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AFS TO HONOR ATSUSHI NAGAI WITH 2020 GREDE AWARD

August 12, 2020

The American Foundry Society announced that Atsushi Nagai will receive the 2020 William J. Grede Award. This award honors major contributions in the fields of management, marketing, or education which have expanded the effective use of metal castings.… Read more >

Optimizing Optical Instruments with Additive Manufacturing

June 19 2020

In the last decade, the optical instrumentation for space and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms has been optimized in order to reduce the mass and volume of the equipment. In order to meet this specific goal, it was critical to develop new innovative systems taking advantage of new manufacturing methods.… Read more >

Sinto America Completes Another Turn-key, Foundry Engineering & Consulting Project

Grand Ledge, MI June 22, 2020

Sinto America is excited to announce they have successfully completed designing a turn-key, foundry engineering and consulting project on the east coast for a heavy equipment manufacturer. This is the latest of thousands of successful engineering, design and complete turn-key solutions Sinto America has been providing to foundries for over fifty years.… Read more >

Ferroloy Purchases Third FDNX-1 Molding Machine and Sand Feeder

Grand Ledge, MI – June 18, 2020

Summary:  Ferroloy, an iron foundry located in Wichita, Kansas, recently purchased their third Sinto FNDX-1 Flaskless Molding Machine.

About Ferroloy:  Ferroloy began operations in 1950 and have since grown to be one of the leading foundries in Kansas, manufacturing ductile iron castings and gray iron castings for agricultural machinery, industrial equipment, hydraulic valves & cylinders, construction equipment and industrial valves.… Read more >

Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics for Biomedical Applications

June 2, 2020 3DCeram Sinto USA

3DCERAM leverages stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing technology for more than 10 years to manufacture custom-made or small series of bone substitutes (intervertebral cages and tibial osteotomy wedges) and cranial or jawbone implants. This technology is able to produce ceramic components layer by layer using a laser which polymerizes a paste composed of photosensitive resin and ceramic.… Read more >

The potential for mass customization with ceramic AM

3DCeram’s C100 EASY and C3600 ULTIMATE offer an alternative to mass production

June 2, 2020, Tess Boissonneault

We are living through a time that is uniquely challenging. The COVID-19 pandemic brought much of the world to a standstill, and has forced us to question many things.… Read more >

Coming Soon, the Smallest, Lightest Servo Cylinder in the Industry

Grand Ledge, MI – May 28, 2020

Sinto America is excited to announce the newest addition to its product line, the CYAP-CA Series. The smallest, lightest Servo Cylinders in the industry.

One of the biggest benefits of these Servo Cylinders is precision control.… Read more >

Best of Metalcasting Congress 2020: Foundry 4.0: Driving Change with Your Data

FREE WEBINAR ON INDUSTRY 4.0 FOR AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY MEMBERS!

Some of the great content that would have been featured at Metalcasting Congress is being offered in AFS Members Only webinars called “Best of Metalcasting Congress 2020.”

Sinto America will be presenting a webinar on Industry 4.0 Strategy on June 2, 2020 at 2 PM EST.… Read more >

3dpbm publishes Advanced Materials AM Focus 2020 eBook

3D Printing Media Network April 29,2020-

The 3dpbm team is excited and proud to present to our readers the fourth edition of our AM Focus eBook. This month, our publication will spotlight a far-reaching and fascinating topic within the additive manufacturing industry: Advanced Materials.… Read more >

Domite Wear Technology Sees Benefits of V-Process Casting Technology

Grand Ledge, MI – April 24, 2020

Domite Wear Technology, located in Paris, Ontario, Canada, has been seeing the many benefits of their newly installed HWS Sinto V-Process System with Turntable and Shaketable Station. Domite is an ISO 9001:2015 certified corporation that has been supplying wear plates and wear liners for the mining and aggregate industry for over 30 years.… Read more >