Sheffield Forgemasters of the UK has announced the successful conclusion of casting trials of a pioneering hollow steel ingot, which could help the company capitalise on key power generation sectors, ...

The strength of a cast metal piece such as a turbine blade is determined in large part by how the metal crystallizes as it cools in the mold. Convection -- the rearrangement of lighter, hotter areas ...

Scientists of the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals of the Siberian Federal University have created an effective model of the processes of casting flat ingots from economically alloyed aluminum-scandium ...

Dubai Aluminium Company (Dubal), one of the major aluminium producers in the Middle East, has recently commissioned the Dh100 million casthouse-3 machinery in collaboration with the Italian major ...

The oldest foundry in the United States, idle for the last four years, was reborn Saturday when new owners fired up its electric-arc furnace and poured 43 tons of molten metal into castings. The ...

Forgemasters say they are aiming to produce twelve of these ingots a year, with the next due to be cast in February 2008.. (SFIL) has cast its first ever 300 tonne ingot using a new ingot mould. The ...