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Iron Castings - Nov 11, 2024

Gray Iron: The Ideal Material for Automotive & Commercial Truck Brakes

Gray cast iron has long stood as the cornerstone of brake systems in automotive and commercial truck applications. Its multifaceted properties make it the go-to material capable of meeting the arduous demands of braking operations.

Andrew Halonen | Mayflower Consulting

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Oct 9, 2024

Waupaca Foundry earns GM award

Waupaca Foundry Plant 4 ductile iron foundry in Marinette, Wisconsin was recognized with the 2023 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award (SQEA).

Modern Casting

#award #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Jul 29, 2024

The evolution of off-highway drivetrains

Jeroen Decleer, senior vice president Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems at Dana Inc., said the off-highway market has changed a lot and there has been a push to a great extent to move to electric vehicles. Jeroen Decleer, senior VP Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems, Dana Now, this is nothing truly unexpected and a trend that all OEMs and component manufacturers in the off-highway space are experiencing. It is important to note, though, how this changed scenario has affected manufacturers of traditional drivetrain components, such as Dana, that have morphed into full system suppliers for the whole powertrain, including components that power and operate the machines. Decleer confirmed that the trend to electrification is certainly a focus for his company, but it is not the only one.

Roberta Prandi | Power Progress

#EV #iron-casting #off-highway

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Iron Castings - Apr 24, 2024

In a seminal development for Wisconsin's economy, manufacturing has begun returning home

Manufacturers say one of their biggest worries is that a shortage of skilled workers threatens to undermine growth.

Rick Barrett | Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Apr 12, 2024

Dimensional Tolerance Assessment of Iron Castings Production Using 3D Printed Sand Process | Modern Casting

Foundries have adopted various additive manufacturing (AM) processes over the years––in particular, 3D printed sand using the binder jet process to make cores and molds has been embraced by over 90% of the foundries per recent surveys. The use of 3D printed sand casting is growing in the production environment, and the initial feedback is that the process results are comparable to the precise sand-casting processes. Currently, 3D sand printing is predominantly used in production via a hybrid approach, where the mold is made using the conventional green sand process and the complex core assembly is redesigned with a consolidated 3D-printed core. However, little has been studied and is known in the public domain about the dimensional tolerances achieved with this toolingless precision sand casting process, especially the potential of achieving truer position and better internal feature tolerances.

Jiten Shah | Modern Casting

#3dprinting #casting #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Feb 26, 2024

Gate and Spure Conveyor Improves Plant 4 Uptime, Workplace

The task was clear: the Plant 4 engineering and maintenance teams were to upgrade the shaker system that transports ductile iron casting gates and sprues in two weeks over the 2023 holiday shutdown. In-house engineering and maintenance teams began planning for the capital project in 2022 with the objective of tackling all the identified challenges associated with equipment, including material congestion, noise, dust generation, downtime, and rising costs.

Mary Schmidt | Waupaca Foundry

#capex #iron-casting #marinette

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Iron Castings - Sep 29, 2023

Getting to the Core of Additive Manufacturing

The rise of automated intelligence has transformed the manufacturing landscape.

Kim Viduski | Waupaca Foundry

#3dprinting #iron-casting #manufacturing

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Global MFG - May 23, 2023

The Truth About Trust and the Real Parts Potential of Foundry Partnerships | Casting Source

As a senior-level castings decision-maker, Tim Dorn has an “unfair” advantage. The vice president of sales and engineering at Amerequip, which makes backhoes and other wheeled power equipment for its OEM partners, Dorn has a degree in materials engineering with an emphasis on iron metallurgy. He started his career at Neenah Foundry and worked at two other foundries as well as a heat treat/austempering company before arriving at his present position 13 years ago. Into the “mold” of his metalcasting past, much experience has been poured—today, his casting expertise helps guide strategic decisions about weldment conversions. In his early days at Amerequip, Dorn remembers walking through the plant and being struck by the magnitude of improvement and saving opportunities available to his company by converting many weldment parts to castings.

