Autor: Christof Volks, Intl Marketing Manager Feeding Systems, Foseco
The product development of suppliers to the foundry industry is strongly oriented to meeting customers’ demands. Changes in processes, stricter environmental requirements, evolution of casting design and alloys and a continuously increasing cost pressure are driving the development of foundry consumables. Despite the maturity of the feeding systems product line, ongoing product development ensures a continuing dynamism in the evolution of feeder technology. Many of the products in the market today could not have been conceived of a few years ago. The process of product development is a result of how we understand our role in the foundry industry which is serving and partnering our customers to achieve higher quality, improved productivity and lower costs.
When using stopper and nozzle technologies for bottom pouring applications it may be desirable to change nozzle diameters between fills of the ladle or even between castings. In normal circumstances this would not be possible as it would require removing and replacing the nozzle and stopper.
14. July 2020
AN INNOVATIVE KALPUR DIRECT POURING APPLICATION ON AN AUTOMATIC HIGH-PRESSURE GREEN SAND MOULDING LINE
Foundrymen are often faced with the problem of finding a suitable casting and feeding technique for castings that are difficult or impossible to ingate from their perimeter. This may be due to the nature of the component or limited space on the pattern plate.
With Foseco’s new KALPUR development, foundrymen can for the first time apply the direct pouring technique to automatic green sand moulding lines. This means that the specific advantages of direct pouring, such as improved yield and directional solidifcation can now be realised on moulding lines where access to the cope is not possible.
07. May 2020
Thomas Fritsch Chief Editor
Dr Fabian Sander: Our goal is to achieve the best solutions
Before the corona shutdown, we visited the on-site research and development center for foundries, located near the Technical University of Enschede in the Netherlands, which has been researching and working for the international foundry industry for about 5 years. There, we met Dr. Fabian Sander, Global R&D Head at the Vesuvius Foundry Division, who enthusiastically showed us the facilites, including ultra-modern laboratories and test foundry, all fitted with the latest technology and equipment from well-known suppliers. The R&D center in Enschede naturally works closely with the production facilities of Vesuvius GmbH in Borken, and can therefore offer customers the cutting-edge technology that foundries need. As Dr. Sander emphasized, the goal is to achieve the best solutions.
14. July 2020
AN INNOVATIVE KALPUR DIRECT POURING APPLICATION ON AN AUTOMATIC HIGH-PRESSURE GREEN SAND MOULDING LINE
Foundrymen are often faced with the problem of finding a suitable casting and feeding technique for castings that are difficult or impossible to ingate from their perimeter. This may be due to the nature of the component or limited space on the pattern plate.
With Foseco’s new KALPUR development, foundrymen can for the first time apply the direct pouring technique to automatic green sand moulding lines. This means that the specific advantages of direct pouring, such as improved yield and directional solidifcation can now be realised on moulding lines where access to the cope is not possible.