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24. March 2021 O.M.LER srl offers innovative decoring solutions The Italian company O.M.LER srl is renowned worldwide for decoring solutions for the foundry industry, in particular for gravity, low pressure and lost wax foundries. In partnership with overseas distributors and agents, and thanks to the expertise of its technical and sales team, O.M.LER markets and sells the pneumatic decoring hammers RVC70 and AF1470. Each is available in three different versions, according to the c...

02. February 2021 Product Quality, Process Robustness and Cost-Effective Productivity The continuous casting process is of crucial importance for the manufacture of semi-finished products. Liquid metal is introduced into a short, intensively cooled mold, which may include graphite inserts, from a tundish or launder. At the same rate, metal is withdrawn from the mold, where the presence of a stable solidified shell at the end of the mold needs to be assured. In the start-up phase, a s...

16. April 2021 BIOSTABLE AND LABEL-FREE - THE NEW TRENNEX PRODUCTS Geiger + Co. Schmierstoff-Chemie GmbH has been known as an innovative developer of contemporary and sustainable fluids for the die cast industry for over 60 years. For some years now, we have committed ourselves to only introducing new products to the market that are not labeled as dangerous according to CLP regulations, provided that this is technically and commercially feasible. In the meantime, a large number of th...

26. March 2021 How have Wheelabrator customers adapted to a year like no other? The last year has challenged many businesses but it has offered opportunities too, not least the opportunity to change how we all do things. We talk to Erich Brunner, President at Wheelabrator, about the impact the pandemic has had on customer industries across the globe, how customers have responded and adapted, and how Wheelabrator has supported them. Erich, thank you for joining us today. To kick off, ...

05. April 2021 Weijing Celebrates 100th Completed Hammer Order The 100th Weijing Degating Hammer set was delivered on Feb 24, 2021. It is a key milestone for Weijing Hammer to move to the next stage. Weijing produced its first degating hammer QC 65 set in June, 2013. It was the smallest one, providing 500 Joules of impact energy and able to degate a maximum neck size of around 90 mm. For Weijings staff, it seems like it was just yesterday.  Thanks to Weijings strict quality c...

08. April 2021 Multifunctional inoculant to produce centrifugal cast pipes The mold powder from ASK Chemicals Metallurgy is a multifunctional inoculant that has been specially developed for the requirements of the production of centrifugal cast pipes made of spheroidal graphite and lamellar graphite cast iron. In addition to the efficient separating effect, the product fulfills other important features and is also available in customer-specific formulations on request.  The mold pow...

10. April 2021 Mission until 2030 KUKA makes automation available to everyone In the next ten years, more and more people around the world will be working with robots. Automation is becoming mainstream and is finding its way into more and more areas. Easy access to robotics: That’s KUKA’s ambitious goal – and therefore is presenting the first elements of a preview of an operating system of the future at the digital Hannover Messe 2021. Because therein lies the key: simple opera...

01. April 2021 A report by Yang Linlong, Xu Leilei (Suzhou Mingzhi Technology Co., Ltd.). Abstract: To introduce the development method, performance values and results newest generation of the integrated high-efficiency heater for the core machines, as well as a finite element analysis method to improve the performance of the heater, with an integrated design concept. The results show that significant results have been achieved in improving the curing efficiency of the core making m...

31. March 2021 The sun never sets at ABP Future Vision for the metalworking industries regarding digitalization and sustainability - An entirely new way of collaborating, learning and service management Feel invited to a visionary talk with Markus Fournell, Vice President Digitalization & Service Products at ABP Induction Open borders, globalization tendencies in society as well as in the economy, cross-border cooperation and research projects – the internationalization of services...

15. April 2021 Sinto America and Dotson Enter Industry 4.0 World Sinto America continues to pave the road for smart foundries by integrating Industry 4.0 Analytics in manufacturing plants throughout North America. Dotson Iron Castings has fully embraced this digital revolution.  In early 2019, Dotson Iron Castings, actively began using Sinto’s ePVS system on three of their equipment lines: molding machines, transfer stations and turn tables. Dotson has a long history with Sinto, g...