Kim Phelan | Casting Source

#iron-casting #manufacturing

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Iron Castings - Apr 26, 2023

Waupaca Foundry Adopts Horizontal Molding

The ferrous foundry group – long known for green-sand vertical molding – has added a Sinto America molding line and ExOne sand printer for cores, in response to customer demand.

Foundry Management & Technology

#iron-casting #waupaca

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Iron Castings - Mar 23, 2023

Waupaca Foundry Reprises Horizontal Molding For a Great Fit

It has been over 30 years since Waupaca Foundry has had horizontal molding capabilities. In May of 1967, Waupaca Foundry installed its first vertical molding machine, and by the early 1990s, the last of the horizontal molding machines were removed.

Janelle Bailey | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #waupaca

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Iron Castings - Dec 16, 2022

All Hands on Deck For Critical Cupola Replacement

Proactive planning and foresight, all-in collaboration, and effective communication resulted in success for a staggering undertaking: replacing one of two cupolas at Waupaca Foundry Plant 5 in Tell City, Indiana, and within a four-week window. The entire project was executed, though truly a “Herculean effort,” according to Bruce Tesch, Director of Melt and Manufacturing Processes, essentially due to the steady and dedicated efforts of all involved.

Janelle Bailey | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #tellcity #upgrade

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- 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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Global MFG - Jun 24, 2022

China’s Quest for Iron Threatens West African Ecosystem

Guinea's Simandou mountains hold the largest untapped iron-ore deposit on the planet. Now a consortium of China-connected companies is moving ahead with a plan that jeopardizes one of the most biologically rich ecosystems in Africa.

Sheridan Prasso | Bloomberg.com

#china #iron-casting

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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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Iron Castings - Apr 5, 2022

Visit Waupaca Foundry at CastExpo '22

Hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of attendees will converge at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on April 23-26 for CastExpo hosted by American Foundry Society & Metalcasting Congress. Waupaca Foundry, the industry's leading iron casting supplier, is proud to be an exhibitor, booth #2641.

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#events #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Mar 2, 2022

INFOGRAPHIC: Bonanza for Brazilian pig iron pricing, trade | S&P Global Commodity Insights

Brazilian merchant pig iron prices escalated by more than $300/mt since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, while export volumes surpassed 10 year highs on the back of emerging Chinese demand and elevated iron ore prices.

S&P Global

#iron-casting #trade

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Iron Castings - Nov 16, 2021

THROUGH THE EYES OF A METALCASTER

When you are in the casting design process, you go to great lengths to make sure the resulting casting meets your needs. You spend time making sure the material selection meets your strength and durability criteria, you make sure the shape of the casting meets your load constraints, and the dimensions satisfy all your assembly and fit requirements. Your final design meets all your needs when viewed through the eyes of your manufacturing and engineering teams. So, you send out the casting design to your foundry source for a production quote. Now comes the time when your design is evaluated through a different set of eyes — the eyes of the foundry team. But did you ever wonder what your casting design looks like to the foundry? What do their manufacturing and quality teams look for? I'll give you a hint, it's a lot more than you might think.

Dave Charbauski | American Foundry Society

#iron-casting #manufacturing #materials

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Iron Castings - Jul 12, 2021

Outstanding Achievement

Waupaca Foundry earns AFS Casting Competition Outstanding Achievement for the design and production of Oil Tool Solutions' Slimcast Hulk clamp.

Modern Casting

#afs #award #iron-casting #wfnews

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Global MFG - Apr 4, 2021

Class 8 Production Dampened by Component Shortages

While significantly more trucks are needed to handle the freight growth generated by the economic recovery and government stimulus, truck production continues to be substantially limited by shortages of semiconductors and various other components, FTR reports.

