In 2024, CPI Cast Products, Inc. (CPI), located in Athens, Alabama, will be launching a new molding equipment project that will allow for a significant advancement in their production capabilities. CPI has purchased a FBMX-V 32” x 32” molding machine capable of 100 molds/hour (un-cored), a mold handling line (single mold per car) and a complete 60 ton per hour sand delivery and return system.… Read more >
On July 15th of 2024, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in collaboration with Jacobs Space Exploration Group has awarded 3DCERAM Sinto, Inc. a contract for a C1000 Flexmatic Ceramic Printer and to add 3DCERAM as a partner working with NASA. This printer will be used to make samples for small and large pieces of new and innovative materials that will be tested in space and other relative extreme environments.… Read more >
In June 2024, Sinto America installed a FBO-3B Flaskless molding machine at Vestal Manufacturing Vestal Manufacturing, located in Sweetwater, Tennessee, has been a cornerstone of quality USA-made gray iron castings for over 65 years.
Vestal’s new installation marks a significant upgrade in their production capabilities, ensuring they continue to grow in the metalcasting sector, with the newest foundry technology.… Read more >
In September 2020, Baron Industries, located in Madison Heights, Michigan, purchased an SNTX-III Table Blast machine. Baron is an impregnation service provider (sealing castings, electronics, and powder metal parts for pressure retention in the field), primarily servicing the automotive market due to their geographic location.… Read more >
May 1, 2024 Grand Ledge, MI
Manufacturer’s Brass and Aluminum Foundry’s (MBAF) investment in the new Sinto FBO-III 20×24 flaskless molding machine with mold handling line and Sinto Smart Foundry integration has brought about significant improvements in their operations. The integration of Industry 4.0 technologies like the Sinto Smart Foundry system has allowed G&W Electric to enhance their foundry processes, bringing about benefits such as improved safety, efficiency, and quality.… Read more >
Sinto America was proud to partner with Purdue University to design and engineer their brand new Smart Foundry, as well as, provide brand new foundry equipment and the latest in Industry 4.0 with SINTO SMART FOUNDRY®.
The new Smart Foundry in Lambertus Hall at Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute had its grand opening in November 2023.… Read more >
Grand Ledge, MI October 23-
In spring of 2021, Frazier & Frazier Ind. purchased a FBOV 24×30 Flaskless Molding Machine. Frazier & Frazier Industries, Inc., established in 1972, is an ISO 9001:2015 registered gray and ductile iron foundry located in Central Texas.… Read more >
October 16, 2023-
One of the longest existing foundries in the twin cities, sits right on the banks of the Mississippi River, across from downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Named after wooden piers in the river from a long-gone bridge project, Pier Foundry has evolved from a small grate foundry in 1889 to a highly automated molding, electric melting and material handling operation.… Read more >
October 26, 2022
Sure Cast Foundry, part of the Nordstern Group, is an aluminum, green sand foundry located in Blaine, Minnesota. Sure Cast has been producing top quality sand castings for a diverse and comprehensive range of industries for over forty years, specializing in low-volume, short-run sand castings.… Read more >
Shannon Wetzel, Managing Editor American Foundry Society
October 6, 2022
Thirty-five lost days of iron pouring in 2018 due to power supply issues—that was the final straw for Farrar Corp. (Norwich, Kansas), which had been struggling with a power supply and furnace that hadn’t been working well together for years.… Read more >