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The target groups are foundries, foundry plant and machinery manufacturers, foundry customers, suppliers and the processing industry.

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International

18.12.2023

Energy Efficiency Act pushes the transformation of German industry

The Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart has been surveying current and planned energy efficiency activities in German industry every six months since 2013.

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International

15.12.2023

Medium-sized industrial sectors make an urgent appeal to the German government

If the new budget as a result of the Federal Constitutional Court's judgement does not bring relief on energy prices, this will have serious consequences for Germany as a business location in the new year.

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International

15.12.2023

Euroguss 2024 - Die Casting Day programme confirmed

The Die Casting Day will take place from 16 to 18 January 2024 parallel to EUROGUSS at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre.

International

14.12.2023

Resilient foundries through AI assistants for sustainable automotive engineering

"ReGAIN" project launched at Kempten University of Applied Sciences. How can complex production systems be integrated into a networked value creation system and new digital manufacturing concepts be developed for an ecologically sustainable foundry industry?

International

Prof Dr Lothar Kallien (left) and Dr Daniel Schwarz from Aalen University want to revive wood with its low CO2 footprint in car bodies.

13.12.2023

"Back to the roots": Will car bodies be made from wood again in the future?

The research group led by Prof Dr Lothar Kallien, head of the foundry laboratory at Aalen University, has developed a new type of casting process. Here, wooden components are encapsulated with a thin layer of light metal.

International

On 26 and 27 October 2023, the Freiberg foundry traditionally hosted its symposium in the Alte Mensa.

12.12.2023

32nd Freiberg Ledebur Colloquium - Researching, developing and arguing for the future

More than 250 participants accepted the invitation to Freiberg this year. In addition to new scientific findings and technical developments, the discussions also focussed on the enormous challenges facing the industry in terms of sustainability and energy supply.

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International

A THM 400 shot blast machine in the TTC test and training center in Grand Rapids/USA is loaded with aluminum die-castings for the automobile industry.

30.05.2023

„Smart Abrasive System“ lowers energy consumption, blast media usage and equipment wear

At GIFA 2023 Walther Trowal. Haan, Germany, introduces the “Smart Abrasive” option in its THM troughed belt continuous flow shot blast machines. The “intelligent” control of the media flow drastically reduces the energy consumption and significantly extends the usable life of the blast media as well as of the entire shot blast machine.

International

30.05.2023

Natural hazard maps

FM Global, a mutual insurance company, has developed interactive maps on natural hazards such as frost, floods and earthquakes. The maps, which are available free of charge, combine first-class and up-to-date information from all over the world.

International

AlSi7_Mg++ is supplied as a continuous casting ingot with a Mg content of 2 % and finely divided Mg phases.

30.05.2023

AlSi7_Mg++, the smart master-alloy

The master alloy is based on AlSi7, but with an increased Mg content, so that its addition to a AlSi7Mg melt is just increasing the Mg-level in a defined way, while leaving all other element concentrations unchanged.

International

Joest Charging Feeder for the high demands of the foundry industry.

30.05.2023

Joest presents its extensive product portfolio

As a leading supplier in the production of vibration technology, Joest will present its comprehensive solutions for foundry technology at the GIFA in Duesseldorf from June 12-16.

International

Even castings of 1000° C and more can be safely touched with Jutec protective gloves.

30.05.2023

Safety with optimized PPE

Workplaces exposed to heat, as frequently found in the steel and aluminum industries, in foundries and at heat treatment plants, call for individual solutions because every working environment has different requirements on the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

International

The Flexinspector in action on a casting.

30.05.2023

Image processing: automatic inspection of sand cores an castings

In 2018, Laempe acquired and integrated inspectomation, a company that specializes in automated image processing. With the help of its self-developed core products Core-Vision, Disc-Inspector and Flexinspector, defects, damage and other faults on sand cores and castings can be detected automatically using camera technology.

International

30.05.2023

Focus topic energy efficiency

Furnace specialists Otto Junker and its subsidiary Induga will be presenting their solutions in the induction melting and thermoprocessing equipment fields in Duesseldorf.

International

Activities at the SMS group booth will focus on networking and the exchange of information and ideas around the mission #turningmetalsgreen.

30.05.2023

Pathways to a sustainable and future-oriented metallurgical industry

On the fair SMS group, leading provider of metallurgical systems solutions for the steel and non-ferrous metals industries, will be showing latest technologies and solution concepts, above all for sustainable metals production.

International

30.05.2023

New Nanoscale 3D X-ray Microscope

Bruker, Fürth, Germany, offers the new Skyscan 2214 CMOS Edition, a multiscale X-ray microscope based on nano-CT (computed tomography) for industrial and academic research.