Page 16 - Metal Casting News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Trimet celebrates the anniversary of the aluminium smelter in Voerde Essen/Voerde – The Trimet aluminium smelter in Voerde is 50 years old. Operations began at the smelting works with adjoining anode factory and foundry in the Lower Rhine region on May 11, 1971. Today, 320 employees produce around 95,000 tons of aluminium and 65,000 tons of carbon anodes here each year. The aluminium smelter is an integral part of the group of Trimet locations in Germany and meets the growing demand for the light metal in vehicle manufacturing, the packaging industry, and the building sector. “Wit...

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 powder prevents or reduces wear on the water-cooled die molds. On the inside of the mold, the powder ac...

24. February 2021 Now accepting submissions for 9th annual international award showcasing innovation in automotive lightweighting and sustainability Altair, a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI), is pleased to announce the 2021 Altair Enlighten Award is open for submissions. Presented annually with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the Enlighten Award has expanded beyond lightweighting to celebrate the greatest sustainability initiatives, which help r...

12. April 2021 #ThinkBig: How to produce large structural diecasting parts even more simple – The Italpresse Gauss way of casting With the aluminium die casting market predicted to grow strongly in the next years (6.95% in automotive by 2024), die casters able to produce larger, structural parts efficiently and reliably have a competitive advantage. Attend the Italpresse Gauss webinar to find out how our latest 'Giant' innovation can help. With huge closing forces, a clever compact design, and fully digitally enabled, the TF5700 is ready to help you cast high quality structural p...

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 operation and intuitive handling of automation solutions, which until now have often been reserved for ex...