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    Ryzhov Sergey | Dreamstime
    Scanning electron microscope
    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).

    Highlights

    Sorapol Ujjin | Dreamstime
    Workers pouring molten metal into sand molds.
    Issues and Ideas

    The Next Phase for Smart Foundries

    March 13, 2025
    Embracing advanced technologies and agile methodologies will enhance productivity and supply-chain efficiency.
    SINC Thermal LLC
    SINC Thermal holding furnace.
    Melt/Pour

    Optimizing Aluminum Melt Quality

    Jan. 21, 2025
    A novel holding furnace design advances melt-management technology, offering control over critical quality parameters and measurable improvements in performance and efficiency...
    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.

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    Ryzhov Sergey | Dreamstime
    Scanning electron microscope
    Quizzes

    Foundry Quiz: Metallurgy

    March 12, 2025
    In metallurgy, common terms may have nothing in common. They might be phases or microstructures, or something else. How well do you grasp the process?
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    New Products

    Customized Gantry Cranes and Material Baskets

    Aug. 13, 2024
    Free-standing gantry crane lifts and lowers the material basket - each one material basket is tailored to the operation based on the weight, volume, footprint and size the facility...
    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.