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The bricking machine holds the refractory bricks firmly against the furnace shell and aligns the brickwork to avoid catastrophic failure. This also avoids falling debris and other dangers throughout the bricking process, which reduces the chance of injury.
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The thin, structureless layers of UltraPlas allow both nanoscale surface structures, e.g., for the nanoimprint process, and mirror-gloss surfaces to be perfectly reproduced.
IBC Advanced Alloys
Beralcast beryllium-aluminum alloy bars.
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Automotive cast parts.
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Metalcasting Business Outlook Data — 2017

Dec. 10, 2016
Each year FM&T surveys readers to gain the metalcasting market outlook of those who are active in North America’s foundries and diecasting plants.

FM&T counts on readers for the information that bring us up to date on the state of metalcasting in North America.

We surveyed readers by email: These results include responses from nearly 200 readers who represent the full variety of foundries and diecasters.
You can read the report that accompanies the survey results here.