Nov
13
2007
The foundry industry and the environment
Improving environmental performance and satisfying regulatory requ. through the continuous monitoring of particulate emissions from foundry processes
William Averdieck, John Hartshorne and Steve Werrell
PCME Ltd, UK
67th World Foundry Congress
Operators of many ferrous and non –ferrous foundry processes have
made significant environmental improvements in recent years fitting high
performance fabric filter dust collectors (bagfilters) to furnace, cupula,
shotblasting, sand cleaning and finishing processes. Emissions from such
processes are highly abated only when bagfilters operate to their design
condition, and therefore the current issue is how to effectively monitor the
cond...
Nov
13
2007
Engineering
Investigation on the flow pattern in the shot sleeve of the cold chamber HPDC process
Jun-Ho Hong, Young-Sim Choi, Ho-Young Hwang, Jeong-Kil Choi
KITECH (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology), South Korea
67th World Foundry Congress
The cold chamber high pressure die casting process is one of the most
general processes to make a lightweight material alloy casting. This
process usually guarantees the short cycle times and good surface quality.
However, the gas porosity defect appears easily in this process due to the
air entrapment during the injection stage. The flow pattern of molten metal
in the shot sleeve is closely related to the air entrapment. Generally, the
...
Nov
13
2007
Management and marketing
Inclusive, innovative and sustainable environmental management system
V Narasimhan
Brakes India Limited, Foundry Division, Sholinghur, India.
67th World Foundry Congress
Brakes India Foundry (BIF) has a magnetic vision, which is a synthesis of the visions
of all the stakeholders. BIF is proud of its role as a responsible corporate citizen. BIF
believes that profit should not be the only motive and the company should have
noble goals beyond the immediate financial results. BIF is fully committed to
conservation of non-renewable resources, reduction of pollution, continually
improving on the Environmental p...
Nov
13
2007
Management and marketing
People and skills for today’s industry- an indian experience
K.Gnanamurthy,
Lakshmi Machine Works, Coimbatore
67th World Foundry Congress
The foundry Industry like any other has certain generic but several specific
characteristics and hence demands such skills for effective performance.
In addition to the normal business practices the foundryman has to deal
with many technology issues on a daily routine. This includes metallurgy,
refractories, fluid flow, heat and phase transfer.
The dichotomy of increasing demand in skills on one hand and severe
shortage of even yesterday...
Nov
13
2007
Light alloys
Magnesium alloy R&D challenges – aerospace spinoff
S. Sundarrajan
Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) Hyderabad, India
67th World Foundry Congress
Magnesium alloy castings are emerging as major players in global
business by replacing aluminium alloys in aerospace and automobile
applications. International trend indicates upward demand for Magnesium
alloy die castings. Indian aerospace programme has gone in for designing
Magnesium components directly and establishment of production
technology through networking of industries and research institutions. The
paper deals with an outline...
