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IMA Honors Magnesium Casters T e International Magnesium
Association (IMA), Wauconda, Ill., recognized advances in magnesium tech- nology, products and processes in the 2014 Awards of Excellence and Inter- national Environmental Responsibility Award competition in June. T e winners
demonstrated outstanding examples in design, process and application. T e Award of Excellence in the Design-Cast Product Automotive Cat- egory was presented to Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG in Altenmarkt, Aus- tria, for an oil conduit module used in
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the powertrain of the Porsche Panamera. T e part made using the magnesium high-pressure die casting process was developed with partner GF Automotive AG in Schaff hausen, Switzerland. T e Award of Excellence in the Design-Cast Product Commercial Cat- egory was presented to Christie Digital Systems in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, for a light engine enclosure used in a projector. T e enclosure, which was originally a two-part component made using the T ixomold process, was rede- signed as one diecast magnesium part. Changing the design yielded a number of improvements and benefi ts, including a 40% reduction in cost, im- proved dimensional accuracy and weight savings, according to Rob Malarky, en- gineering project manager for Chicago White Metal Casting Inc., Bensenville, Ill. T e 40% cost reduction was achieved by eliminating the purchase of a second casting, die trim, machining and dowel pin insertions. T e redesigned compo- nent went from a 2.5-lb., two-piece as- sembly to a 2.3-lb., one-piece diecasting, achieving an 8% weight reduction. T e 2014 Environmental Re-
sponsibility Award was presented to RIMA Industrial SA, Primary Magnesium Production Process. T e study concluded the carbon footprint of RIMA’s entire primary magnesium process is better than the worldwide average of aluminum plants and in a range of 39% to 57% of the carbon footprint of other primary magne- sium producers.
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$1.5 million (U.S.) in the expansion of its facility in Chicoutimi, Quebec. T e company added a new Palmer sand mixer and relocated its lab. T is investment will add 35% more capac- ity and improve the Nopatech mold machining cell that now operates on multiple setups, speeding the process. Four section of molds can be ma- chined without human intervention, for quick-turn prototypes and short run castings.
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