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International

06.12.2023

Industry 4.0: Neither positive nor negative impact on energy consumption

A team from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) analysed ten sectors of industrial production in China between 2006 and 2019.

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International

Leak testing machines can be integrated directly into the customer's production line.

06.12.2023

Complete solutions for quality assurance

Paul Köster GmbH will be exhibiting at EUROGUSS 2024 together with the companies Godfrey & Wing, Piller Entgrattechnik and Van Dongen Engineering.

TOP Partner: GTP Schäfer Giesstechnische Produkte GmbH

TOP Partner: Simpson Technologie

TOP Partner: AGTOS Gesellschaft für technische Oberflächensysteme mbH

TOP Partner: Vesuvius GmbH - Foseco

TOP Partner: JASPER GmbH

International

05.12.2023

The intertwining of science and media

Researchers from the ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and scientists from the BMBF project "MeWiKo" have published an anthology entitled "The Science-Media Interface: On the Relation Between Internal and External Science Communication".

International

A special extraction system cleans all the air in the foundry.

05.12.2023

Matthies Die Casting 4.0 - Die casting on the way to CO2 neutrality

The last few years have not always been easy for the foundry industry. It started with the pandemic and was exacerbated by the Ukraine conflict and some of the associated effects. Energy became a scarce commodity and supply costs continued to rise steadily.

International

04.12.2023

Registration for the Great Foundry Technology Conference in Salzburg is online

Everything revolves around casting at the Great Foundry Technology Conference in Salzburg on 25 and 26 April. It's all about the future of production technology and the industry. And its further development in times of transformation and a shortage of young talent.

International

04.12.2023

German government proposes package to reduce and simplify reporting obligations at EU level

On the occasion of the publication of its 2024 work programme on 17 October 2023, the EU Commission submitted initial proposals to reduce and simplify reporting obligations and launched a consultation ("Call for Evidence").

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International

11.05.2023

Second Managing Director at AGTOS

With the appointment of Andreas Bügener as the second managing director, the next generation is also moving up in the management team at the shot blast machine manufacturer AGTOS.

International

11.05.2023

Newly developed cleaning and sorting conveyor

Aumund Fördertechnik, Rheinberg, Germany, has developed a special cleaning and sorting conveyor for Hawle Guss, Fürstenwalde, Germany, and put it into operation in August 2022.

International

The model is available for threads of M12 to M64.

11.05.2023

Power clamping nut

To avoid long set-up times and any resulting costs incurred by the clamping of work pieces and tools the company Enemac from Germany offers mechanical power clamping nuts for secure, fast and maintenance-free clamping.

International

11.05.2023

Skills shortage accelerates digitalization

The global skills shortage combined with an ageing workforce and more workers retiring is accelerating digitalization of plant operations in the industrial sector, a new report from the independent research and advisory firm Verdantix shows.

International

11.05.2023

ASME certification for Enter Engineering

Enter Engineering’s subsidiary Enter Steel in Uzbekistan has been certified by the American Society of Mechanical Testing (ASME) for the successful implementation of ist Quality Management System (QMS).

International

Primetals Technologies, Fortescue, and voestalpine signing the Memorandum of Understanding.

11.05.2023

Hydrogen-based hot metal

Primetals Technologies, Fortescue and voestalpine are jointly evaluating a breakthrough plant for green iron production. The aim is to develop a prototype of an emission-free industrial-scale plant for the production of hydrogen-based hot metal.

International

Maus 600 and 900 complement each other and thus expand the foundry‘s portfolio.

11.05.2023

Second grinding machine extends portfolio

After installing the Maus 600 automatic grinding machine from Reichmann, Weissenhorn, Germany, the Schmiedeberg foundry has now expanded its machinable product portfolio to parts weighing up to 250 kg with the Maus 900.

International

11.05.2023

Refined scrap sorting for high-quality alloy

In order to be able to use recycled aluminum also for the production of power cables, Nexans has refined the sorting of aluminum scrap and Trimet has developed a high-quality alloy from the scrap thus available.

International

By relining existing furnaces, their energy consumption can be significantly reduced.

11.05.2023

Less energy consumption due to relining

The Hungarian die casting foundry Fémalk was able to reduce energy consumption by 26 % through an OEM relining of its StrikoMelter shaft melting furnace.