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Informational
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DEPARTMENTS
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The CastingTrade website has extensive informational
content about metalcasting, organized into 18 departments.
Most of these departments relate to segments of the market
-- either from the standpoint of end-use application or manufacturing
process or part of the supply chain -- as described below.
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Informational content
departments relating to
END-USE SEGMENTS
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accounting for an estimated 40% of all metalcasting!
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covers a broad spectrum of equipment that uses castings
-- with links to lists of castings
end-users -- makers of valves & pumps, construction,
mining, oil, railway, and farm equipment
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including aerospace, marine, and many others
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including municipal castings
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here for more detail about why we divide the market for cast
metal parts into these four main segments. |
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Informational content
departments relating to
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
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both low and high pressure diecasting
With links to a special 16-part series
by industry consultant Mike Gallagher: "Highlights
of the Global Die Casting Industry"
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green sand, chemically bonded, and other
variations
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lost wax as well as lost foam
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Semi-permanent
mold & other
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all other metalcasting processes
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here for more detail about why we divide metalcasting processes
into these four main divisions. |
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Informational content
departments relating to
THE METALCASTING SUPPLY CHAIN
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networking tools relating to the metalcasting supply
chain (Input Supplier Guide, Tooling Guide, Foundry Guide, etc.)
go to our home page or click on
the menu buttons in the maroon-colored far left column of this
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focuses on all aspects of buying metal
castings from outside vendors
With links to a special 10-part series
by Prof. John Campbell: "Ten Rules for Good Castings"
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all casting of hot metal, including diecasting
- including link to new area: FOUNDRY
OPERATIONS!
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patterns, tools, rapid prototyping, etc.
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machining, heat-treating, shot-blasting,
coating, etc.
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consumables and equipment, as well as services
and just about everything else that goes into supplying the
categories above!
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here for more detail about why we divide the supply chain for
cast metal parts into these five areas. |
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OTHER
DEPARTMENTS
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latest news and developments
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how e-commerce is evolving, and particularly how it is
affecting the metalcasting industry
With links
to: "How Foundries Can INCREASE
Profitability in the New Networked Economy!"
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prices, producer info, applications, and other developments
Includes new cash price
trend chart
for the mid-August to mid-October period.
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reports by country and global perspectives
on trends in the metalcasting industry
-- including MEXICO:
The Fox Effect
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upcoming industry events throughout the U.S. and around
the world
Newly updated!
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