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Alcoa Launches Aluminum-Lithium Operation
Alcoa celebrated the launch of construction of its greenfield state-of-the-art aluminum-lithium facility in Lafayette, Ind. Adjacent to its existing plant, the $90 million, 115,000-square-foot expansion will produce more than 20,000 metric tons of aluminum lithium and be capable of casting... Read more
Technology › A model for future skills.
Skills and the relevant experience of modellers were recurrent themes at a recent ESI symposium entitled ‘Casting simulation: application and advances’, and it was fitting therefore that the location was the University of Birmingham’s School of Metallurgy and Materials.
Outlining... Read more
Association › USA - AFS introduces first metalcasting safety week.
The American Foundry Society (AFS) will hold its first Metalcasting Safety Week from 4 to 11 May 2012.
The event kicks off as presentations on current OSHA regulations wrap up at the 2012 Government Affairs Conference in Washington DC (USA).... Read more
Technology › When aluminium bronze is the solution.
Each metal has its strengths and weaknesses when it comes to component design and performance, in this article the Cast Metals Federation gives an insight into which criteria would encourage a component designer to select aluminium bronze castings.
There are... Read more
Fair & Events › 10th Leading International Trade Fair for Industrial Parts and Surface Cleaning in Stuttgart from 23
Keep it Clean
Neuffen – Roughly five months before the 10th parts2clean, more than 170 exhibitors have already reserved their booth locations. This indicates that the anniversary event of the leading international trade fair for industrial parts and surface cleaning... Read more
Foundry › ME Elecmetal Building Foundry in China.
ME Elecmetal, the ferrous foundry group that specializes in producing castings for grinding and crushing equipment used in mining operations, has a $45-million plant to build a specialty steel foundry at Changzhou, in China’s Jiangsu province. The site is about... Read more
