INDUSTRY NEWS LETTERBOX


Prometheus Project Developing at a Rapid Pace Thanks for including us in your


April publication in the article “The Ultimate Green” (p. 24). However,


when I spoke to a MODERN CAST- ING reporter, we were still in an early stage of the project’s development. Te


Prometheus Project has come a long way in performance since then. We have improved our apparatus


and have validation of our method through a rigorous scientific testing program at Alberta Innovates Tech- nology Futures, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In our experiments in Nova Scotia, we have even created tempera- tures high enough to vaporize iron and copper. Our highest observed temperature is 5,162F (2,850C), and physicists at Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, have indicated we have probably achieved over 5,432F (3,000C). Of course, we can obtain the lower melting temperatures applied to normal metalcasting, as well. It is encouraging that we have


achieved such performance with the sun’s energy here in Canada, as it would be a no-brainer to recognize that our method should perform even better in districts to the south. We believe we can show the industry how we can provide a new clean and renewable energy source that may help to propel the North American cast metal industry forward in these transitionary times.


Peter Kinley President & CEO


Lunenburg Foundry & Engineering Ltd.


Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada


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