Melt/Pour

Construction has started in Franklin, KY, for Fritz Winter North America LP’s new ferrous foundry and machining complex, a nearly $200-million development....More

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations introduced the Bigfoot circulation and gas injection pump, developed to address clients’ needs for increased flow during molten metal circulation, but with reduced size....More

MPG Casting vice president Jay Solomond detailed trials underway at two of its foundries have resulted in significant weight and thickness reductions for cast ductile iron differential case. “It’s a multi-phase process,” he explained. “Step one was pouring multiple castings to trial weight and thickness reductions to help ‘bookend’ the process. Step two was taking a part … currently in production and optimizing the design and chemistry. Step three will be to produce and validate the design.”...More

SinterCast AB, the developer and licenser of foundry process technology for compacted graphite iron production, reported improved results in its latest quarterly (2Q 2016) statement, with CGI series production levels rising to offset disappointing totals from the previous quarter. The group emphasized that the ramp-up of several new series production programs during the second quarter ensured a sixth consecutive quarter of volume topping 2 million “engine equivalents” (i.e., 110,231 short tons.)...More

Columbus Steel Castings has been sold at auction, fueling the expectation that the now-idle operation will not return to production but will have its assets sold piecemeal. Reich Brothers Inc., a specialist in commercial and industrial equipment asset sales, bid $29.7 million....More