Vesna Brajkovic | TruckingInfo.com

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Feb 17, 2021

Waupaca Foundry keeps its attention on customer support, employee safety

Proving their mettle: Good suppliers stay the course during challenging times in the same way certain friends can be counted on when the going gets tough. Good suppliers stay the course during challenging times in the same way certain friends can be counted on when the going gets tough. There have been a lot of mettle-testing opportunities at every step in the supply chain over the past year.

Chad Elmore | Diesel Progress

#iron-casting #safety #supplychain

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Iron Castings - Sep 28, 2020

Advancing 3D Printing for Metalcasting

The number of companies both producing printed sand molds and cores and the companies using the technology has quadrupled in the last three years.

J. Thiel, N. Bryant, K. Woods, Eerson Process Management | Casting Source

#3dprinting #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Sep 28, 2020

Looking at Castings Environmental Impact Across Their Life Cycles

The transport sector is responsible for approximately 23% of global energy-related CO2 emissions and is expected to increase at a faster rate than other energy end-use sectors.

Jeremy Lipshaw | Casting Source

#iron-casting #recycle

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Iron Castings - Jun 11, 2020

Best Casting Conversion Award

See how Bad Boy Mowers improved quality and durability by replacing an 8-piece steel weldment with a 1-piece iron casting resulting in an AFS Award.

Mackenzie Morey | Waupaca Foundry

#award #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Jun 4, 2020

Trends in Lightweighting with Metal Castings

The best applications in lightweighting cut costs while improving performance. Waupaca Foundry achieved success on an automotive steering knuckle, converting an aluminum forging to an optimized ductile iron design that is 20% stronger, 25% stiffer and 40% lower cost, while narrowing the weight delta to an acceptable 1.32-kg increase over the forging.

Andrew Halonen | Casting Source May/June 2020

#iron-casting #lightweighting #wfnews

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Global MFG - Sep 25, 2019

How the U.S. Turned Around its Manufacturing Sector

The crisis in the manufacturing sector prompted the government to act to save the industrial sector over the last decade.

Mark Howard | Industrial Equipment News

#iron-casting #jobs #manufacturing

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Global MFG - Sep 4, 2019

Success Story: Waupaca Foundry

In 2018, the Western Upper Peninsula faced a tumultuous future as the region’s largest employer closed its doors, creating economic uncertainty for Gogebic County’s more than 15,300 residents. At the same time, Wisconsin-based Waupaca Foundry found itself facing workforce availability challenges in the city of Waupaca.

Michigan Economic Development Corporation

#expansion #iron-casting #ironwood

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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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Iron Castings - Mar 25, 2019

Waupaca Foundry announces alliances

Waupaca Foundry, Inc., a Hitachi Metals company based in Waupaca, Wis., has entered into separate manufacturing alliances with Dotson Iron Castings and Kohler Industrial Castings. Under the agreements, Waupaca Foundry customers requesting horizontal molding will access Kohler's and Dotson's capabilities with a streamlined supply chain managed by Waupaca Foundry. Waupaca Foundry operates 35 vertical molding machines nationwide. Both Dotson and Kohler recently installed new horizontal molding capacity. Offering both horizontal and vertical molding capabilities provides casting buyers the flexibility to source suppliers to best suit their production needs.

Chad Elmore | Diesel Progress

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Mar 5, 2019

Visit Waupaca Foundry at CastExpo '19

Hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of attendees will converge at the Georgia World Congress Center on April 27-30 for CastExpo hosted by American Foundry Society & Metalcasting Congress. Waupaca Foundry, the industry's leading iron casting supplier, is proud to be an exhibitor, booth #431.

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#events #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Feb 19, 2019

Nine Green Sand Facts to Know

The green sand casting process is the most widely-used process for casting ferrous and nonferrous metals. The process has evolved from a manually intensive operation to a highly mechanized and fully automated process that can produce more than 300 molds per hour. When sourcing a casting supplier, there are several facts to remember about green sand.

MCDP Staff | Casting Source

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Feb 12, 2019

Trusted Iron Casting Component Supplier for Trailer

Waupaca is a trusted supplier of Class 8 commercial vehicle trailer components. You will find Waupaca Foundry iron castings, machined and assembled, on flatb...

