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0070-0073 2<br />
Development of foundry casts in machine tools<br />
• Ralph Hattler, BMW: The future of mobility<br />
• Andrew Turner, World Foundry Industry:<br />
Theglobalmarketof foundrycasts<br />
•Rainer Kurtz, Kurtz Eisenguss, provided a presentation<br />
of his Smart Foundry.<br />
Thisintenseprogramofspeecheswasbroughttoanendby<br />
a round table on the industry’s global outlook, with Thomas<br />
Gao(China),RobertoAriotti(Europe),KrishnaSamaraj(India),AtsushiNagai(Japan),andPatricioGil(Naftaregions).<br />
The forthcoming issues of Alluminio & Leghe magazine will<br />
reportindetailtheworksandthesinglespeeches.Inthis<br />
issue we shall summarize the main themes focused upon<br />
which concern the world’s foundry industry, such as, the<br />
dominant role of the automotive industry as main user of<br />
foundry casts, the importance of the decrease in weight<br />
which drives the development of aluminium alloys and at<br />
any rate of innovative materials, techniques and processes.<br />
The Industry 4.0 objective is increasingly present, and so is<br />
the role of digital transformation for the competitiveness<br />
offoundries,especiallyinEurope,whileadditivemanufacturingtechniqueshavebynowbecomeagreatresource<br />
for this sector.<br />
Theautomotiveindustrydrives<br />
innovation in casting<br />
A firmly-rooted belief shared by participants to the Forum<br />
is that the automotive industry, now and for many<br />
years to come, will be a key reference point for foundries,<br />
both as a driver of technological and qualitative<br />
evolution and as an end market: over half the casts pro-<br />
ducedintheworld(atotalbeinglikelytoreachroughly110milliontonsin<strong>2016</strong>)arenowtakenupbytheautomotive<br />
industry.<br />
Opening speech<br />
of Mr. Ioannis<br />
Ioannidis,<br />
President,<br />
Cemafon (Photo<br />
© LarsNeumann.<br />
Fotografie)<br />
Lanonaedizionedell’International<br />
Foundry Forum<br />
Eventi-Fonderia<br />
I big mondiali della fonderia metalli si sono ritrovati a Dresda<br />
per il principale appuntamento del settore organizzato ogni<br />
due anni da Caef e Cemafon. Focus su Industry 4.0, additive<br />
manufacturing e mobilità<br />
SiètenutaaDresdaneigiorni23e24settembre<strong>2016</strong>lanona<br />
edizione dell’International Foundry Forum, la manifestazione<br />
organizzata congiuntamente dall’European Foundry Association<br />
Caef e da Cemafon, l’European Foundry Equipment<br />
Suppliers Association per molti anni presieduta da GabrieleGalante,ideatorediquestofortunatoeventochechiamaaraccoltaognidueanniilmondoglobaledellafonderia<br />
metalli per fare il punto su questo importante segmento<br />
dell’industria manifatturiera mondiale. Obiettivo principale<br />
del Foundry Forum è incrementare le opportunità di commercializzazione<br />
dei getti metallici in concorrenza con altri<br />
processi e prodotti, in uno scenario di mercato globale.<br />
Questo obiettivo è stato ottimamente raggiunto dall’evento,<br />
che ha offerto le opinioni e il confronto con i big del settore.<br />
Oltre 250 amministratori delegati delle principali fonderie<br />
mondiali insieme ai loro fornitori (costruttori di macchine<br />
eimpianti,progettistiefornitoridiprodottichimici)hanno<br />
dialogato con rappresentanti delle maggiori aziende utilizzatricidigettidifonderiaediscussosulleattualitendenze<br />
dell’industriaelesfidefuture.IlForum,articolatocomedi<br />
October <strong>2016</strong> N° 05<br />
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