Archive for the ‘Materials and Equipment’ Category

Conveyors smooth aluminium castings flow

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

A conveyor system designed to improve production facilities for an aluminium foundry enables activities operating at different rates to function at maximum efficiency. Conveyors smooth aluminium castings flow Vanriet has recently installed a conveyor system designed to improve production facilities for the Alcoa Lingotes British Casting Centre in Leyland, Lancashire. The ...

Impregnation service seals castings

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Impregnation seals porous areas, shrinkage cavities, capillary pores and cracks in many materials including casting alloys, sintered metals, ferrites, ceramics and composites. The process of impregnating parts to seal cracks and porous areas is a well established technology and the Loctite Impregnation Centre at Wednesbury in the West Midlands boasts one ...

Remember sand casting for one-offs

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Aluminium casting techniques at Norse Precision Castings can achieve tolerances of 0.4mm and wall thickness of 3mm, and sizes approaching one metre cube Sand casting is an art as old as technology itself, but the accuracy of modern day sand casting ranks it alongside the best metal forming techniques available, both ...

Robots offer casting fettling flexibility

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Tricept robots provide improved parts quality, higher productivity and better working conditions in foundries for cleaning and pre-machining automotive aluminium castings. ABB, the global power and automation technologies group, has launched the IRB 940 Tricept robot to complement its extensive range of foundry automation equipment. The IRB 940 is an exceptionally ...

Metals techniques used for plastics and vice-versa

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Similarities of manufacture in gravity sand casting and moulding rigid polyurethane, gives a foundry the versatility to work in plastics and metals. Similarities of manufacture in gravity sand casting and moulding rigid polyurethane, gives Norse Precision Castings the versatility to work in plastic and metal. The panel illustrated is well within ...

Delcam speeds design and manufacture of castings

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

At the GIFA exhibition, Delcam will be showing the latest versions of its Power Solution software to speed all stages of the design and manufacture of cast metal components. At the GIFA exhibition to be held in Dusseldorf from 16th to 20th June, Delcam will be showing the latest versions of ...

Another dosing furnace for Metal Castings

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

The UK's largest manufacturer of aluminium high pressure diecastings took delivery of its twentieth Westomat dosing furnace this summer. Worcester-based Metal Castings ordered the 1200kg-capacity furnace for a new diecasting cell dedicated to producing hinge panels for the doors of the L322 Range Rover, which was launched last year and ...

Vacuum caster has ultra-fast casting speed

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Following suggestions from users, a vacuum casting machine offers new features for casting a wide range of metal alloys based on gold, silver, brass, bronze, aluminium, tin and other metals.Vacuum casting machines for the lost-wax casting of metal alloy are today widely used in fields like rapid prototyping, jewellery, protesys ...

Seminars held on Austempered Ductile Iron

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Dr Arron Rimmer of ADI Treatments has visited Germany and South Africa to conduct seminars on Austempered Ductile Iron with reference to vehicle components applications. Austempered Ductile Iron' - Materials Engineering Seminars Dr Arron Rimmer of ADI Treatments, West Bromwich, recently visited Germany and South Africa to conduct seminars on ADI ...

Aluminium foundry expands CNC machining capacity

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Leading aluminium sand caster has recently invested in two CNC machining centres to augment an already comprehensive capacity of in-house equipment. Norse Precision Castings, leading aluminium sand casters, have recently invested in two CNC machining centres to augment an already comprehensive capacity of in-house equipment. Colin Steed, Managing Director reports that judicious ...