K FEATURES
INTERVIEW
Schneider, Wolfgang; Weber, Rolf; von den Brinken, Peter
Making quicker progress together – with open innovation! 6
MELTING SHOP
Heldt, Hans-Heinrich; Illgner, Christian
Employment of the Sequence Impulse Process in cupola operation 10
PRESSURE DIE CASTING
Erhard, Norbert; Babic, Sladjan
Modern die casting – ready for the future with innovations! 14
AUTOMATION
Michenfelder, Manfred; Liedtke, Alfred; Huck, Christoph
Process-integrated molding material management 24
Schwarzbach, Laura
First time use of a robot to cast molten iron 30
Köhler, Thomas
Function-oriented inspection of failure-critical vehicle components 32
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RGU GmbH
Karl-Harr Str. 1
44263 Dortmund/Germany
Tel.: + 49 (0) 231 419970
Fax: + 49 (0) 231 41997-99
info@rgu.de
www.rgu.de
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Die-casting is excellent for producing complex part
geometries. An overview of the state-of-the-art in hot and
cold chamber die-casting machines (Photo: Csaba Metal)
For the first time ever, Georg Fischer is using the strength of two
Kuka heavy-duty robots of the KR 1000 titan type for casting molten
iron at 1,400 °C (Photo: Kuka)
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