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Global MFG - Jun 27, 2024

The Future Of Smart Manufacturing Takes A New Turn With AI

From increasingly sophisticated large language models to impressive analytics capabilities, AI has demonstrated that it’s much more than a passing trend. But will that be true for asset-intensive industries like industrial manufacturing? Industrial ...

Judy Cubiss | Forbes Magazine

#ai #innovation #manufacturing #sustainability

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 23, 2023

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National Engineers Week: Jeffery Eubank

Jeffery Eubank, a project engineer at Waupaca Foundry in Tell City, Indiana, and a native to the state, has witnessed the advancements of the plant since it was built in 1997.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #engineering #innovation #tellcity #wfnews

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Sustainability - Jan 11, 2023

Waupaca Foundry Awarded for Environmental Accomplishments

The Wisconsin-based ferrous foundry group Waupaca Foundry Inc. has been recognized by federal, state, and trade organizations for its recent efforts to reduce energy consumption and adopt “smart” controls for environmental management.

Foundry Management & Technology

#award #environment #innovation #sustainability #wfnews

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Global MFG - Oct 17, 2022

Ironhand® Exoskeleton Protects Foundry Workers

Waupaca Foundry is using an innovative adaptive technology to support workers who manually grind iron castings in the foundry. The Ironhand glove is the world's first soft exoskeleton designed for the human hand to improve grip strength and reduce effort. The system was tested at the iron casting supplier's Etowah, Tenn. casting finishing plant and is currently in trials at the Marinette, Wisc. ductile iron foundry.

The BRAKE Report

#innovation #manufacturing #marinette #wf

Waupaca Foundry

- Aug 2, 2022

A Powerful Upgrade

Keeping up with capital improvements and automation is vital to improving cost structure, worker safety, and iron casting quality and delivery.

Linda Laframbois | Waupaca Foundry

#innovation #iron-casting #marinette #reliability #responsiveness #safety #technology #upgrade

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Iron Castings - Apr 12, 2022

Casting of the Year: Waupaca's Collaboration on a Backhoe Bucket

Waupaca Foundry’s Plants 4 and 5 have been awarded Casting of the Year for a 12-in. bucket assembly for the backhoe of a compact utility tractor.

Shannon Wetzel | Modern Casting

#award #casting #castiron #innovation #iron-casting #marinette #reshoring #supplychain #tellcity

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Culture - Mar 8, 2022

Women in Metalcasting: Career Impact That Matters

It’s 1976. Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States. Apple computers forms. Alex Haley writes Roots. It’s a time of societal shifts. At Waupaca, women have begun working in the foundry—a pivotal move, challenging the notion that skilled trades in the foundry is a men’s club.

Kristin Stankewicz | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #innovation

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Sustainability - Mar 1, 2022

Waupaca Foundry Accepts Better Climate Challenge

Innovation has been a top priority for Waupaca Foundry; if you aren’t looking ahead, you’re already behind. Moving beyond the innovation in how to make our casting, Waupaca Foundry is molding the path for what a “green foundry” looks like.

Lydia Engelbreth | Waupaca Foundry

#energy #innovation #recycle #sustainability

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Culture - Feb 24, 2022

Dave Bean Tell City Plant 5 project engineer

Project Engineer Dave Bean Leads Waupaca Foundry Through a Successful Cupola Replacement

Tell City, also known as Plant 5, is home to over 20 engineers, 9 of which are project engineers. Among this group is Project Engineer, Dave Bean. Dave and Plant 5 have something unique in common, they both got a start around 26 years ago.

Lydia Engelbreth | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #engineering #innovation #tellcity

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Culture - Dec 10, 2021

50 Years at Waupaca Foundry Brings a Lifetime of Changes

On December 10th, 1971 Tracey Ambacher joined Waupaca Foundry. He started at Plant 1 in his senior year of high school. At the time, there was no application process. Tracey’s neighbor was none other than, Plant Manager Gary Thoe (who was later promoted to CEO). Gary recruited Tracey to join the team at the same time that Ambacher’s number was almost called to service in the Vietnam War draft.

