CPT International 04/2014
The leading technical journal for the global foundry industry – Das führende Fachmagazin für die weltweite Gießerei-Industrie
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K COMPANY<br />
Temperature measurement during casting. The melt is<br />
now at about 1380 - 1400°C<br />
Red-hot brake blocks on the cooling line. The castings<br />
must cool for about 35 to 45 minutes before being knocked<br />
out<br />
Finishing is heavy work. Some railway<br />
components weigh over 10 kg<br />
Euro Metall Managing Director László Retter shows where, on a railway<br />
wheel, his castings are required<br />
ten tonnes of castings every day,” Retter<br />
praises their performance. A machine<br />
with an unusual producer name<br />
is used for blasting: the blasting plant<br />
is made by the Czech producer Škoda –<br />
also known for its cars.<br />
Expansion of the product portfolio<br />
is planned<br />
Railway technology represents a solid<br />
business basis for Euro Metall. During<br />
the course of the coming five years,<br />
however, Euro Metall’s production<br />
range will be expanded with castings<br />
for agricultural and machine construction,<br />
Retter reveals.<br />
The country’s politics will also play<br />
an important role in the implementation<br />
of future plans. Hungary has increased<br />
taxes for many multinational<br />
companies since Viktor Orbán and<br />
his right-leaning national conservative<br />
party Fidesz took over power four<br />
years ago. A further increase in taxes is<br />
feared following re-election of the Hungarian<br />
Prime Minister in April. Retter<br />
is relaxed about this: “This foundry is<br />
very important for Hungary’s state railway<br />
system. I do not think that there is<br />
very much danger that business might<br />
be impaired.” And it’s true: the Hungarian<br />
state railway repairs its brakes right<br />
next door, in a neighboring hall. Production<br />
and operation thus take place<br />
at almost the same place – a perfect<br />
symbiosis!<br />
Good prerequisites for Euro Metall,<br />
then, which now exports well over half<br />
of its production. With this in mind:<br />
good luck or, as the Hungarians say, Jó<br />
szerencsét!<br />
www.ewa-guss.de/eurometall<br />
Picture gallery of the Euro Metall iron<br />
foundry<br />
http://1drv.ms/1fu6g8M<br />
40 Casting Plant & Technology 4/<strong>2014</strong>