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    Gibbs Die Casting
    Front (left) and rear (right) driveline units.
    Sun Metalon
    Sun Metalon’s recycling technology.
    Honda of America
    Honda’s Anna (OH) Engine Plant is now home to six, 6,000-ton high-pressure diecasting machines. Megacasting machine at Honda, Anna, OH.
    Porosity Solutions Inc.
    Porosity Solutions: comparing specific gravity.
    Inductotherm
    Inductotherm furnace (left) and power supply unit (right).
    SINC Thermal LLC
    SINC Thermal holding furnace.

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    ReMelt Scientific
    ReMelt Scientific material handling and waste reprocessing equipment
    Melt/Pour

    Furnace Builder Adds Chip Processing Expertise

    Dec. 10, 2024
    Vacuum metallurgy system developer Retech is incorporating ReMelt Scientific, a specialty developer of material handling and waste reprocessing equipment for recycled tailings...
    ASI International Ltd.
    Severe slag build-up in the upper case of a channel furnace.
    Melt/Pour

    Managing Slag Build-up in Channel Furnaces

    Jan. 9, 2025
    Foundries today must reduce melting costs and improve operating efficiency – so for induction melting operations it’s critical to minimize the oxides, silicates, and sulfides ...
    Rheocast Co.
    Rheocast Co./Fall River Die Cast Co. centralized aluminum melting system.
    Melt/Pour

    Diecaster is Rebranding and Investing

    Dec. 12, 2024
    Aluminum and brass HPDC operation Rheocast Co. will start 2025 as Fall River Die Cast Co., and continue its ongoing capital improvement efforts.
    Inductotherm
    Inductotherm Corp. Melting, Holding, Pouring
    Melt/Pour

    Executive Change at Inductotherm

    Dec. 2, 2024
    A planned succession has brought a co-leadership arrangement to the thermal processing technology and equipment group.
    Investment Casting Institute
    ICI Casting Contest 2024 medley
    Issues and Ideas

    Top Investment Castings of 2024

    Nov. 14, 2024
    The 71st Annual ICI Technical Conference and Exposition included a presentation of the most impactful investment-cast products of the year – cost-saving, timesaving, aesthetically...

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    Smith Foundry
    Issues and Ideas

    Smith Foundry Chooses to Shut Down

    July 30, 2024
    Citing a state agency’s “unreasonable demands with respect to its air permit,” the Minnesota ferrous foundry will cease operations by August 15.
    Dedmityay | Dreamstime
    Issues and Ideas

    Cost-Effective Cleaning for Foundries

    July 29, 2024
    A clean plant is more than advantageous – it’s essential, impacting product quality, worker safety, and regulatory compliance.
    SinterCast
    Materials

    Spanish Metalcaster Orders SinterCast Update

    June 20, 2024
    Tafalla Iron Foundry is adopting base treatment of CGI by cored wire, to improve productivity as it develops new engine castings.
    Franklin Precision Castings
    Issues and Ideas

    Investment Caster Rebrands

    June 18, 2024
    Aiming to emphasize the wide range of its capabilities, Franklin Precision Castings is rebranding to highlight the wide range of its capabilities.