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MCTV Casting 200 Series Aluminum
In this video on
www.metalcastingtv.com, David Weiss of Eck Industries discusses control methods for casting 200 series aluminum and how they can improve prop- erties of 300 series aluminum castings, as well.
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Giving the Industry a Face to Remember U.S. metalcasting earned a
starring role in a segment on NBC Nightly News June 30. The seg- ment spotlighted Lodge Manufac- turing Co., its cast iron pans and its metalcasting facility in South Pitts- burg, Tenn. Apparently, cast iron cookware is soaring in popularity. Usually, cast metal components are hidden under sheet metal and plastic or camoufl aged in an assem- bly of parts, fasteners, wiring and rubber. More than $34 billion worth of castings are made in the U.S. in a year, yet this industry is so often un- noticed by the general public. Casting companies like Lodge—
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September 2014 MODERN CASTING | 3 MORE THAN 30 25% BETWEEN 5 AND 30 22%
whose products are seen and touched by people in their daily lives, fill a unique role as visual representation of the industry. These companies include East Jordan Iron Works and Neenah, whose names are etched in cast- ings along countless sidewalks and streets. Or Kohler, whose cast plumbing and bath fixtures are touched by millions of people every day, and Ping, who casts its golf club heads in Arizona. These ambassadors for the
industry are doing it well. Lodge’s cast iron skillets are often given as speaker awards at industry confer- ences, and at a recent conference, the presenters could not contain their smiles upon receiving their U.S.-made cookware. —Shannon Wetzel, Senior Editor
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