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Case Study: How Portable Equipment Solved Production Capacity Issues

The casting industry is in a transitional period adjusting to new trends and products. Manufacturers require flexibility in their equipment to...

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Case Study: How One Company Overcame Their Casting Porosity Challenge

Manufacturing activities are being shaped to an increasing degree by the demands of consumer taste. Consumer’s expectations of quality and...

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Should Porosity Be Sealed Before or After Machining?

The goal of a foundry is to produce high quality die castings that meet or exceed the customer’s specifications at a competitive cost. In some die...

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Case Study: How One Turf Care Company Solved Their Casting Porosity Challenge

The commercial turf care market is expected to reach USD 38.2 billion by 2025. The growing trend toward investing more time in one's home leads to a...

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Automated Vacuum Impregnation Enables Transmission Production

Godfrey & Wing recently published in the Die Casting Engineer November issue titled: "Automated Vacuum Impregnation Enables Transmission Production"

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An Introduction to Vacuum Impregnation Equipment Safety

The beginning of the 21st century was a turning point for vacuum impregnation equipment safety, and in less than two decades there have been...

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Novelis Projects Automotive Aluminum Demand To More Than Double by 2025.

In an interview with Reuters this month, Pierre Labat, vice president of global automotive at Novelis, the world's largest maker of rolled aluminum...

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Establishing Leak Rate Standards

A previous blog What Size of Porosity Can Vacuum Impregnation Seal? discussed that porosity occurs naturally and that the purpose vacuum impregnation...

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What Size of Porosity Can Vacuum Impregnation Seal?

A commonly asked question is "What size of porosity can vacuum impregnation seal?" What seems like a simple, straightforward question is actually a...

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Case Study: Lean Supply Chain Enabled with Vacuum Impregnation

A global automotive part manufacturing company produces aluminum engine blocks, cylinder heads, and transmission cases. The company is a Tier 1...

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