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Chromalloy Announces Plans To Build Ceramic Core Production Facility at New Casting Site


In the wake of the grand opening of Chromalloy's new


casting facility in Tampa, FL, the company has announced plans to build a $5 million ceramic core production facility adjacent to its newly operational investment casting center. “Chromalloy plans to expand our capability in Tampa with


a new 40,000 square foot facility to manufacture the critical ce- ramic cores used to cast superalloy turbine engine vanes and blades,” said Armand F. Lauzon, Jr., president. “The facility will further differentiate Chromalloy as a world-class casting operation and single-source service provider for engine compo- nent manufacture.” Pre-engineering for the core facility is complete and con-


struction will begin in 2011. The core facility is scheduled to be operational in early 2012. “The addition of new core production on-site will reduce


the casting timeline and eliminate the need to purchase cores elsewhere,” Lauzon said. Chromalloy currently provides design, engineering, tool-


ing, machining, repairs, coatings and cast parts for turbine en- gines in aerospace, aero-derivative and industrial gas turbine (IGT) applications. Customers include commercial airlines, the U.S. Air Force,


power generation and offshore platform operators, and marine operators including the U.S. Navy and cruise lines. Chromalloy operates a second casting center for turbine en- gine components and parts in Carson City, Nevada.


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A division of Sequa Corporation, a portfolio company of


the Carlyle Group, Chromalloy is a leading independent sup- plier of technologically advanced repairs, coatings, and FAA- approved replacement parts for turbine airfoils and other criti- cal engine components for commercial airlines, the military and industrial turbine engine applications. More information is at www.chromalloy.com.


Voxeljet Reports Rapid Growth Outside Germany


Voxeljet Technology GmbH recently announced rapid


growth in the placement of its 3D printing systems outside its native German markets. Voxeljet Managing Director Dr. Ingo Ederer indicated the


machines can be used to generate plastic models for investment casting or plastic functional components without patterns, di- rectly from the CAD data record. "We have now delivered two complete systems to the U.K.


and Korea, successfully furthering our expansion strategy," Ederer said. One of the systems went to Hoseo University in Korea. Equipped with the powerful system, the university plans to offer its services to small and medium-sized companies as a provider of design models and metal-casting models. The sec- ond complete system went to Global TCT Limited in Essex, U.K.


Voxeljet is also opening a new chapter in sand molds.


"Thanks to investments in machinery in our new Friedberg plant near Augsburg, we can begin generating sand molds in XXL format, specifically molds with a volume of up to eight cubic metres," Ederer said.


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