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2005 FOUNDRY OF THE YEAR – HAYES LEMMERZ MONTAGUE (20061825)
Modern Casting V 95 N 7 P 18-22, Jul 2005 (5 p)
Hayes Lemmerz (Montague, Mich.) produces automotive suspension components in A356 using a Hayes Lemmerz developed vacuum and pressure assisted permanent molding process. This process has enabled them to produce high-quality aluminum crossmembers, steering knuckles and control arms. Robots are used extensively in the newer cells. The 1,500-lb. reverberatory casting furnaces are supplied with molten aluminum from two 14,000 lb/hr reverberatory furnaces that feed a covered launder system that runs the length of various permanent mold casting systems. Numerous pictures are included in the article and details of the vacuum-pressure casting process are also provided in the article.

2005 FOUNDRY OF THE YEAR – HAYES LEMMERZ MONTAGUE (20072204)
Modern Casting V 95 N 7 P 18-22, Jul 2005 (5 p)
Hayes Lemmerz (Montague, Mich.) produces automotive suspension components in A356 using a Hayes Lemmerz developed vacuum and pressure assisted permanent molding process. This process has enabled them to produce high-quality aluminum crossmembers, steering knuckles and control arms. Robots are used extensively in the newer cells. The 1,500-lb. reverberatory casting furnaces are supplied with molten aluminum from two 14,000 lb/hr reverberatory furnaces that feed a covered launder system that runs the length of various permanent mold casting systems. Numerous pictures are included in the article and details of the vacuum-pressure casting process are also provided in the article.

Metalcaster of the Year: U.S. Pipe Turns on Tradition (20100200)
Modern Casting, Vol. 100, No.7, P16-21, July 2010
U.S. Pipe engineered a new kind of ductile iron pipe facility and now is taking the plant to even greater heights.

ENERGY INDEXING: AN EASY WAY TO COMPARE AND EVALUATE CONSERVATION ALTERNATIVES (19850426)
Plant Engineering V 39 N 4 P 153-154, Feb 28,1985 (2 pages)
Brief article describes an indexing method that provides objectives for energy conservation programs that are cost effective and realistic, insures adequate comparisons of competing products and systems, checks effectiveness of measures already in operation and monitors ongoing process energy efficiency. Three examples are provided showing situations familiar to all who work in the plant engineering field, that are monitored and guided by the proposed system. All math calculations necessary are shown and explained. The examples cover lighting and heating situations.

BRINGING A DYING PLANT BACK TO LIFE (19780655)
Plant Engineering (June 22, 1978), p. 94-99, 6 pages
The article describes the rejuvenation of Dana Corporation's New Castle Metal Casting Plant in New Castle, IN. The plant won the AIPE award for the outstanding small-plant engineering program in industry for 1978. The plant was changed from an unprofitable piston-ring casting facility in the early 1970's to a profitable producer of heavy- duty gray and ductile iron castings for the transmission, axle, and clutch divisions of Dana. The decisions, efforts, and equipment changes that went into this transformation are given. Problems in planning and scheduling projects are discussed, as are some solutions to plant layout and traffic flow problems, increased maintenance needs, and energy conservation. Natural gas curtailments in 1974 caused management to add propane and fuel oil as back-up fuel sources. Credit is given to top corporate management (which provided capital and relative autonomy for New Castle managers) and to employee cooperation, especially during periods of layoffs.

Good Maintenance Practice and Maintenance Hazards in a Foundry – Some Observations (20090441)
Foundry, Vol.21, No. 6, P 45-52, November/December 2009
Here is an excellent presentation focusing on Plant & Equipment Maintenance practice in a foundry. The author is a professional Plant Engineering expert, and is at present working in Rourkela Steel Plant of SAIL. In this presentation, he has initially focused on Furnace Maintenance in a foundry, mainly an induction furnace and cupola furnaces. Thereafter he has focused on the Project of improving Compressed Air System in a large size foundry, indicating at the end the project results. Finally he has highlighted Maintenance Hazards in a foundry, followed by his suggestions about how to adopt good maintenance practice in a foundry. Practicing foundrymen will find this paper both interesting and informative, providing some Road Map to improve maintenance practice in their foundries.

ENERGY MONITORING AND TARGETING IN THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY (19890224)
The Foundryman V 81 N 11 P 515-516, 518 Nov 1988 (3 p)
This subject, usually a plant engineering function, discusses the ways in management can establish targeted levels of energy consumption for the monitor progress in the achievement of those prescribed levels. Essenti is treated in the same manner as expenditures for finance or manpower wo authorized and controlled. While written for application in a steel can be applied to any metalcasting operation.

CONTROLLING NOISE IN PLANT EQUIPMENT (19950780)
Plant Engineering V 49 N 6 P 108-110 May 8, 1995 (3 p)
Vibration damping, often a critical requirement in plant engineering, is discussed in this first article of a two-part series. Damping is a measure of a material or a structure's ability to dissipate energy. This article deals with use of viscoelastic principles in vibration damping. There are four primary types: free layer damping, constrained layer damping, tuned damping and direct-load-path damping. These are explained and shown in line drawings. Where they should be applied and their respective effectiveness are described. Part two will discuss acoustic absorber and barrier systems.

Engineering Studies for Cupola Melt Shops (20090454)
Foundry Management & Technology, Vol. 137, No. 10, P 17-19, October 2009
Two consequences of the current economic recession are that cupola melt shops have begun to take a very close look at their operating costs, while also scaling back their investments in capital equipment improvements. They are realizing that it is essential to reduce overall costs by becoming more efficient, as a key to remaining profitable, or at least to limiting losses as much as possible in this business climate. Cupola melt shops are turning to engineering studies as a cost-effective way to evaluate their operations, and to develop strategic plans to streamline costs and become more efficient.

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