INDUSTRY news
University of Alabama Opens Metalcasting Facility T e University of Alabama (UA),
Tuscaloosa, Ala., has opened a new metalcasting facility to encourage creative collaboration between engi- neering and art students. T e facility will provide space and equipment for teaching, research and service to metalcasting and processing indus- tries for students in the College of Engineering. It adjoins a metalcast- ing facility used by the College of Arts and Sciences, and students from both colleges will share expanded and renovated collaborative space. “I am excited about the opportuni-
ties the new joint-use foundry will present our students,” said Dr. Charles L. Karr, dean of the College of Engi- neering. “I strongly believe students from the arts and engineering can learn from each other. T is space allows our students to enhance their creativity, and it is a plus for the College.” T e new building houses a machine
and construction shop used by many departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as a workshop used by the College of Engineering. Students and faculty in both
colleges will learn from one another about the diff erent kinds of mold- making processes, as well as how to work with various metals and alloys for diff erent purposes.
Ellwood to Upgrade, Expand Offerings
Ellwood Engineered Castings,
Hubbard, Ohio, an EGI (Ellwood City, Pa.) company, is planning signifi cant im- provements within its primary produc- tion area intended to widen its product off erings. Foundry Solutions & Design, Alpharetta, Ga., is providing consulting, engineering and project management for the 140,000-sq.-ft. facility. T e project is scheduled to be completed in January 2014, according to the project team. Ellwood Engineered Castings cur-
rently has three 55-ton coreless induction furnaces capable of melting 900 tons of iron per day. It houses patternmaking equipment and uses the nobake sand pro- cess to produce precision gray and ductile iron castings from 1 to 100 tons.
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From left, University of Alabama student James Davis, College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean Thomas Wolfe, UA President Judy Bonner, College of Engineering Dean Charles Karr, engineering professor Dr. Viola Acoff and UA student John Calhoun cut a ceremonial ribbon to a new metalcasting facility that puts art and engineering students in a shared space to spur creativity.
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