Originally known as Franklin Bronze & Alloy Company, FPC holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating casting foundry in Pennsylvania. In 1978, John and Bob Barber purchased the business, then focused on nickel sand castings. After a fire destroyed the original plant in 1981, the Barbers, with the support of state and local redevelopment agencies, rebuilt from the ground up re-equipping…

The European foundry industry is currently under considerable pressure. Several factors are weighing heavily on the sector: the transformation towards climate-neutral production, the crisis in the automotive industry caused by high energy prices, restrictive EU regulations, geopolitical tensions, profound shifts in global markets, increasing competition from China, and overall social uncertainty leading to…

TITAL GmbH is specialized in investment casting. For the production of high-quality aluminum and titanium investment castings, the medium-sized company, which has been part of the US Howmet Aerospace group since 2015, relies on 3D-printed PMMA patterns in addition to the lost wax process from its partner voxeljet AG. 3D printing-based investment casting is a particularly efficient tool for TITAL in terms of…

Launched under the project name EVaCC, this initiative will establish state-of-the-art VPIC capabilities at Wall Colmonoy’s Pontardawe facility. The project significantly enhances the company’s ability to produce next-generation aerospace components, while strengthening the UK’s sovereign manufacturing base and ensuring a secure, resilient supply chain, for potential customers such as the Ministry of…

Project EVaCC aims to develop a cutting-edge Vacuum Precision Investment Casting (VPIC), strengthening the UK’s sovereign capabilities and ensuring a robust supply chain for the Ministry of Defence. The DTEP grant helps fund the nearly £2M EVaCC project. DTEP is sponsored by the Ministry of Defence’s Directorate of Industrial Strategy and Exports (DISE) and delivered through the Defence and Security…

Foundries are an important player of the European value chain and home to many qualified workers in rural areas. 70 percent of the approx. 4 700 foundries with 300 000 employees operating in EU are considered small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME), operating mainly in regions, already having suffered from industrial decline in recent years. Their survival is of utmost importance for regional development…

Continuous research into the development of new metal materials as well qualification of traditionally accepted materials has helped for the technology gain wider acceptance. To understand what materials are available for 3D printing, we bring you the most comprehensive list on the metal 3D printing materials found on the web. Metal 3D Printing Materials Aluminium Steel Cobalt Chrome Titanium Nickel Copper…

VELO3D Inc., a leader in advanced additive manufacturing (AM) for high-value metal parts, today announced that Vertex Manufacturing, a Cincinnati-based business providing CNC machining and manufacturing services from development through production, has selected VELO3D to help meet growing demand for 3D-printed “impossible” metal parts. Vertex was born out of the desire of AM pioneers Greg Morris, Steve…

MLZ foundry was founded in the early 1990s as a production base for the research and development institute of special-property steels and superalloys. There are a lot of innovative methods that were actively implemented at the plant. Over time, MLZ foundry reorganized into separate enterprises with a casting workshop using Lost Foam technology that is able to produce up to 300 metric tons of casting…