The project: The customer solution on the example of Siempelkamp Giesserei GmbH in Krefeld In Foundry-Planet`s whitepaper series, we have had the pleasure of following the application and development of digital transformation based on RGU`s FRP® - SYSTEM - CAST IN SOFTWARE in six informative episodes provided by RGU's marketing and business development manager, Mr. Christian Kleeberg (EMAIL: ck@rgu.de or…

Since its first demonstration in the 1930s, metal injection moulding (MIM) has become an important metal processing technique. In the MIM process, small metal moulds are formed from a metal powder and fused together. In this way, highly complex shapes can be produced with almost no waste, reducing costs and waste. The final components are almost 100% dense, have higher strength than die casting, better…

An asset disposition company is the winning bidder for the idled Columbus Castings factory, putting into question the future of the longtime south side employer. An affiliate of White Plains, New York-based Reich Brothers LLC bid $29.7 million Friday for the foundry’s assets, according to bankruptcy court filings. The bid bested an offer of $28.1 million by an entity named Columbus Operations LLC. Reich…

The first Europe-bound consignment of what may become a $23 million export order left Dunedin for Hamburg from Australian-owned Dunedin foundry Newlcast. During the next two months, seven containers would deliver about 725 motor brackets for rail bogeys, each weighing 280kg, to Hamburg for distribution to a European rail contract, Newlcast director Ian Rissman said. The seven containers represented 25% of…

Masport Foundries Ltd workers endorsed industrial action with a clear and decisive 90%+ vote at the "all up" meeting. Workers are represented by unions under the Masport Collective CEA contract. A week ago they voted to reject a 3% pay rise offer and cuts to allowances. Masport Foundries had a productive, good financial year and are currently passing on the benefits of reduced materials cost to some…

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters is cutting production at its Tiwai Point smelter by about 5 per cent as a result of rising power prices. Hydro lake levels at around 60 per cent of average storage, significantly lower than normal because of drought, are pushing up wholesale power prices. The smelter's reduction of 30 megawatts of power demand corresponded to a cut in aluminium production of about 1400 tonnes…

A new metal molding alloy creates new mechanical design options for light-emitting diodes, shielded housings, heatsinks and other applications. Called Xyloy, the material combines zinc and aluminum in an alloy that allows processing in a conventional injection molding machine, allowing significant cost savings compared to die cast parts. "Die casting requires heating and keeping a large amount of metal in a…

Germany needs a quick decision on an effective bridge electricity price. This is what the associations and trade unions of the energy-intensive industries and the DGB are demanding. This week, these organizations have joined forces to form an Alliance for a Bridge Electricity Price. The members of the alliance represent a total of more than 1.1 million employees in over eight thousand companies. According…

"We now have an economically viable process for producing hydrogen on-demand for vehicles, electrical generating stations and other applications," said Jerry Woodall, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue who invented the process. The new alloy contains 95 percent aluminum and 5 percent of an alloy that is made of the metals gallium, indium and tin. Because the new alloy…

Currently, casting foundries mainly employ the polyurethane cold-box process to manufacture cores while inorganic core-making processes are gaining popularity. During the cold-box process, the reaction and the accelerated curing of the core are set off through the addition of a catalyst mixed with a carrier medium. In inorganic core-making, however, this curing process is replaced by heating and purging…