:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745100/1745191/original.jpg "The negative development in operating earnings was chiefly due to the crisis-induced lack of sales in the second quarter of 2020.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1744900/1744927/original.jpg "The market for actuators is anticipated to grow at a fast pace.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1742100/1742148/original.jpg "The 3D printer VX4000 from voxeljet has a build envelope of 4000 x 2000 x 1000 mm.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1738200/1738250/original.jpg "This picture shows Rolf Philipp, Managing Director of the Aircraft Philipp Group (left) and Gerald Mayer, CEO of Amag Austria Metall AG (right) with the future logo of the joint company")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748500/1748503/original.jpg "The MetraSCAN BLACK dimensional metrology system has been developed to measure complex parts and assemblies from an array of industries and manufacturing processes.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748100/1748157/original.jpg "Digital twin design process: Overview of the simulations.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745500/1745523/original.jpg "The stationary filter unit is suitable for filtering medium quantities of welding fumes and dust at up to two workplaces simultaneously.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1744500/1744524/original.jpg "“Our experience so far shows massive value in leveraging AI to reduce waste and resource consumption, as well as to increase yield.”")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1749900/1749964/original.jpg "An essential advantage of induction furnaces is the bath movement, which enables return material to be stirred into the melt.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1750000/1750086/original.jpg "“EUROGUSS 2022 is clearly an event not to be missed in this sector, and one that appeals to all die casting foundries, their suppliers, and of course all buyers of die cast components”.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748600/1748689/original.jpg "Optomec’s automated solution typically replaces manual operations.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1749200/1749212/original.jpg "VW restructures its personnel.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1746900/1746979/original.jpg "The automotive industry and the mechanical and plant engineering sector are facing massive challenges. Thus, the foundry industry is also affected to a large extent.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1749900/1749964/original.jpg "An essential advantage of induction furnaces is the bath movement, which enables return material to be stirred into the melt.")
High Pressure Die Casting
Otto Junker Supplies Two Coreless Induction Furnaces for HPDC Plant
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1750000/1750086/original.jpg "“EUROGUSS 2022 is clearly an event not to be missed in this sector, and one that appeals to all die casting foundries, their suppliers, and of course all buyers of die cast components”.")
Trade Fair News
EUROGUSS 2022 on Track
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748600/1748689/original.jpg "Optomec’s automated solution typically replaces manual operations.")
Additive Manufacturing
Over 10 Million Turbine Blade Repairs at Supplier of AM Systems
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1749200/1749212/original.jpg "VW restructures its personnel.")
Personnel Changes
VW Appoints new Head of Business Unit Engine and Foundry
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748200/1748270/original.jpg "New cooperation partners (from left to right). LMI: Dawid Ziebura, Sven Scheres, Steffen Stahlhacke, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum & Kurtz Ersa: CEO Rainer Kurtz, Technical Director Victor Romanov, Managing Director Uwe Rothaug")
Business Fields
Kurtz Ersa and LMI Enter Cooperation in the Field of Additive Manufacturing
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1747100/1747163/original.jpg "Mechanical Engineering Industry expects a 17 % drop in production for the year 2020 as a whole.")
Corona Crisis
Mechanical Engineering Industry Expects Continued Decline in Production
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1746000/1746042/original.jpg "“The metals industry has an important role to play in the fight against climate change. Trafigura is committed to facilitate the transition towards a sustainable aluminum supply chain,”")
Aluminum Supply Chain
"Low Carbon Aluminum" Financing Facility Established
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1735200/1735283/original.jpg "Brass - an alloy of zinc and copper - is used in almost all industrial sectors: In mechanical engineering, apparatus engineering and power station construction it is used for bearings, valves, synchronizer rings, pipes, turbines and blade wheels, in vehicle construction for car radiators and heat exchangers, in precision engineering and instrument construction for measuring and control devices and in electrical engineering and electronics for plug connections, clamp contacts and semiconductor connections.")
Basic Knowledge – Article Series Part 3
Lightmetal Alloys: Spotlight Zinc
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739500/1739590/original.jpg "China Diecasting 2022 in July was a successful relaunch for the die casting industry.")
Trade Fair News
Grand Opening of China Diecasting 2020
Galleries
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1735200/1735260/original.jpg "Image 1: Perfection down to the smallest detail is only possible if the surface also meets the highest standards.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1731000/1731094/original.jpg "Figure 1: Diagram of the low-pressure casting process.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1732300/1732350/original.jpg "The Harley-Davidson LiveWire is a dynamic electric motorcycle. To meet targets for range, acceleration, and handling, the vehicle’s energy capacity was improved 90 % while the ratio of energy capacity to vehicle mass (kWh/kg) was increased by 60 %. Chassis stiffness was increased 143 % and 97 % in the two primary directions of interest with rolling chassis mass reduced 2.3 kg.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1711700/1711707/original.jpg "Laser structuring process of an aluminum high pressure die casting component using an infrared laser system with a wavelength of 1064 nm.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1738500/1738542/original.jpg "Printed components are also increasingly being used as serial products.")
Additive Manufacturing
Trimet Offers Alloy for 3D Printing
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1737800/1737843/original.jpg "This picture shows the magnesium table top with the flat and high quality matt surface.")
Magnesium Lightweight Design
ThinKing August 2020 - From Heavy to Light with Magnesium
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1737300/1737356/original.jpg "To reduce the number of casting machines required to build a vehicle frame, the new casting machine should be able to build a complete frame by means of aluminum casting.")
High Pressure Die Casting
"Biggest Casting Machine Ever Made" Spotted at Tesla Plant
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1736500/1736548/original.jpg "The next edition of ALUCAST will be announced soon and will offer a chance
to the exhibitors to present their latest innovative solutions in line with Industry 4.0.")
Trade Fair
COVID-19 - ALUCAST 2020 Canceled
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1734900/1734995/original.jpg "From the 16.8 million tons of castings annually produced by CAEF member states more than half goes into new vehicles.")