KNOWLEDGE development and interchange

Dec 30 2007

Management and marketing
How metals employers engage in the UK skills agenda E Bonfield
Metskill/SEMTA, UK
67th World Foundry Congress
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Dec 20 2007

Management and marketing
The South African aluminium foundry industry - An international perspective Dr Tom Paterson, FIMMM, FICME, C.Sci
Striko Westoven GmbH.
67th World Foundry Congress
This paper will consider the question ‘can South Africa make it as a global supplier of aluminium castings’. Points shall be raised concerning how important castings are to designers and purchasers of components and a consideration of the foundries of the future. There are a number of key challenges to be overcome by the South African Foundry Industry and the author will discuss how South African foundries investing in new technology can...

Dec 20 2007

Engineering
A new future for gravity moulding M Bakrim, J Vervier, C Vandenhaute, F Ngirabacu and D Vervier.
Atelier de la Mécanique (ALM SA), BE
67th World Foundry Congress
Gravity moulding process should be automated for 2 main reasons. Firstly the large series of injected moulded parts are leaving Europe for the Far East countries. The European foundries have to concentrate on smaller series AND keep their production prices as competitive as possible. Secondly manual moulding faces a manpower problem. It is difficult to convince people to have a physical work in such a harsh environment. Original solutio...

Dec 20 2007

Finishing and inspection
New adaptive machining methods for the foundry industry Peter Dickin
Delcam, UK.
67th World Foundry Congress
Computer-based methods for machining and inspection are well established in the foundry industry. More recently, these two technologies have been brought closer together in a new development – adaptive machining. This approach uses a combination of software, such as Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system and PowerINSPECT software, to give new solutions to a range of challenging manufacturing problems. The programming of most machining operations ...

Dec 20 2007

Mould and coremaking
New innovative solutions for foundries by inorganic concepts Jens Müller* and Reinhard Stötzel*
*ASK GmbH, Hilden
67th World Foundry Congress
In today’s core manufacturing, the high-performance cold box systems are very well established. However, they are confronted with increasing demands regarding lower smell and reduced emissions, especially in aluminium die casting. ASK develops a solution to these problems with INOTEC, a new inorganic binder system which is based on consequent and detailed investigations of inorganic principles. Even in demanding brass casting, a serial p...