The first U.S. design guide for steel castings—structural joints without welds or bolted plates—is likely to be published in about two years. And though there is support for specifications to expand ...

BERKELEY (KPIX 5) -- You've probably seen it as you drive past Berkeley on Interstate 80: A sprawling, old steel foundry at the edge of the freeway. Neighbors say that, for more than a century, it has ...

A foundational shift is occurring within the structural DNA of heavy equipment manufacturing. Charter Casting, the leading provider of innovative cast metal solutions and cast iron bar stock (DuraBar) ...

Cast aluminium is used for automotive parts and supplies. These include water pump housings, oil pumps, transmission parts, connectors, and more. Aluminium castings are suitable for these products due ...

The V100 is a multiple-surface, five-axis double-column machine capable of continuous machining without head change, thanks to a spindle head with B and C axes. It achieves high productivity while ...

In Kolkata, a major hub for India's steel foundries that export sanitary castings, work has slowed or stopped. Owners discuss distress in private but don't share much in public, and workers are ...

Breathing crystalline silica dust can cause silicosis, an incurable condition that reduces the ability of lungs to take in oxygen. Nov 30, 2011 OSHA has cited Northern Steel Castings Inc. for two ...