General Casting Forms Lost Foam Subsidiary.The General Casting Co., Grafton, Ohio Grafton is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the East Branch of the Black River. The population was 2,302 at the 2000 census. It is located close to the Lorain Correctional Institution. , has launched a new lost foam jobbing foundry, MetFoam Casting, L.L.C., Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. . The new subsidiary is expected to begin production by July. (See feature on p. 37.) MetFoam will pour all grades of gray and ductile iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1943 by Keith Millis[1]. While most varieties of cast iron are brittle, ductile iron is much more ductile, as the name implies. for a variety of industrial markets. The foundry will produce castings from 50-1000 lb with an automated production line with 26 38 x 58-in, flasks. Jeff Vogel Jeff Vogel is the president and primary programmer for the Spiderweb Software company, which produces shareware computer games for Macintosh and Windows PC platforms. Jeff currently lives in Seattle, Washington. , who has 17 years experience in the foundry industry, is vice president and general manager of the operation. General Casting operates eight nobake and green sand foundries in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. The 700-employee firm produces gray and ductile iron castings from 1-30,000 lb. |
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