WaupacaFoundry | YouTube

#castiron #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Jun 20, 2018

METALCASTER OF THE YEAR: Sustainability Drives Waupaca Foundry

Waupaca Foundry earned 2018 Metalcaster of the Year in recognition for our commitment to sustainability.

Shannon Wetzel | Modern Casting

#award #iron-casting #wfnews

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Iron Castings - Nov 7, 2017

Trusted Iron Casting Supplier for Oil & Gas

Waupaca is a trusted supplier for oil and gas, both on and off the oil field. From oil transport, pumps, jacks and wells, you will find Waupaca Foundry iron ca...

WaupacaFoundry | YouTube

#iron-casting #oil

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Iron Castings - Jun 27, 2017

Waupaca Foundry gains boiler recertification

Sample cast iron boiler sections produced by Waupaca Foundry

#asme #castiron #iron-casting #waupaca

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Iron Castings - May 15, 2017

Waupaca Foundry receives awards for casting, engineering

Iron casting supplier, Waupaca Foundry earned Best in Class for a ductile iron suspension casting converted from aluminum that achieved one of the Detroit Big Three's lightweighting objectives for a major automotive platform. "Our customers seek collaborative casting design and innovative materials solutions that add value to their products," says CEO Mike Nikolai. "These industry awards confirm that our teams are delivering consistent, top-tier quality and service that leads the industry."

Jessica Thiel | Insight Publications

#afs #iron-casting #lawrenceville #wfnews

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Community - May 10, 2017

Foundry wins national awards

Waupaca Foundry returned from the 2017 Metalcasting Congress held in Milwaukee on April 25-27 with several national awards. Individuals receiving awards from the American Foundry Society were retired CEO Gary Gigante and Greg Miskinis, director of research and process development at the foundry. Waupaca Foundry also earned the Plant Engineering Award and the Best in Class Casting Award.

Waupaca County Post

#award #iron-casting #wfnews

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Culture - Feb 8, 2017

I Am Waupaca

Hear from our number one asset at Waupaca Foundry and learn more about our legacy and reputation. Foundry men and women share first hand how Waupaca Foundry ...

Waupaca Foundry | YouTube

#effingham #etowah #iron-casting #marinette #tellcity #waupaca

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Iron Castings - Feb 8, 2017

Markets Served

At Waupaca Foundry, we move people. We build infrastructures. We cultivate opportunities. We create ductile and gray iron castings the world uses and trusts.

Waupaca Foundry | YouTube

#iron-casting #supplier

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Iron Castings - Feb 8, 2017

Trusted Supplier of Commercial Vehicle Iron Castings

A trusted supplier to the Class 4-8 and trailer market, Waupaca Foundry produces a host of gray iron, ductile iron, austempered ductile iron (ADI), and compa...

Waupaca Foundry | YouTube

#iron-casting #supplier

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Iron Castings - Feb 8, 2017

Trusted Supplier of Automotive Iron Castings

A trusted supplier to the passenger car and light truck transportation market, Waupaca Foundry produces a host of gray iron, ductile iron, austempered ductil...

Waupaca Foundry | YouTube

#automotive #iron-casting #supplier

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Iron Castings - Sep 22, 2016

Visit Waupaca Foundry at IZB 2016 Booth 4203 Hall 4

Waupaca Foundry and Hitachi Metals will join Volkswagen, other OEM's and 750 Tier suppliers at IZB 2016 October 18 — 20. IZB 2016 is being held at the AutoBook International Pavilion located next to the global Volkswagen Headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Stop by and talk to Waupaca Foundry's Carsten Behrensmeier and James Newsome at IZB 2016 Booth 4203 in Hall 4 to discuss your next project.

