Century Foundry, a third generation, family owned, aluminum-casting supplier has been excelling in metal casting since 1976. Located in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, they offer a single-source responsibility for aluminum casting, machining, heat treat, painting and other selective out-sourcing options to provide small, medium and large sized castings serving over 100 customers of many markets across North America.… Read more >
Grand Ledge, MI April 27, 2021
Sinto America, a global turnkey industrial solutions provider, launched Sightia™, a new surface evaluation technology that provides real time, non-destructive quality assurance checks for pre and post blasting or peening processes. Sightia™ is a class of technology encompassing a group of non-destructive testing equipment and services suitable for harsh industrial environment developed by Sinto America to evaluate surface properties of parts undergoing surface treatment processes delivering accurate and repeatable results.… Read more >
Muskegon Heights, Michigan April 7, 2021
In March 2021, Sinto America completed the installation of the X7i-CDH22R-455MR-C BARINDER® Grinder for Century Foundry, at their manufacturing facility in Muskegon Heights, Michigan.
Century Foundry, founded in 1976, is a third generation, family owned, aluminum-casting supplier.… Read more >
Y. Kobayashi, Manager, Development group, Sintokogio, LTD., Nagoya Japan
AbstractThe temperature of the die-casting die should be kept lower than molten aluminum during processing die-casting. This method is used in order to prevent adhesion between die material and aluminum molten.… Read more >
Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México, CDMX March 11, 2021
In 2020, Sinto partnered with Plastonium S.A. de C.V. on manufacturing multiple machines in the Sinto Surface Treatment product lineup, including the DZB Spinner Hanger and the 6BB Tumble blast models. Sinto is excited that Plastonium is continuing to expand, with plans to purchase additional equipment going forward for plastic deflashing applications.… Read more >
Grand Ledge, MI February 18, 2021
Sinto America continues to pave the road for smart foundries by integrating Industry 4.0 Analytics in manufacturing plants throughout North America. Dotson Iron Castings has fully embraced this digital revolution.
In early 2019, Dotson Iron Castings, actively began using Sinto’s ePVS system on three of their equipment lines: molding machines, transfer stations and turn tables.… Read more >
Grand Ledge, MI February 1, 2021
INTRODUCTION
As the foundry industry strives to improve quality, reliability and maintainability along with reducing their carbon footprint, many companies are starting to explore replacing fluid power (hydraulic, pneumatic or a combination of both) driven systems with electrical actuation (servo-cylinder, electric rack-and-pinion drives.)… Read more >
A common problem in the foundry industry is proper greensand preparation. Even when the sand is prepared correctly, how is the recipe accuracy determined? How are the results recorded for repeatability purposes? How are changes implemented at the muller? Many foundries monitor their sand by how the molding is performing.… Read more >
With the invention, introduction and now widespread use of centrifugal wheel-blast and air-blast equipment, the blast cleaning industry has struggled with the control of the operating mix inside of blast machine according to abrasive supplier recommendations to maintain optimal performance and shorter cycle times.… Read more >
Sinto is excited to announce that Fundidora de Tlaxcala S.A., located in Tlaxcala Tlax, has purchased their first FDNX-1 flaskless molding machine. Founded in 1991, FUNDITLAX is a multifaceted company with market opportunities in the markets of water pumps, agriculture, gardening and others.… Read more >