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Author: Ralf Kind
Company: LymBurg Enterprises, LLC
Website: www.lymburg.info
Memorable Quote 1: help when you need it
Author Comment / Biography:
Ralf Kind, born in Hagen-Hohenlimburg, Germany got his Foundry degree, Diplom Ingenieur (FH), by Fachhochschule Giessen/Friedberg in summer 1987.
Subsequently, Ralf worked as an engineer in the High Pressure Die Casting Plant of Ford Motoren Werke AG, Cologne for over 10 years. He held positions in Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Quality Control and as a Specialist for Advanced Programs.
Ralf worked as Die Casting Application Manager with Magma Foundry Technologies, Inc, Schaumburg IL. He was involved in sales and implementation of MAGMASOFT® simulation software and in High Pressure Die Casting engineering projects serving the North American markets. Ralf is now with GH TOOL & MOLD, Washington, MO
Phone: +773-951-4378 e-mail: eng@lymburg.net www.lymburg.info
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11. Autonomous Optimization Saves Launch of New Miter Saw
July 21, 2009
In 2007, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, located in Wisconsin, planned to launch a new miter saw. A high pressure die casting company was found to cast the saw base. A die was designed and built based on the die caster’s past experience. The first die trials produced visually sound castings and...
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12. Begin of the Bundle - a cast in the making-
July 09, 2009
Description of the high-pressure die casting process After proper bedding the mould onto the die casting machine, the mould has to be brought to higher temperature slowly and careful by internal heating. When heated up it will get a tender lubrication treatment on privileged components f...
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13. Tax Credits in your High Pressure Die Casting Operation
July 08, 2009
The Research & Experimentation (R&E) Tax Credit, which was created to increase the competitiveness of the American manufacturing industry may be a solution for metal casters who facing budget obstacles. As global competition continues to increase, metal casters find the need to further reduce cos...
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14. Waste Reduction in Engineering a High Pressure Die Casting Process
June 26, 2009
Abstract Waste: an unwanted or undesired material or substance (Wikipedia: online encyclopedia). To an outsider, looking in at the metalcasting industry, it seems as though the substances we waste most often are time and energy - and they might well be right! At some foundries, these non-replaceab...
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15. Do you Reposition your High Pressure Die Casting Company during Recession?
June 26, 2009
Times are tough and money is tight - but companies that have weathered the previous recessions have learned how to survive even the roughest times, and come out stronger. A wise manager sees a recession as an opportunity to reorganize processes and reposition their company in the changing market pla...
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16. Faster Sourcing Decisions Saves Big for Die Castings Buyers
May 11, 2009
The area least able to be improved is that of human working speed. Computer work hundreds of times faster than they did years ago, but that is a transformation that humans will never be able to duplicate. Unlike machines, however, humans are intelligent, and capable of using those software and hardw...
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17. Engineering a High Pressure Die Casting Process
April 30, 2009
In today's economic environment, however, every business is under pressure to provide service/products faster, with better quality and for less money - but improving quality while decreasing costs is a challenge few companies can meet while clinging to the 'tried-and-true' habits of the past. In ti...
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18. Autonomous Optimization and Uncertainties in the High Pressure Die Casting Process
April 14, 2009
Autonomous optimization for high pressure die casting processes is mainly used to find a good process set but can also easily identify dependencies and sensitivities between these process parameters; such as casting and cavity designs, fill and cycle times, mould and melt temperatures, and their lev...
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19. High Pressure Die Casting Process Simulation
April 06, 2009
In theory, the high-pressure die casting process is simple: Molten metal is injected into the mould, solidifies a few seconds later and is then ejected as a casting. The mould gets treated with a lubricant to avoid having the casting stick to the mould then closed for the next “shot”. In reality, ...
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20. Uncertainties in the High Pressure Die Casting Processes
March 24, 2009
Creating stability in a high-pressure die casting processes is a daunting task facing casting designers and engineers. With up to one hundred parameters in the casting process, simply identifying the effect of each parameter variation on the final quality of the casting is a difficult undertaking; t...
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