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EDITORIAL Light-metal casting is also possible with iron! Ahead of the international EUROGUSS die-casting trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany – from 16 - 18 January 2018 – CP+T is presenting a range of trailblazing light-metal-related topics. These not only include the classic die-casting light metals, however, but also light-metal casting with iron. The Fritz Winter iron foundry (in Stadtallendorf, Germany) has developed its EcoCasting process for producing thin-walled iron castings, and it most definitely measures up against casting processes with other materials. Find out more from P. 26. While the light-metal potentials of aluminum and magnesium are well-known, there is still a need for more information on the light metal zinc. Zinc is heavier than aluminum but can be cast with very low wall thicknesses, as die-casting plant producer Oskar Frech (in Schorndorf, Germany) shows in a specialist article (from P. 18). Zinc is also used in a wide range of applications and is particularly suitable for medical technology products of all sorts. Find out more about this on P. 14. The future of foundry technology is again a major topic in this final issue of <strong>2017</strong>: in this issue’s interview, Franz Josef Wöstmann and Christoph Pille from Fraunhofer IFAM (in Bremen, Germany) reveal how they were able to embed RFID chips into castings and the advantages that this technology can offer foundries (from P. 6). In addition, the essay by Mark Lewis, from the British foundry machine producer Omega Foundry Machinery (in Peterborough, the U.K.), examines the question of how much influence the fourth industrial revolution, digitalization, is having on the foundry industry (from P. 10). Our coverage also highlights the Swiss company Christenguss that is aiming to become an Industry 4.0 foundry over the next 20 years – company head Florian Christen has already worked out a detailed plan for this, which he explains to CP+T (from P. 30). Have a good read! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Robert Piterek e-mail: robert.piterek@bdguss.de Casting Plant & Technology 4 / <strong>2017</strong> 3
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