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Cifunsa Diesel Foundry to Supply Gray Iron Cylinder Heads to Detroit Diesel.


Detroit Diesel Corp. has awarded a portion of the production of its Series 60 cylinder cylinder, in mathematics, surface generated by a line moving parallel to a given fixed line and continually intersecting a given fixed curve called the directrix; each line of the family of lines forming the cylinder is called a ruling, or generator.  head to Cifunsa Diesel S.A. de C.V., Saltillo, Coahuila This article is about the city in the Mexican state of Coahuila. For other uses, see Saltillo (disambiguation).

Saltillo is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name.
, Mexico, an affiliate of Grupa Industrial Saltillo (GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. ).

Cifunsa is the largest casting supplier to Detroit Diesel for heads and blocks utilized in both the Series 60 and two cycle engine families. The firm will produce 7000 metric tons of this head annually in its Plant 4. "Serial production of the head is scheduled to start during the last quarter of 2000," said Jose Manuel Garza, general director for the Metal Mechanical Div. "The head will be assembled as·sem·ble  
v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles

v.tr.
1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury.

2.
 on the Series 60 cylinder block, which also is manufactured by Cifunsa for the Series 60 engine, with its final application mainly for heavy-duty trucks."

"This new assignment is very relevant for Cifunsa Diesel to consolidate its leadership in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  for production of gray iron blocks and heads for the diesel engine market," said Felipe Mellado, general director of the Corporate Div.
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Publication:Modern Casting
Date:May 1, 2000
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