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Zamak 2 is also known as Kirksite when gravity cast for use as a die. [ 2 ] [ 18 ] It was originally designed for low volume sheet metal dies. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] It later gained popularity for making short run injection molding dies. [ 19 ]
It has become known as 'Kirksite' and has given rise to a range of dedicated spin-casting alloys, some with additional components, such as magnesium, to control the surface finish. To ensure replicable casting cycles of accurate reproductions with a high quality finish, the spin casting process requires casting materials with the following ...
A ladle of hot metal is poured in an archival photo taken at a former ESCO foundry in Portland, Ore. ESCO was founded in 1913 by Oregon businessman Charles (C.F.) Swigert as a local source of steel castings. The Electric Steel Foundry Company was founded on property once occupied by the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.
C.W. Shumway & Sons was a foundry operational in Batavia, Illinois from 1872 to 2002. It produced metal castings for various industrial uses and for awards, including the Emmy Award, Academy Awards, and the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The company was closed in 2002 due to changing market demands.
General Steel Industries, Inc. (GSI) was an American steel company that operated independently from 1928 to 1981. It was founded by two locomotive manufacturers and a foundry as General Steel Castings Corporation in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. [1]
Farrel was founded in 1848 as a foundry by Almon Farrel. During the American Civil War, they produced bayonets and cannon barrels. In 1926, Farrel Foundry merged with Birmingham Iron Foundry of Derby, Connecticut. During the 1920s, Farrel-Birmingham began creating gears for use in US Navy propulsion systems in Buffalo, New York. [2]
It was founded as Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company in Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1880. Bucyrus moved its headquarters to South Milwaukee, Wisconsin , in 1893. In 1927, Bucyrus merged with the Erie Steam Shovel Company to form Bucyrus-Erie.
Brillion Iron Works, or BIW, was a foundry and a manufacturer of farm implements located in Brillion, Wisconsin.BIW produced approximately 145,000 net tons of gray and ductile iron castings annually, ranking it among the top ten independent foundries in the United States.