#automotive #events #iron-casting

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Iron Castings - May 5, 2016

Five Ways to Achieve Lightweighting Objectives with Iron Castings

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard is set to hit 54.5 mpg in 2025, so itâ€™s no surprise the auto industry is aggressively pursuing ways to increase fuel efficiency. The Center for Automotive Lightweightingâ€™s Web site states that the use of lightweight materials in vehicles will significantly increase fuel efficiency and cut emissions. As the market takes a serious step towards increasing fuel economy, the topic of material substitution is at the forefront. Gray and ductile iron material is not exactly perceived as lightweight. But, use of this higher-strength iron, allows for design engineers to use less material. Now weâ€™re talking.

Steven Kitzinger | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #lightweighting

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Iron Castings - Apr 9, 2016

Value Analysis / Value Engineering: Collaboration Drives Out Costs

Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VA/VE) is an intensive, innovative, and systematic problem-solving process used to drive cost out of our customer's iron castings and improve quality.

Michael Behring | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Feb 1, 2016

Improving the Quality of Castings at Waupaca Foundry

The quest for quality castings drives Waupaca Foundry to constantly seek out improvement opportunities. To this end, the core assembly and Waupaca Way teams examine foundry processes, adhesives, jigs, designs, and whatever else it takes to establish a new—and better—best practice.

Scott Bailey | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #waupaca

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Iron Castings - Jan 31, 2016

Collaboration That's a Cut Above | Waupaca Foundry

Collaborating with a global leader in commercial turf and lawn care equipment, Waupaca Foundry worked to drive out costs from a mower bumper cast in gray iron, and thereby enhanced the zero-turn commercial mower's performance.

Mike Behring | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #lightweighting

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Iron Castings - Sep 21, 2015

A Streamlined Process From Purchase Order to Tool Build and Everything In Between

For Waupaca Foundry customers, it is useful to understand how we work. Read how our collaboration and close consultation allow us to lead our customers through the iron castings process.

Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting

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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 - Nov 18, 2014

Waupaca Foundry Commended as Bobcat Celebrates 1 Millionth Loader

Waupaca Foundry is pleased to congratulate Bobcat Company on the production of its 1 millionth loader. We are proud and honored to be highlighted as a preferred partner by Bobcat in recognition of this achievement that was over 50 years in the making.

Patrick Neitzel | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #off-highway #supplier

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Sustainability - Oct 23, 2014

TRW Automotive Names Waupaca Foundry Partner In Sustainability

Our mission is to develop a story pitch for the trades, then share it with TRW and Chrysler to create buy-in and identify sources to quote in the press release.

James Newsome | Waupaca Foundry

#automotive #award #iron-casting

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Global MFG - Aug 18, 2014

Waupaca Foundry sold to Japanese metals producer

KPS Capital Partners announced Tuesday it will sell Waupaca Foundry Inc., the world's largest producer of ductile iron and gray iron castings, to Japanese metals producer Hitachi Metals Ltd. for $1.3 billion.

Sharon Hanuszczak-Froberg | Post-Crescent Media

#iron-casting #ma

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Iron Castings - May 4, 2014

Ductile and Gray Iron Foundry | Supplier of the Year | Waupaca Foundry

Waupaca Foundry's Plant 5 located in Tell City, Indiana won supplier of the year.

James Newsome | Waupaca Foundry

#award #iron-casting #tellcity

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Sustainability - Apr 30, 2014

Waupaca Foundry Earns Environmental Award

On May 1, 2014 Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., located in Maryville, Missouri, awarded Waupaca Foundry the environmental award at its annual supplier conference. Since 2004, Waupaca Foundry has implemented significant energy conservation programs.

James Newsome | Waupaca Foundry

#award #iron-casting #marinette #off-highway #waupaca

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Iron Castings - Mar 31, 2014

Marinette Plant 4 Receives Award | Waupaca Foundry

Waupaca Foundry's Plant 4 in Marinette, Wis. was recognized by Nissin Brake as its most improved supplier.

