FROM
METALCASTINGDESIGN.COM
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Metalcasting, Beautifi ed
Leave it to a French company to make the metalcasting process feel like a ballet. From the delicate accent of the narrator to the tinkling melody that accompanies her description of the process, a new video from Le Creuset is metalcasting beautified. But hiding under the elegant veneer of the video is casting in all its grit and glory. The narrator tells us that if a piece of cookware is scrapped, “it will be returned to the furnace to start life again.” And each pot or pan Le Creuset produces is “one of a kind…truly individual,” owing to the inherent variations in casting. Whatever the inherent variations in the process, the video teaches us at least one thing is invariable: an iron cookware producer like Le Creuset wouldn’t be what it is today without metalcasting capabilities.
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The November/December website
question asked: What is the most well-known application of the met- alcasting process?
Auto Engines 49%
Manhole Covers
Cookware Sculpture Golf Clubs
28.6% 8.2%
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What Casting Cost Estimating Tools Do Your Colleagues Use? On the MCDP LinkedIn message board, we asked:
“What tools (such as software) are you using to perform cost estimating for cast parts?” Following are several of the answers we received: Vivian Shen (Ningbo Beilun Boyuan Machinery
Manufacturing Co. Ltd.): I use pro/e (Creo Elements/Pro, formerly Pro/ENGINEER) to estimate the weight of parts fi rst, then perform costing, including material charge, con- version charge, CNC machining and surface fi nish. Morris Murray (M. Murray & Associates): I use DC
CALC from Hotfl o. It is a very good program for costing. It is especially good for high pressure diecasting, but I have used it for all casting methods. It helps me in costing a part and in runner designs, etc. I have used it in over 15 countries.
Some buyers use pro/e for costing.
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Wherever you fi nd the cast metal “at” sign (right), reference the given website for more information.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011
Peerless Industries (p. 20): Hear two of the mount manufacturer’s executives talk about bringing diecasting in-house.
Casting Sales to Increase as Economy Recovers (p. 27): Compare this year’s forecast with last year’s projections.
44th Census of World Casting
Production (p. 33): See the census reports produced for the world’s major casting nations over the past decade.
METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING 3
8.2% 6.1%
This month’s question is available at
www.metalcastingdesign.com.
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