THE AUSTRALIAN Die Casting Association is holding a seminar titled ‘Advances in Energy Management, Sustainability and Cost Control for Die Casting’.
18/08/2009
TRUMPF has launched new Size 5 punching tools which will enable the production of formings to be larger than ever before.
15/12/2009
AUTOSPEED magazine has an article about high energy metal forming, an alternative to sheet metal stamping.
04/03/2008
GREENHOUSE emissions modelling released by the Federal Treasury found cutting emissions would have limited impact on the economy, but the aluminium industry would suffer.
31/10/2008
MELBOURNE-based die casting company Mett says it was named the 2008 Supplier of the Year by General Motors.
14/08/2009
TOBIAS Apfel from Schuler Germany has written about the use of hydroforming to manufacturing complex metal parts.
11/06/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Die Casting Association says the Australian Aluminium Council’s Miles Prosser speak at its Annual General Meeting.
26/10/2009
MTS Systems has launched its POWERLINK protocol compatible R-Series sensors to expand the range of metalworking applications which benefit from its Temposonics linear-position sensors.
18/11/2009
PARKER Hannifin has launched the new Compax3F electro-hydraulic controller, which is particularly suitable for die casting, metal forming, blow moulding and tube bending applications.
27/11/2009
MITSUBISHI has teamed up with India-based Craftsman Automation to form a new company ‘MC Craftsman Machinery’ (MCCML) which will sell and service industrial machinery.
11/02/2008
NISSAN Australia is laying off 50 workers at its Dandenong South aluminium casting plant, in response to low demand for its engines and parts.
30/01/2009
WALTER says it will be at the AUSTECH exhibition from 12 to 15 May 2009 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.
29/04/2009
SCIENTISTS from the University of Queensland are partnering with Australian Tube Mills to develop a continuous press forming machine for eliminating metal rolling defects.
18/08/2008
MAXITEC says the economic crisis is widening the gap between the successful and the struggling metal fabricators in Australia and New Zealand.
29/04/2009
THE AMWU says the International Metalworkers’ Federation has endorsed the establishment of regional networks to achieve a global ban on asbestos.
01/06/2009
ISCAR has released a new H600 WXCU 0403 insert for its Helido Upfeed line of high-feed milling tools.
30/09/2009
MITSUI Seiki says its new 12-page brochure details its recently introduced ‘HPX-63 4-axis CNC Horizontal Machining Centre which can cut titanium, Inconnel, tool steel, stainless steels, and aluminium.
30/11/2009
CSIRO has developed a new heat treatment process for high pressure die casting (HPDC) of aluminium which is said to double the mechanical strength, and improve the fatigue resistance and energy absorption of treated parts.
13/02/2008
THE CAST Cooperative Research Centre (CAST CRC) has discovered molten metals can behave like wet sand when they enter a zone between solid and liquid states.
21/05/2008
A FIRE has forced the world’s second-biggest steelmaker to halt one of its blast furnaces and some production lines.
30/07/2008