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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.
Founded in 1872, the company was founded by Charles W. Shumway in response to a need for castings due to the destruction of the Great Chicago Fire the year before. After taking on A.N. Merrill as a partner, who then soon retired, he soon partnered with Charles Osgood to form the Osgood and Shumway Foundry Co.. Over the years, various partners ...
Crucible Industries, commonly known as Crucible, is an American company which develops and manufactures specialty steels, and is the sole producer of a line of sintered steels known as Crucible Particle Metallurgy (CPM) steels.
An intense blast of cold air shattered records in the central United States this week with temperatures up to 50 degrees below average. The bitter cold is pushing into the South and East to end ...
Henry died in 1968. After that, Harry became president of the company and Elmer Schwenn supervised the plant for years. The Brass Works continued until around 1994, when Harry Vogts died. [2] After that, Celestial Stone Foundry & Forge operated in the building until 2014. [2] In 2016 the building was purchased by the Goodman Community Center. [3]
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. [citation needed]