Howmet Castings wins Investment Casting institute award for Aerospace component. (Industry News: North America).Howmet Castings Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Howmet, a division of Alcoa is a world leader in the investment casting of superalloys, aluminum and titanium primarily for jet aircraft and industrial gas turbine (IGT) engine components. (Alcoa, Inc.), Darien, Connecticut Darien is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is one of the most affluent communities in the United States. Two Metro North railroad stations serve Darien: Noroton Heights and Darien'''. , was named a winner in the Investment Casting investment casting Precision casting for forming metal shapes with minutely precise details. Casting bronze or precious metals typically involves several steps, including forming a mold around the sculptured form; detaching the mold (in two or more sections); coating its Institute's 2002 casting contest for a rudder assembly manufactured by Howmet's Bethlehem, Pennsylvania casting plant. The winning casting is an aluminum aerospace structural component. The single-piece casting was previously manufactured from three aluminum castings, sheet metal assemblies, aluminum hog-outs and associated aircraft fastening hardware. The previous design required 50 man-hours to assemble. In addition to reducing labor-costs, the casting trimmed procurement, inspection and administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. to a single part number. The single casting also provides a high degree of dimensional accuracy and high levels of repeatability. Also, because of its large, open design, Howmet designed special wax-holding fixtures to keep the part dimensionally stable during risering system installation. |
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