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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Foundry industry"”.
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A study of the foundry industry dynamics/
… The thesis analyzes the dynamics of the foundry industry. Through the top-down approach (how the semiconductor industry trends have influenced the foundry industry), the foundry market size is expected to grow continuously as the semiconductor industry becomes more horizontal due to …
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Casting environmental governance : the evolution of regulatory relationships in the Wisconsin foundry industry
… efforts to reduce pollution in the Wisconsin foundry industry. This analysis follows the development of the Department's efforts to change their practices over the past 30 years and explores a more recent "institutional innovation" called the Benzene Reduction Action Team (otherwise known as …
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An investigation of the feasibility of a CBR approach to the design of sand castings in the foundry industry
… process of designing sand castings in the foundry industry by a case-based reasoning (CBR) approach. The research answers four basic questions. These have been organised into a primary question and three subsidiary questions. The primary question asks: Is it possible to automate the …
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Reducing industrial energy costs through energy efficiency measures in the South African foundry industry - evaluation and opportunities of a South African foundry
… electricity prices threaten the country's steel industry. The objective of this study was to identify cost-effective energy efficiency improvements for the South African foundry industry. A lack of research in South African foundries was identified as existing literature on the topic was …
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The application of statistical quality control to the casting of tractor transmission cases
… the use of statistical quality control in the foundry industry.
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Free surface flow and application to the filling and solidification of liquid metals into vessels of arbitrary shape
… mould filling processes as encountered in the foundry industry. The quality of castings, especially aerospace components, is primarily pre-determined at the stage of mould filling within the entire casting process. The entrapment of oxide films, air voids and other impurities into the cast, …
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Fluidity of aluminum in green sand molds
… is the basic original method employed by the foundry industry. Other methods are the results of the technological advances, but none has resulted in the extreme flexibility of the sand casting process. The control of the sand properties is important in order to produce casting of good quality. …
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Designing against failures resulting from static and time-varying loading in thick-walled components made of ductile cast iron
… iron (DCI) is a pivotal material in Europe’s foundry industry due to its strength, flexibility, and versatility. Widely employed in sectors such as automotive manufacturing, construction, energy production, and wastewater systems, DCI is exploited to produce complex and large components. …
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Pillar design for St. Peter sandstone formation
… used for hydraulic fracturing in the petroleum industry, glassmaking, chemicals, ceramics, filtration and the foundry industry in the US. The recent high demand for silica sands for hydraulic fracturing has triggered increased production and commissioning of new silica sand mines to support …
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Understanding the Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Desired and Undesired Reactions during Electrochemical Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Furfural on Copper in Acidic Media
<p>The decarbonization of the chemical industry would have an immense impact on lowering greenhouse gas emissions and assisting in mitigating global warming. To achieve this there is a growing interest in implementing renewable feedstocks like biomass and coupling of chemical processes with …
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The design of an experiment to investigate the fluidity of aluminum silicon alloys in carbon dioxide cured molds
… decade has seen many new developments in the foundry industry, among them the CO₂ process for curing molds and cores. The CO₂ process consists essentially of mixing dry, clay-free, silica sand with an organic liquid sodium silicate binder, then ramming this mix into molds or core boxes and …
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Použití hliníku a jeho slitin ve slévárenství
Tato bakalářská práce je zaměřena na popis vlastností a použití hliníku a jeho slitin ve slévárenství. Autor se nejprve krátce věnuje hliníku technické čistoty a poté popisuje vlastnosti, rozdělení a technologie výroby hliníkových slitin. Po základní charakteristice všech používaných slévárenských …
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Zavedení výroby odlitku na spalitelný model v podmínkách ZPS Slévárna, a. s.
Cílem této diplomové práce je zhodnotit možnosti zavedení výroby odlitku na vypařitelný model v konkrétních výrobních podmínkách slévárny s důrazem na co možná nejmenší zásah do zavedeného výrobního procesu. Práce si rovněž klade za cíl, pomocí srovnání na konkrétních zkušebních odlitcích, zmapovat …