The U.S. Portrait By the Numbers
Modern Casting breaks down the U.S. metalcasting industry by material, process, coremaking and value-added capabilities. A MODERN CASTING STAFF REPORT
paint a picture of the U.S. industry in 2015. T e data was compiled from a survey of 1,688 domestic metalcast- ing facilities, 85% of the country’s estimated total 1,965 plants. Following is a breakdown of the
U Material
Leader: Aluminum Last Place: Titanium Aluminum remains the dominant
material, with 814 facilities (48.2% of respondents) pouring some type of aluminum alloy. T e percentage of aluminum casting facilities is a slight increase from last year’s 47.4% (800 of 1,688 respondents). While most facilities report pouring more than one material, no other metal comes close to aluminum’s share. However, when it comes to volume, aluminum comes in third after ductile and gray iron. Iron is the second most used material, with 29.4% of metalcasting facilities pouring the metal, a decrease of just 0.2% in the last year. Seventy-seven facilities (4.6%) reported pouring aluminum, iron and steel, and 213 facilities (12.6%) pour both aluminum and iron. Titanium
survey results. T e percent of responses refl ects the number of surveyed facili- ties that responded to each question. Averages were found by eliminating the highest and lowest numbers in each category and dividing the sum by the number of responses.
sing data gathered from a nationwide survey of American metalcasters, Modern Casting can
remains the least commonly cast alloy, with only 21 facilities pouring it.
Process Leader: Green Sand/Horizontally
Parted
Last Place: V-Process Horizontally parted green sand molding is the perennial favorite pro- cess, with 637 of the 1,688 facilities (or 37.7%) using it, a slight decrease in facilities and percentage compared
ALUMINUM REMAINS TOP MATERIAL
Total Number of U.S. Plants
Aluminum saw the largest increase compared to 2014 with the addition of 14 facilities, while Magnesium’s total number of plants dropped by 10.
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