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John Campbell was the originator
of the Cosworth Casting Process (the first core assembly
process based on zircon sand, filled by electromagnetic pump)
for the production of cylinder heads and blocks, as now used
by Ford/Nemak in Windsor, Ontario. He also assisted with the
setting up of the Alcoa Lingotes Foundry in the UK, the first
Disamatic foundry casting aluminium alloys using an electromagnetic
pump.
Click here to view diagram of
the Cosworth Casting Process.
For several years he was the Technical
Director of Triplex Alloys Limited, a company involved in
a wide variety of aluminium and grey iron castings. He still
works with the Westley Group (one of the largest copper-based
alloy foundry groups in Europe) as non-executive director,
and runs his own consultancy company, Campbell Technology.
For the last 12 years he has been
Professor of Casting Technology in the University of Birmingham.
This is the first chair in casting ever to be created in the
UK, and is still the only UK chair in the field of foundry
science. It is based in both the Interdisciplinary Research
Centre in Materials for High Performance Applications and
the School of Metallurgy and Materials.
Recently, together with colleagues
in Detroit, Michigan, he is actively setting up a new casting
operation, Alotech Limited, intended to make light
alloy wheels, and other safety critical components for the
automotive and truck market. The target is to demonstrate
the production of castings of unequalled quality, exceeding
that of forgings, at commercial prices and commercial speeds.
He is the author of over 150 research
papers in the field of castings in technical and scientific
journals world wide, and approximately 20 patents. His book
"CASTINGS" was published by Butterworth Heinemann in
1991 (a bargain at $50). ("CASTINGS" can be ordered
from the AFS
publications e-store.) A completely revised "CASTINGS"
is under preparation and is planned for publication in 2002.
He holds two doctorates (PhD and DEng)
in casting subjects, and in 1992 was elected as a Fellow of
the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng). He also is a Fellow
of both the Institute of Materials (FIM), and the Institute
of British Foundrymen (FIBF). He was granted the Freedom of
the City of London in 1994 related to admission to the London
Guild, The Worshipful Company of Founders. For his work in
the field of castings he was awarded the OBE (Order of the
British Empire) from Her Majesty The Queen in her New Year
Honours 1993.
18 April 2001
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