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| This Week's Metalcasting News Review |
| Johnson Matthey Precision Castings Meets PED ESR4.3 The St. Catharines, ON, manufacturer explains: “The PED (pressure equipment directive) level achieved means that (Johnson Matthey) may now issue specific certification that meets the requirements for specific product control as required by ESR 4.3 for material supplied for use in pressure equipment falling into PED categories II, III, and IV.” Read more |
| German Foundry Licenses SinterCast Process Following a trial period in which CGI prototype castings were produced and delivered to its customers, Germany’s Luitpoldhutte AG ferrous foundry entered into a long-term agreement with SinterCast for use of its compacted graphite iron process control technology. Read more |
| Former Wells Manufacturing Chairman Passes Away Marsh Wells spent over 50 years developing and expanding Wells Manufacturing Co., a business founded by his father more than 60 years ago as an iron castings manufacturer. It was later known as Castwell Products. Read more |
| Featured This Week |
| Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensors Good to 1,000°C Chiral Photonics sensing elements, while preserving the advantages of fiber-optic sensors in general, do not rely on photosensitive glasses. Rather, the sensors are microformed into the fiber and, therefore, can be fabricated in glasses ideal for specific applications. Read more |
| Announcements |
Case Studies / Whitepapers Sponsored case studies from the Foundry Management & Technology collection provide real-world accounts of what's happening in the foundry industry. They chronicle the events faced by business owners and managers who had to deal with changes in the competitive environment, and plots the owners' or managers' response which usually involves a change in their business strategy. Latest case studies added to the Foundry M&T collection:
Intelligent Demand ResponseImpact Markers Support Manufacturing's Desire to Apply Green Manufacturing TechniquesFor Foundries, Necessity is the Mother of InventionClick Here or on the links above to start reading.
| FM&T Hall of Honor The FOUNDRY Management & Technology Hall of Honor recognizes men and women whose technical and process innovations; organizational leadership; professional and industrial standards; and personal contributions and achievements have improved and enhanced metalcasting as a science, as an industry, and as a community. Help us identify the next metalcaster to join the FM&T Hall of Honor. Read more |
| Upcoming Events |
| CMI's Hands-On Introduction to Metalcasting Pittsburg, KS — June 23-26, 2009 Read more |
| 2009 International Rapid Manufacturing Conference Leicestershire, England — July 8-9, 2009 Read more |
| ASME Power Albuquerque, NM — July 21-23, 2009 Read more |
| OCMA Annual Meeting Columbus, OH — July 22, 2009 Read more |
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