Lydia Engelbreth | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #innovation #waupaca

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Iron Castings - Nov 16, 2021

Underground Hero

Machining was, in fact, the lynchpin that ultimately enabled multiple Slimcast SKUs to be derived from a single casting, as opposed to producing multiple castings, each with separate tooling.

Kim Phelan | Casting Source

#innovation #waupaca #wf #wfnews

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Sustainability - Jun 30, 2020

Waupaca Foundry Wins 2020 Better Project Award

Waupaca Foundry received the 2020 Better Project award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Plants program for innovations at its Tell City, Ind. plant. The federal program recognizes manufacturers for creating and implementing industrial energy and water efficiency projects, as well as renewable energy and energy resiliency projects.

The BRAKE Report

#award #energy #innovation #tellcity

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Global MFG - Apr 14, 2020

Foundry 4.0 and the future

The terms Industry 4.0 and the Fourth Industry Revolution have been around at least since 2014, but the revolution is ongoing with fresh new implementations continuing to enter industries worldwide.

Shannon Wetzel | Modern Casting

#innovation #manufacturing #technology

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Iron Castings - Jun 17, 2019

Foundry of the Week: Waupaca Foundry

Waupaca Foundry, a Hitachi Metals Group company, has a reputation as solid as the castings we create. We deliver on our daily commitment to quality and true capacity.

foundry-planet.com

#castiron #innovation #iron-casting #lightweighting

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Culture - May 23, 2018

Second Annual Innovation Award Recognizes Best Internal Ideas

As an industry leader, Waupaca Foundry depends greatly on our workforce and the ability to implement advancements in safety, quality, productivity and reliability. Our best improvement ideas and innovations come from our own team.

Waupaca Foundry

#innovation

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Community - Feb 16, 2017

With Badgerloop pod, UW-Madison students hope to shape future of transportation | Higher education | host.madison.com

UW-Madison students are taking part in a competition that could help bring Elon Musk's Hyperloop idea closer to reality.

Nico Savidge | Wisconsin State Journal

#community #engineering #innovation #prototype #university

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Aug 23, 2015

NEW Manufacturing Alliance announces award winners

The Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance will present six companies, four educators and three educational organizations with Excellence in Manufacturing/K-12 Partnerships Awards during its annual awards dinner Oct. 21 at the KI Convention Center. In the manufacturing categories, Laminations/Great Northern Corp. will receive the Brighter Image Award and Cut G. Joa Inc. will receive the Educational Partnerships Award. Georgia-Pacific will receive the Leadership Award and Waupaca Foundry will receive the Innovation Award. The Vollrath Company's Paul Bartelt will receive the Visionary Award and Kohler Co. will receive the Youth Apprenticeship Award.

Jeff Bollier | Post-Crescent Media

#innovation #marinette #waupaca

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Iron Castings - Jul 13, 2015

Mike Nikolai Receives Sustainable Leadership Award

Molten metal filters are used in the iron casting process to prevent slag and other harmful inclusions from entering the mold and ending up in the final casting. There are several types of molten metal filters to choose from. However, to guarantee the best performance from any filter, it is critical to have an understanding of the physical characteristics of the slag or inclusions specific to your foundry application.

Halden Collins | Waupaca Foundry

#innovation #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Jan 9, 2013

New Robots in the Family

New innovations are a regular thing at Waupaca Foundry. And this year is no different, with a new 65-liter robotic core machine. As Waupaca Foundry progresses with core cell automation, new cell installations now include robotics. That's the case with the newly installed L-65 robotic core cell running in the cold box core room at Plant 2/3 in Waupaca, Wisconsin. The new robotic core cell offers different types of pick-offs, including a vacuum head to remove a core from the core box without physically gripping it.

Randy Hillskotter

#innovation #robotics #waupaca