for the runner-up spot. Wisconsin ranked fourth with 125 facilities, while Michigan and Illinois rounded out the states reporting more than 100 facili- ties, with 119 and 116, respectively. Alaska has one metalcaster par- ticipating in our research, as does the District of Columbia. T e other states with fewer than 10
facilities reported are Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Ne- braska, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota, West Virginia, Vermont and Wyoming. Delaware, Hawaii and North Dakota did not have any par- ticipating metalcasting facilities.
Value-Added Services
Leader: Finish Machining Last Place: Coating Of the 1,691 facilities that par- ticipated in the U.S. census, 1,188 (70.3%) reported off ering at least one value-added service. Machining was the most popular service, with 912 facilities (53.9% of all responses; 76.8% of facilities with value-added operations) off ering fi nish machining capabilities and 903 off ering rough machining (53.4%; 76%). Heat treat- ment, patternmaking and engineer-
Percent of Total U.S. Plants
Ohio continues to be the industry leader in number of metalcasting facilities with 159. The top eight states in total plants represents 56% of the nation’s total.
ing & design all totaled more than 700 responses. T e vast majority of facilities of-
fering value-added services reported multiple methods, with 1,108 of 1,188 (93.3%) off ering at least two and 1,052 (88.6%) having at least three. Proto-
MACHINING TOP VALUE-ADDED SERVICE
typing (266) and coating (204) were the least popular services.
Coremaking Methods
Leader: Shell Last Place: Cast-in Inserts A little more than half of the
participating facilities (895) reported using some method of coremaking. Shell and air-set/nobake coremaking were the top two responses, with 602 and 567 facilities reportedly using the methods, respectively. T e least popu- lar methods were ceramic cores (97 facilities) and cast-in inserts (27). Nearly 80% of responding facilities
use more than one method for core- making, with just 187 locations using just a single method. T e combination of shell and air-set/nobake was the most common tandem, with 407 fa- cilities reportedly using both methods, while 348 responses included both shell and green sand methods.
@ Total Number of U.S. Plants Of the 1,691 participating facilities, 1,188 reported offering at least one value-added service. Jan/Feb 2014 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | 21
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