James Newsome | Waupaca Foundry

#automotive #award #iron-casting #marinette #supplier

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Iron Castings - Dec 22, 2013

5 Ways to Expedite Your Ductile Iron or Gray Iron Casting Quote

Receiving an accurate iron casting quote in the shortest possible time may determine whether you're awarded new business from an OEM. See the 5 ways to make the process as short as possible.

Phil Bodenheimer | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #rfq #supplier

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Iron Castings - Oct 6, 2013

Beyond Price 6 Common Cost Drivers of Gray and Ductile Iron Castings Exposed

What may be seen as a similar casting in size and weight to the buyer may not be viewed the same way by the iron casting producer. See why.

Phil Bodenheimer | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Sep 23, 2013

Fueling the Fire

CEO Gary Gigante shares insights about the future of Waupaca Foundry andÂ praised its workforce for helping shape and drive the successÂ of the gray iron and ductile iron supplier.

MaryBeth Matzek | Insight Magazine

#iron-casting #supplier

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Iron Castings - Apr 29, 2013

Green Sand Molds 101

As children, we learned the basic principles of green sand molding at the beach or nearest sand box. By mixing the right proportions of sand, clay and water, we created stable forms that would withstand the rising tide. In the foundry the tide is a 75-inches-per-second flow of molten iron at 2,600 to 2,800 degree Fahrenheit. Not only must the green sand resist erosion by the aggressive flow of molten iron, it must accurately define the basic shape of the casting.

Greg Miskinis | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Feb 11, 2013

When to Collaborate on Casting Designs

Casting design is a two-part equation that must meet many requirements. The first focus is product functionality; the design and material performance that is needed for the end product on whatever component it is placed on. There is consideration for size, geometry, strength, noise and a host of other expectations that must be met in order to meet the performance requirements.

Steve Ebert | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #oem #vave

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Iron Castings - Jan 28, 2013

Capacity, Pricing, and other Market Dynamics in the Iron Casting Industry

On the front cover of a recent issue of Automotive News, I saw something that struck me. It was a feature article containing an interesting interview with Scott Kunselman, Senior Vice President of Purchasing and Supplier Quality at Chrysler Group. Kunselman was quoted as saying, "If I can build another car, am I willing to pay a couple of pennies more for a part? Absolutely." Very interesting...

Kris Pfeahler | Automotive News

#iron-casting #oem

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Iron Castings - Dec 8, 2012

Understanding the Parting Line

Learn how parting line best practices help to improve mold quality at Waupaca Foundry.

Shelby Applegate | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting

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Iron Castings - Sep 1, 2012

Waupaca's Mold Innovation

Waupaca Foundry found a way to double the number of castings it could make per mold for a complex bedplate job.

Modern Casting

#automotive #iron-casting #supplier #wfnews

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Iron Castings - Jun 5, 2012

Casting Innovation Gains More Support | Waupaca Foundry

Collaboration leads to innovation. That's been the belief and practice for more than 50 years at Waupaca Foundry. The most recent example was a design collaboration to tackle a customer's challenge. The result was an award-winning casting redesign that is lighter, stronger and more cost-effective.

Nick Kern | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #tellcity

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Iron Castings - Jan 16, 2012

Waupaca Foundry's Etowah Ductile Iron Foundry Rapidly Expanding

Since Waupaca Foundry's Etowah, Tenn. ductile iron foundry resumed operations in the Fall of 2011, the iron casting supplier has been rapidly expanding to handle new assets. What was built as a gray iron facility in 2001, Plant 6 will be moving into 2012 with the addition of state-of-the-art equipment to produce ductile iron, a set of custom-engineered core machines, and three new buildings.

Mike Nikolai | Waupaca Foundry

#etowah #expansion #iron-casting #wfnews

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Iron Castings - Jun 10, 2011

Casting Central to Hydrant Revolution

OEM startup Sigelock is out to change the way fire hydrants are designed and operated, and a metal casting made by Waupaca Foundry is helping make it happen.

Metalcasting Design & Purchasing

#iron-casting #wfnews