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In this October 7, 2009 Publication:
Has China Lost Its Cost Advantage in Die Casting?
Hitech produces patterns about one third faster with
Delcam’s PowerMILL
EPA’s Addition of Amcast Industrial Corp Site to
Hazardous Waste Superfund Due to 40 Year Old
Lubricants
OEM LEADS – Ready for Corporate Members
Less Than One Month Until NADCA Courses Begin!
2009 Transactions – Free to NADCA Members
Has China Lost Its Cost Advantage in Die Casting?
In February of 2007, Technology Consulting Group (TCG) reported on the results of a
year-long study for NADCA regarding buyers' opinions on the American die casting
industry. This report remains available through NADCA as, Die Casting in the U.S. –
The Buyer’s Perspective 2007. In that report, TCG predicted that within five years,
American die casters serving the American market would be cost-competitive with
Chinese sources. As part of that study, TCG asked American OEM buyers of die
castings about the savings they achieved by sourcing castings from China. On
average, on raw castings from China, the buyers they interviewed reported savings of
approximately 21%. On machined castings, the savings averaged around 37%. At the
OEMs they interviewed, these savings were enough to warrant importing raw and
machined castings from China. Greater savings were available on the cost of dies
and/or the cost of assembly.
Hitech produces patterns about one third faster with Delcam’s PowerMILL
With Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system, Hitech Shapes and Designs is keeping its
turnaround times low and its service quality high, helping assure success in a very
competitive market. The company, a division of Seilkop Industries based in
Cincinnati, Ohio, has been building foundry tooling since 1946. During that time, it
has evolved from hand-crafted wood and metal patterns to its current CNC
capabilities.
With its Delcam software, plus the excellent support from local reseller Design and
Software, Hitech Shapes can offer its clients many ways to take time and cost out of
foundry production. The company can ship machined prototype moulds within three or
four weeks of receiving the customer’s CAD file. A big part of that quicker
turnaround is due to PowerMILL.
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EPA’s Addition of Amcast Industrial Corp Site to Hazardous Waste Superfund Due to 40
Year Old Lubricants
Amcast Industrial group located in Cedarburg, WI was an automotive supplier of
aluminum die cast components. The company filed for bankruptcy in both 2004 and
2005. Since this time the EPA has added the entire site to the hazardous waste
superfund list. Die casters should not have to worry about their site being added
to the superfund list, because the contamination at Amcast occurred many years ago
as a result of using polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB). PCBs are found in older
formulations of hydraulic fluids and cutting and grinding oils. Since 1976 PCBs
have been banned from use in the United States. The contamination in Cedarburg is
not new and has been know for almost 40 years by the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources. More information on the EPA’s announcement can be found at EPA.gov.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1799.htm
OEM LEADS – Ready for Corporate Members
This is your monthly reminder to corporate members. Leads
generated during May can now be accessed by logging in to myNADCA.
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Less Than One Month Until NADCA Courses Begin!
NADCA's 2009 Fall courses begin in October. The schedule is as follows:
EC-515 Die Casting Defects - Oct 20-21 - Udvardy
EC-506 Engineering Die Casting Dies - Oct 27-28 - Kirkman
EC-606 Product Design - Oct 29 - Meyer
EC-406 Machine Maintenance: Hydraulics - Nov 2-4 - Paluchniak
EC-407 Machine Maintenance: Mechanics - Nov 5-6 - Cnossen
EC-514 Gating Design - Nov 10-11 - Meyer
EC-700 PQ2 - Nov 12 - Meyer
EC-205 Quick Die Change (SMED) - Nov 17 - Udvardy
EC-430 Process Monitoring - Nov 18 - Meyer
TTT - Train the Trainer - Dec 1-3 - Meyer
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2009 Transactions – Free to NADCA Members
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