EIGHT STATES ACCOUNT FOR 56%
to 2012. Its vertically parted counter- part, which often is used for higher volumes, is found in only 12.3% of facilities. T e nobake process comes in at a close second with 595 facili- ties, or 35.3%. Many facilities report using mul-
tiple processes. 124 facilities use both the green sand and permanent mold processes (7.3%), and 417 facilities use the green sand and nobake processes (24.7%). Seven facilities reported using the V-process, a casting method with a vacuum holding unbonded sand in a mold during pouring.
Plants Per State Number of Plants in Each State
Ohio continues to be the industry leader in number of metalcasting facilities with 160. The top eight states in total plants represents 55.8% of the nation’s total.
GREEN SAND, NOBAKE TOP PROCESSES
Leader: Ohio Last Place: Hawaii and North Dakota (Note: some states have no participating facilities.) Ohio leads the industry in number of metalcasting facilities reported, with 160 (or 9.5% of the total responses from fa
its total by t the Keysto
in total facilities.
of its total, dropping to 130 for 2014. Wiscoisconsin ranked fourth with 124 facilities,
cilities, while Michigan and Illinois rounded out the states r
Two states—Hawaii and North Dakota—each have one metalcaster participating in our research, as does the District of Columbia.ict of Columbia.
cilities, each with 115. h hav
ticipating in our r
T e other states with fewer than 10 facilities reported are Louisi- ana, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia andirginia and Wyoming. Alaska and Delaware did not have any participat- ing metalcasting facilities.
cilities r ebr outh Dakota,
e did not hav asting fa
Value-Added Services alue-Added Services
Leader: Finish Machining Last Place: Coating
Total Number of U.S. Plants
The number of facilities using a horizontally parted green sand process dropped by 18 from 2014’s total, while diecasting saw its total jump by fi ve in 2015.
36 | MODERN CASTING January 2016
Of the 1,688 facilities that par- ticipated in the U.S census, 1,186 (70.3%) reported off ering at least ne value-added service. Machining was the most popular service, with 893 facilities (52.9% of all responses;
ticipated in the U.S. census, 1,186 (70.3%) reported off ering at least one value-added service Ma hining was the most popular service with 893 facilities (52.9% of all responses; 75.3% of facilities with value-added operations) off ering fi nish machining capabilities and 883 off ering rough
ounded out the states reporting more than 100 facilities,
m facilities). Pennsylvania upped y two to 136, enough to land stone State as the nation’s no. 2 cilities. California lost three
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