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www.moderncasting.com Industry News Wescast to Expand Production Capabilities at Two International Plants
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the cast metal Where It’s At sign (right) in this issue, access additional content on the web at
www.moderncasting.com or the indi- cated website:
• Table of Contents: Web-only article on iron oxide’s role in mold and coremaking.
• “Peerless Industries: From Low- Cost to In-House”: Audiocast with Peerless Industries executives.
• “Combatting Combustible Dust”: Additional article on ways to maintain a safe operation.
Wescast, known for its production of automotive manifolds, has seen an uptick in turbo- charger orders.
Wescast Industries Inc., Brantford, Ontario, Canada, recently announced it will
expand the turbocharger production capabilities at its Asian and European facilities. The planned expansions will enable Wescast’s facility in Wuhan, China, to produce stainless steel castings and its facility in Oroszlany, Hungary, to produce Ni-Resist and stainless steel castings, in addition to the multiple alloys already produced at each of the facilities. The company expects the upgrades to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2011.
Revstone Adds Another Diecaster to Stable of Casting Plants
Revstone Industries LLC, Lexington, Ky., announced it has purchased a magnesium diecasting facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, from Compass Automotive Group LLC, Franklin, Ind. The magnesium casting facility will operate under Revstone’s Cast Metals Group as Revstone Chihuahua LLC. The new addition will join the manufacturing conglomerate’s growing portfolio of metalcasters, which includes ferrous green sand caster Dexter Foundry, Fairfi eld, Iowa, bought in late 2010. In 2008, the company bought diecasters Contech LLC, Portage, Mich., and Burlington Technologies, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, as well as Grede’s Vassar, Mich., plant.
,” . Product Innovations
Apogee Technology Develops Transportable Electric Ladle—Apogee Technology, Verona, Pa., has developed an electric ladle for molten metal transport. The in- ternally heated, transportable electric ladles are kept at controlled temperatures, avoiding changes in metal composition or degradation of quality, and help reduce or avoid in-plant melting.
“We use total lean management. That’s not to say we are just-in-time, but we look to metalcasters for support for that.”—Jeff Sugarman, Henry Pratt Co.
Worth Repeating MODERN CASTING / February 2011 3 No
Question of the Month The November web poll asked: Do
you attempt to control your electricity demand to receive lower rates from your power company?
Yes
90% 10%
This month’s question is available at
www.moderncasting.com.
Metalcasting Blog MODERN CASTING staff report
on metalcasting entering your living room, a wacky (and effective) way to drive internet traffi c and a lovely video ode to metalcasting.
• “What’s in Your Ferrous Charge?”: Online database of scrap pricing for multiple materials.
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