INDUSTRY NEWS Fonderie Saguenay Adds Patternless Casting
Ferrous caster Fonderie Saguenay, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, recently added the capability of producing real size castings without the use of permanent tooling. Te company’s Nopatech fabrica-
tion technique uses robotics and soft- ware technologies to produce gray and ductile iron parts within one or two weeks of receiving a customer drawing. “Te process was very useful to us,”
NEWSCAST Permanent mold aluminum casting
and machine shop Premier Alumi- num, Racine, Wis., announced the creation of the Technology Center at Premier Aluminum, a virtual suite that includes Solidworks, MagmaSoft and other engineering tools to en- hance customer confidence in tool life, product quality and efficient manufac- turing processes. Te company is mak- ing the Technology Center available to any Premier customer or potential customer who wishes to work closely with the Premier engineering team to develop new products or re-engineer existing ones. Te company is current- ly inviting customers and prospects to send their product experts to the Technology Center for an opportunity to collaborate with the company’s engineers on any new products or existing designs.
Cast iron pipe producer American,
Birmingham, Ala., has launched a new website. According to Van Richey, the company’s president and chief executive officer, the site is intended to make it easier for customers to do business with American.
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., Van-
couver, Bristish Columbia, Canada, has signed an exclusive supply contract to provide investment cast engineered components to a designer and manufacturer of high-technology assembly equipment. Te customer, which IBC declined to name, has
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said Jean-Philippe Lefebvre, pattern shop supervisor for Baldor-Maska, Sainte-Claire, Quebec, Canada, one of the first clients to use the technology. “When we received the cast part, one week after ordering, we measured it and the dimensions were as good as it would have been with a pattern.” Nopatech is a 9-axis robotic cell
that machines blank sand molds in sizes from 20 x 20 in. to 115 x 115 in.
It also produces cores. Te technology can be used as an alternative to weld- ments and polystyrene foam patterns. Fonderie Saguenay produces cast-
ings from 200 to 15,000 lbs. for the aluminum smelting, metal and alloy production, power transmission, utility plant and mining industries, among others. Te metalcasting facility serves clients in Canada, the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.
agreed to an exclusive supply agree- ment to ensure supply certainty for between one and three years. Te com- pany has had preferred supplier status with the customer since it acquired
its Massachusetts-based Engineered Materials division in March 2010. IBC announced a new investment casting facility in Wilmington, Mass., in May.
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