3 metalcasting firms benefit from grants, to improve capabilities.Three U.S. metalcasting firms recently received financial assistance from local organizations to improve production capabilities and add jobs during the next few years. Ryobi Die Casting die casting Forming metal objects by injecting molten metal under pressure into dies or molds. An early and important use of the technique was in the Linotype machine (1884), but the mass-production automobile assembly line gave die casting its real impetus. , Shelbyville, Ind., was selected as one of four Indiana firms to receive a grant of $250,000 from the state. With the funding, Ryobi plans to replace its oldest cold air burner A drive that writes write-once optical discs such as CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. A "burner" implies a one-time recording, but the term is erroneously used to refer to drives that "write" to re-recordable CD-RW and DVD-RW/+RW media as well. See burn, CD-R and DVD-R. furnace with a larger regenerative furnace (Metal.) a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace. See also: Regenerative , which will reduce natural gas usage by 79,000 Btu, providing a cost savings of $600,000 per year. The project also will prevent 600,000 lbs. (272,155 kg) of aluminum dross from being sent to a landfill, thus saving another $500,000. Further, the company expects to add 20 new jobs during the next three years as a result of the grant. Liberty Casting Co., Delaware, Ohio Delaware is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Delaware CountyGR6. The municipality is located near the center of the state of Ohio, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Columbus, Ohio. Delaware was founded in 1808, incorporated in 1816. , received a $500,000 grant from The Ohio Small Cities Community Development Block Grants program (The Ohio Dept. of Devlopment), which awarded the grant to the city of Delaware for an expansion at the casting firm. Liberty currently is undergoing a $1.3 million project in which it is installing a new 5-ton induction furnace An induction furnace is an electrical furnace in which the heat is applied by induction heating of a conductive medium (usually a metal) in a crucible around which water-cooled magnetic coils are wound. and a new conveyor Conveyor A horizontal, inclined, declined, or vertical machine for moving or transporting bulk materials, packages, or objects in a path predetermined by the design of the device and having points of loading and discharge fixed or selective. system. With the grant, the firm expects to add 20 employees by the end of the year. Whemco-Steel Castings Inc., Midland, Pa., received a $250,000 loan from the Beaver (Pa.) County Corp. for Economic Development. Whemco will use the loan toward purchasing two induction furnaces that will increase the firm's melting capacity to produce castings up to 75 tons and plans to increase employment from 81 to 105 workers. |
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