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Inland Adds Seven Diecasting Machines with Plant Expansion. (North America).


Inland 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.
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 Industries, Inc.), Wheeling, Illinois Wheeling is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 34,496 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 36,641 as of 2005. Geography
Wheeling is located at  (42.131526, -87.
, is expanding its 106,000-sq-ft facility by 20,000 sq ft.

The additional area will house seven new fully-automated diecasting machines that will range from 800-1300 tons and are capable of handling up to 20 tons of molds.

The machines are expected to be operational by year's end. This will increase Inland's diecasting capability by 40%. In addition to the new machine cells, Inland is installing two new 20,000-lb central melting furnaces with automatic 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.
 charging and an environmentally-friendly wastewater processing system.

"With the first of seven fully-automated diecasting machine cells currently being installed in the expanded facility, Inland's ability to exceed customer expectations for superior casting quality and delivery requirements The stipulation that requires that an item of materiel must be delivered in the total quantity required by the date required.  will be unrivaled in our industry," said William Betcher, Inland president.

Inland casts aluminum for the automotive and household appliance industries.
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Title Annotation:Inland Die Casting Co. (RCM Industries, Inc.), Wheeling, Illinois
Comment:Inland Adds Seven Diecasting Machines with Plant Expansion. (North America).(Inland Die Casting Co. (RCM Industries, Inc.), Wheeling, Illinois)
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2001
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