Issue 4 (2021)
Issue Highlights:
Newly manufacturing process of a tungsten alloy
In order to enable the use of tungsten for more demanding geometries and thus to increase the efficiency and longevity of the components, Bayerische Metallwerke GmbH, which belongs to the Traunstein-based Gesellschaft...
Increased efficiency through foundry process restructuring
“A change process can only work if you pick up the employees and actively involve them,” says Peter Schäfer, Head of Investment Casting Production Unit 2 at the BLANKGroup. He demonstrated this by restructuring the cast...
Scania builds zero CO2 foundry in Sweden
New iron foundries are rarely built in Europe nowadays. But Scania, one of the world’s leading manufacturer of trucks, has now completed an impressive new work in Södertälje near the Swedish capital of Stockholm in coope...