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CFi system defies traditional approach to casting impregnation.


CFi System Defies Traditional Approach to Casting Impregnation--Casting impregnation impregnation /im·preg·na·tion/ (im?preg-na´shun)
1. fertilization.

2. saturation (1).


impregnation

1. the act of fertilizing or rendering pregnant.

2. saturation.
 to eliminate casting porosity porosity /po·ros·i·ty/ (por-os´it-e) the condition of being porous; a pore.

po·ros·i·ty
n.
1. The state or property of being porous.

2.
 defects has remained an expensive, and sometimes risky, value-added process over the years. But when Godfrey & Wing, Cleveland, was awarded a contract to install an impregnation facility near General Motors Powertrain, Massena, N.Y., it challenged the traditional approach. The Continuous Flow impregnation system was designed to deliver castings one at a time by a 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.
, providing a more reliable, cost-effective cost-effective,
n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate.
 solution.
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Title Annotation:Product Innovations
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2005
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