegenüber, die bis heute auf Erfahrungswissen beruhen. Dies trifft im besonderen auf die Anordnung der Einschießdüsen und Entlüftungen in den Kernkästen zu, die bei fedem Neuanlauf einer Kernserie zeit- und kostenaufwendig erprobt werden muss, wobei das erzielte Resultat nicht…

Das hohe Fertigungsniveau und der ausgeprägte Innovationsgrad deutscher Gießereien im globalen Wettbewerb führen zunehmend auch zu höheren Anforderungen an die Kernfertigung. Die oft nicht ausreichende Vorhersagbarkeit der technischen Machbarkeit und der wirtschaftlichen Fertigung geometrisch komplizierter und gleichzeitig dünnwandiger Kerne ist ein limitierender Faktor für die Konstruktion und die…

Heidelberg Foundry Amstetten simulates casting processes with MAGMASOFT® The 1400 °C hot cast iron melt gushes through the gate into the mold. The movement of the flowing metal in the casting rigging and in the gradually filling mold for printing press cylinders and the subsequent solidification process are only chaotic and accidental, at first glance. The engineers of Amstetten Foundry, which forms part of…

Discontinuous ladle pouring with the necessary large pouring cups, residual amounts of iron remaining in the ladle at the end of the pouring cycle and ladle changing times that are missing for production. Stopper pouring in channel induction furnaces, which are heated 24 hours a day and changes of metal grades consume a lot of time because of the large sump. To find a way around the complications and…

The MAC GmbH together with Benninger Guss AG and the University of Applied Science, Aargau, is investing into the future. Benninger Guss AG from Uzwil, Switzerland holds decades of technical experience as an iron foundry for castings up to 5 tons, MAC GmbH provides experience about optimization of casting processes to this project. The partnership is completed by the foundry-center of the University of…

London copper futures rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday after a four-day weekend, lifted by steady performances by metals markets in Shanghai and New York, and zinc jumped 4 percent on signs of consumer buying. Copper for delivery in three months on the London Metal Exchange rose $130 to $7,970 a tonne at 0700 GMT. "Demand is still an easy story -- demand is healthy across Asia, but supply is more difficult to…

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its aerospace arm has secured new contracts worth $520m in the second quarter (2Q) of 2014. These new orders span the aerospace sector repertoire of capabilities covering airframe, component and engine maintenance, freighter conversion, cabin modification, engine wash and pilot training. Included in the 2Q2014 contracts is a…