use. Lodge’s seasoning process, in which the raw castings are sprayed with oil and put through a custom oven, produces cast iron cookware with that desirable dark, nonstick surface right out of the box. Another big upturn came when most other metalcasting


facilities were bleeding—the recession of 2009. Cast iron cookware is inexpensive. Eating out was a luxury many could not afford. More TV cooking shows were showcasing dishes made in cast iron cookware. “When the economy was in a slump, people weren’t going


to restaurants as much,” said David Shouse, vice president of human services, Lodge Manufacturing. “People grilled out, cooked at home, cooked outside.” Plus, a new generation of cooks entered the market. “Tere’s a social aspect. It seems what is reaching millen- nials is the idea of cooking for fun,” Lodge said. “Cooking is part of the entertainment, and they seem to enjoy working together to prepare a meal. It’s working for us.” Lodge Manufacturing watched the growing popularity of


cast iron and knew it needed to start planning for an expan- sion to meet the demand. “We saw it coming,” Lodge said. “We started planning


two years before we thought we would need the capacity, based on our expected growth in the next five years.” Preliminary planning began in 2009. At the time, Lodge


was producing all its cookware on two DISA 2013 vertical molding machines. Te team knew it wanted, at the very least, another vertical molding machine that would run two 12-in. skillets in a mold, and that it would need to build capacity in melting and sand. Lodge Manufacturing tasked


Љৱો消ङї一轻年О֜是这。ङսфङ理ה过经问ત ȕ。烦麻添己ਘো想Љৱ或Ӏ炊理הѾײ道ऽ ，锅铁铸य़那ङ过用母॒己ਘѷঝ要想ৱો消ך很 现ӟѫЉ是泽色ङ黑深य़这，用҅ङ年ך过经Љ是Ѹ 并油Ї֕Ї坯毛ў铸֨是，ਫ工理הङ՛ҸKMJU2。ङ 黑ङ想理有Ӏ铁铸Ӏ炊ङ理ה过经，Иঔ烤ङӲ特ҵ放 色չ੮面Љ沾ङ特点。 数ךם，期时退ੰ济经年 ֨生Շ转逆םЗ一Ր


难৲侈奢得显餐就ӟי。气景Љ都Џѣ造铸ङ型ঝѕҿ 菜Ӳ烹Ӏ炊铁铸用҅ӟ播ऩਭ饪烹ં电ङך更，担િљ 。升Ї։销৲廉Ѻ格џҿ֜Ӏ炊铁铸。ऩਭङ肴 次ङ餐就ӟיصӗѫ就ћы，时气景Љ济经当Ȕ


数，ȕ2UJMKӲ造有限Ҹ՛Ҹһ服务副总裁*G\OJ ȕ。饪烹۴动己ਘйէҜћыȔ，પKY[UN9 。֫١力动劳дҵ进Э٤厨ङї一轻年，י此 ҽ生ф饪烹ث始开ї一禧千Чѷ，象现ѫ॑З有Ȕ


ૠ，ȕ2UJMKપ，Ȕ烹饪Պ成娱Щङ一部ӣ，ѕћѷ 影д生фћ我ثЭ象现一这。点餐וӕգһ欢֔很Ч ր。ȕ


2UJMKӲ造Ҹ՛注意ӱ铸铁фսङ日ञ普Ճ，意જ 。求需֫١足满љਈфҭ扩Ӧ筹始开要需ӱ Ȕ我ћ已经ҟд预测，ȕ2UJMKપ，Ȕ根据未来 年ङ ȕ。ਈфҭ扩Ӧઋ始开就ӹ年Д֨ћ我，期预长增։销


Lodge Manufacturing utilizes the Inductotherm ARMS (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) System to protect their employees by relocating them safely away from the melt deck.


֘机动ਘ间车炼熔（统系938'՛Ҹ达应用҅՛Ҹ造ӲKMJU2 。Ҷ安ङ工մ护ґ，ৱҁ操ङЇՖ平炉֨ї替）ы


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Photo courtesy of Inductotherm Corp.


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