Issue 1 (2026)
Issue Highlights:
Reinventing the wheel
The man in his mid-fifties, let‘s call him Uwe, delicately runs the fingertips of his right hand over the metal, the curved, painted edge of the casting, then over the sharp edges in the middle, high-gloss aluminum.
“First-mover advantage” for die casters
A strategically significant merger has taken place in the die casting industry: the Moneva foundry and the tool technology and training/consulting divisions of the Frech Group are joining forces and will operate together...
Advantages of reduced roughness through coating systems
Furan resin-bonded molds and cores produced by binder jetting show process related stepped surfaces. This can lead to component surfaces with roughness values that do not meet specifi cations. The development of suitable...
