A Safe Place for Top-Quality Business Meetings One of the leading European Foundry Fairs in Eastern Europe attracting people at the interface between East and West is the Metal Expo in Kielce every two years. In 2020 due to Covid-19 the exhibition industry's reality changed almost overnight, this business sector has been the first to suffer coronavirus pandemic's impact. It's absolutely admirable that Targi…

New products and production techniques are the direct result of technological advances. Innovations are not only the foundation for growth, they are also a decisive factor in securing the competitiveness of companies. Right now, the foundry industry’s two largest customer segments, the automotive and mechanical engineering sectors, are under intense pressure to innovate. The following article outlines the…

Nobody knows just yet how the auto industry will adopt 3D printing. But Desktop Metal Inc. (Burlington, MA) is in a better position than most to make an educated guess. Both Ford Motor Co. and BMW AG are among Desktop Metal’s investors. The company also works with Volkswagen AG. Ken Washington, Ford’s chief technology officer, is on Desktop Metal’s Board. “The industry has accepted it’s coming,” said Jonah…

For over 100 years, Tyler Union has been a leading manufacturer in the waterworks industry, specializing in ductile iron fittings, joint restraints, and valve boxes. To enhance flexibility and reduce lead times in production, the company has integrated voxeljet’s VX4000 3D printing system, bringing greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness into its casting processes. Embracing Innovation in a Traditional…

A new report argues that car parts manufacturers are in a strategic position to adopt circular practices and highlights the Dutch automotive industry as a potential sector leader Changing consumer demands including digital connectivity and new mobility trends such as “car as a service” concepts, are transforming not only cars themselves but the ways in which we use them. In the traditional automotive sector…

When you can't buy that Ford F-150 pickup or Sony PS5, blame the chip shortage. A worldwide problem triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has metastasized into a years-long disruption of everything electronic. Product shortages are causing problems for the most impressive exercise of consumer power, the American holiday shopping season. If you can't buy your preferred game console or laptop, you're not the…

At Pier 9, Autodesk’s 27,000-square foot technology center in San Francisco, research scientist Andreas Bastian has been working on a unique problem for the past year. He’s investigating how to bridge the age-old manufacturing practice of metal casting with a much newer technology: 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing. Why? There are a number of answers to that question. But before we dig into…

It is reported and pointed out that China’s sustained economic development for the die-casting industry a huge space for development. Since the 2006 die-casting production exceeded one million tons, the 2007 die-casting production reached the country of 119 million tons, an increase of 16%. But the die-casting industries also affected by many factors from home and abroad, it is worth casting our business…

In the last two years of pandemic companies working WW, especially in the capital equipment supply, have been facing several issues do to the constrains and limitations following the pandemic. The limitation of international traveling has heavily impacted the old way of working typical of such business.

If equipment is unused for long periods of time, a number of things can happen that will cause trouble during restart. Here are just a few cautionary examples: pneumatic and hydraulic filters and other parts of the system can be contaminated with water; pneumatic and hydraulic valves can stick in one position. This is a serious fault in a moulding machine, as all valves have to work in a particular order.…