http://www.maynards.com/media/components/ams/events/AAKRR101503/Foundry_Auction_(Brochure).pdf
Anyone know what finished these guys off?
Anyone know what finished these guys off?
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http://www.maynards.com/media/components/ams/events/AAKRR101503/Foundry_Auction_(Brochure).pdf
Anyone know what finished these guys off?
Fab shops/processing eliminated most large castings except for niche areas like pump housings.
EPA makes it cost ineffective to compete with 3rd world countries for production castings that can be shipped in containers. Economic competition including wages and regulatory costs killed the somewhat labor intensive stuff in the middle (machine tool castings, e.g.).
USA still has a ton of foundries. But not many that welcome the stuff you used to be able to have done on the side at one of a half dozen in your local area.
smt
A ton of foundries? Only took 2 weeks to find one that would pour 20 motorcycle triple trees in aluminum. The one being actioned used to give one employee per month a new pickup truck!
Fab shops/processing eliminated most large castings except for niche areas like pump housings.
EPA makes it cost ineffective to compete with 3rd world countries for production castings that can be shipped in containers. Economic competition including wages and regulatory costs killed the somewhat labor intensive stuff in the middle (machine tool castings, e.g.).
smt
Boeing doesn't make everything it used too. The result is they have cut there workforce also. Alot is outsourced even to other countries. Some of it is political to get sales to other countries.
A ton of foundries? Only took 2 weeks to find one that would pour 20 motorcycle triple trees in aluminum. The one being actioned used to give one employee per month a new pickup truck!
Another reason foundries are going out of business, is that fewer things are being designed around cast parts. In the 70's there was a big push to replace castings with weldments. So while companies like Case held on to cast booms for their backhoes, Caterpillar went with a weldment that was cheaper to make, more durable, and even a bit more functional. Later high strength steel stampings replaced some castings. There was a big push to get weight out of anything that moved or was expensive to ship -- cars, trucks, planes, appliances, even portable tools. Now there are structural plastics and composities.
So, fewer castings in car parts. Much of the aerospace/defense stuff is going with composites. The castings you used to see sitting as legs under lathes, as street lamps pole, or kitchen mixer bases are all pretty much gone. And so on. All replaced (usually) with better alternatives.
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