Member of Imerys Group, the world leader in industrial minerals, IFME supplies the foundry industry with high performance minerals and innovative solutions for investment casting (flours and stuccos), special sands for sand casting (mould and core), refractory fillers for foundry coatings and any other application in the moulding and casting process. IFME’s partners have a long experience in mining and…

You identified four megatrends at GIFA 2023 - how would you describe developments a year later? Till Schreiter: Looking back, we can clearly see that the megatrends we identified are as relevant as ever. It turned out that we addressed exactly the right issues. We recently witnessed this on the Indian market at the IFEX trade fair, and the topic of decarbonization is also driving the economy in both China…

Essar Steel has been awarded the ‘Platinum Award’, the highest award in the category by Caterpillar's 'Supplier Quality Excellence Program'. Essar Steel had previously won the bronze award in 2008 followed by the Gold Award for two consecutive years in 2009 and 2010, it finally bagged the Platinum Award - the highest award in the category. Caterpillar’s SQEP certification recognizes Essar Steel’s…

Article also available in Kreuzwertheim - On 06 and 07 November the traditional in-house fair of KURTZ GmbH took place with great success at the machine factory in Wiebelbach. The 500 international visitors experienced innovative machine technologies, interesting discussions and a worthwhile exchange of experiences at the KURTZ In-House Fair in Wiebelbach. The event held in one of the production halls has…

Horacek, M. – Kosour, V. – Zemcik, L. – Macku,M. – Stachovec,I.jr. Brno University of Technology, Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Michalcik, P. – Vastak, P. – Horensky, J. – Jedovnicky, J. – Mazurek, T. Fimes,a.s. Foundry, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic 1.0 INTRODUCTION Investment casting technology is one of the foundry technologies enabling to achieve both very narrow dimensional casting…

- 15 companies awarded Supplier of the Year prizes; special Quality Award goes to electronics parts manufacturer Murata - Continental CEO Dr. Elmar Degenhart presented the awards at the Supplier Day in Regensburg When Continental's Automotive Group – consisting of the three divisions Chassis & Safety, Powertrain and Interior – looks back on a year of production, the figures are impressive in themselves. At…

The overhaul of a die-casting machine is worthwhile for customers in many respects. Compared to building a new die-casting machine it generates around 70% less energy consumption and over 75% less water consumption. At the same time, many tons of material are preserved in their original form of use. The example of the Evolution 420 die-casting machine impressively demonstrates this. During the entire…

Issues are available for download directly on ATF's website, www.atf.asso.fr , or sign up to receive new issues per email when they are available. The target of ATF is to publish eight revues per year, party in English to reach the international foundry domain. All technical papers are welcome and are in high demand. Please send requests to: regiepubtnf@atf-asso.com . More information can also be found at…

In the field of metal production and processing, there are numerous thematic overlaps in the trade associations of foundry machinery, metallurgical and rolling mill facilities as well as high temperature technology. VDMA Metallurgy is a common platform of the metallurgical plant in the VDMA. Under this umbrella brand, we combine future common issues and interests of the members. We will continue our…