Case Study – Improving Metal Recovery...
In early 2024, I received a call from a recycling plant manager in Guangdong Province. His plant processes mixed aluminium scrap into ADC12 ingots for the automotive and appliance markets. His metal recovery rate had fallen to 84%. That meant 16%...
Case Study – Reducing Die Casting...
In early 2024, I received a call from a foundry manager in Guangdong Province. His plant supplies aluminium die castings to several automotive OEMs in China and Southeast Asia. Their main product is a structural component for electric vehicles —...
Case Study – How a Chinese...
In late 2023, I was contacted by a die casting plant in Rayong, Thailand. They supply structural components for electric vehicles — battery trays, motor housings, and front shock towers. Their main customer is a Chinese OEM that has invested...
Case Study – Solving a Refractory...
In mid-2023, I received a call from a foundry manager in Malaysia. His voice was tense. “Our 3-tonne gas-fired reverb furnace is failing. The lining cracked after only 14 months. We have patches everywhere. The shell is getting hot. We...
Case Study – How We Cut...
In early 2023, a mid-sized foundry in Jiangsu Province contacted me. They run two gas-fired reverberatory furnaces, each with a 5-tonne capacity. They melt around 25 tonnes per day of ADC12 and A380 for automotive and industrial castings. Their energy...
Case Study – How a Chinese...
In late 2022, I received an email from a foundry manager in Indiana, USA. He had found my blog through a search for “aluminium furnace maintenance checklist.” His message was short: “Our maintenance costs are out of control. We run...
Case Study – How a Chinese...
In early 2023, I received a call from a die casting plant in Shanghai. They were running two gas-fired reverberatory furnaces, each with a capacity of 3 tonnes. They melted around 18 tonnes per day of ADC12 alloy. Their energy...
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