Aluminium 2010
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A day in the working life of an Extrusion Product Manager
Dan Dunn, Extrusion Product Manager from Castool discusses his global client base after being delayed in Western Europe due to the Icelandic volcano eruption in April 2010.
A Complete Tool Package Can Speed the Extrusion Process
This presentation by Paul Robbins General Manager of Castool Tooling Systems, an international supplier to the extrusion industry, based in Canada, demonstrates that all parts of the extrusion process must function closely together as a cohesive system, if maximum productivity is to be achieved.
Castool awarded funding grant for major project in Israel
SHL-Alubin is the biggest light metal extruder in Israel, with a monthly output of about 1,000 tonnes. Currently, the company primarily uses soft alloys in their production.
Extruding in a Reset Market
Following the recent economic meltdown, our economy, our productivity, and our entire lifestyle are all in the process of being reset. The light metal extrusion industry can't ignore this fact. We must accept it and adjust to a new and much more challenging business environment for the foreseeable future.
What's happening to extrusion in North America today?
The performance of the North American extruder has reached levels not seen in the past. There are several masons for this. Perhaps the first of these is that better levels of extrusion can actually be achieved.
The Fixed Dummy Block
The replaceable fixed dummy block is used on most aluminum extrusion presses. However, operating conditions such as aluminum alloy and dies, physical size, unit pressure, temperature and cycle time vary greatly from press to press.
The Maintenance of Extrusion Presses with Specific Reference to Press Tooling
The interest on money borrowed to finance the purchase of extrusion presses and their ancillary equipment is paid 24 hour a day, 365 days a year. The performance of the press maintenance activities is measured by the availability of the presses. The benchmark is to have the presses operating all the time.
The Single-Cell Die Oven
Case studies of recent installations document the reduction in die trials, and the increase in productivity and recovery, which is achieved through control of the temperature of tooling - dies and support tooling, containers, stems, and fixed dummy blocks - before the tooling is loaded into the extrusion press.
Thermal Control of the Extrusion Press Container
The ever increasing demands for higher productivity and recovery at the extrusion press focus attention on the mechanical, thermal, and electrical design of the container, this increasingly complex but essential part of extrusion press tooling.
Optimizing Contemporary Extrusion System
Anything that can be measured can be improved. This old maxim is as true for light metal extrusion as it is for any other process.
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