Prototype Casting now offers permanent mould casting with the help of their in-house tooling department. The hard tool is cut from graphite or steel, and the tooling can be single or even multi-cavity, depending upon the size and the quantity of the parts required. The tool life depends upon the tooling material as well as part geometry. Usage of permanent mould casting reduces the price for single mould…

An appropriate process is selected for customers based on design requirements. Rapid investment casting is used through the process of lost wax. This is suitable for making small parts like precision sand casting, permanent mold, rubber plaster mold, die casting and laser metal sintering. It helps the company in manufacturing production quantities. In case the size of the parts is bigger when compared to…

The Denver-based casting company, Prototype Casting, Inc. is now offering highly accurate magnesium casting services using state-of-the-art casting processes like Rubber Plaster Mold Rapid Investment Casting, among others. Magnesium Castings via RPM Casting use a lost wax process – suitable for making smaller quantities of parts. While magnesium casting via Rubber Plastic Mold and Precision Sand casting is…

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN, USA (WLFI) - A program is helping turn ideas into reality. The "Purdue Foundry" is opening it's doors this later this summer to help Purdue students, faculty and staff who have ideas for a product or business, get them to the marketplace. "The Foundry" will be housed on the second floor of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in Purdue's Discovery Park. Those with an idea can…

Aluminum is in the middle of industry lightweighting efforts For global automakers, removing weight from their vehicles remains the top priority as they seek ways to meet a stringent federal fuel economy mandate by 2025 and other new pollution-control regulations. And, increasingly, they look to aluminum producers and extruders to help do just that. The lightweight metal is one of the most relied-upon…

Rock Island Arsenal, Ill. – The c and Technology Center has reached a remarkable milestone, setting a new benchmark in its foundry operations. On June 6, 2024, the team successfully poured the largest part produced in at least two decades, if not ever—a monumental achievement that underscores the facility's advanced capabilities and commitment to excellence. “This is a proud moment for all of us at…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Cast Metals Association (OCMA) recently awarded RMT, Inc. (RMT) its annual President’s Vendors Award. This award acknowledges a vendor that has made significant contributions to OCMA and to the Ohio metal casting industry. Craig Schmeisser and Mike Blankestyn of RMT’s Columbus, Ohio, office were recognized for the expertise they provided the industry during development of the U.S.…

International Monetary Fund's top economist Mr Olivier Blanchard told a Swiss newspaper on Saturday that the financial crisis that has engulfed many top banks is spiraling into a broader economic crisis that has yet to peak. Mr Blanchard said the crisis would continue for another year and called on governments to promote fiscal expansion and on central banks to cut rates towards zero. He said "The worst is…

LOS ANGELES - Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. announced today that on April 1, 2008, it acquired Dynamic Metals International, LLC based in Bristol, CT. Dynamic was founded in 1999 and is a specialty metal distributor. Dynamic’s 2007 revenues were approximately $11 million. Dynamic will operate as a subsidiary of Service Steel Aerospace Corp. headquartered in Tacoma, WA. “This strategic acquisition expands…

South Carolina appears to have won its second auto plant. Georgia officials learned Friday that Volvo did not choose the Peach State – the other finalist for the Swedish carmaker’s first U.S. plant, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Volvo winnowed its choices to two sites about 125 miles apart, near Charleston and Savannah. Governors from both states flew to the carmaker’s North American…