Nemak Receives Engineering Recognition from Magma, Presents Supplier Awards.In May, at FundiExpo 2000 in Saltillo, Mexico, Nemak S.A. de C.V., a Villa Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico-based producer of aluminum engine components for the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. , received casting engineering recognition from Magma Foundry Technologies, Inc., Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is an affluent village in Cook County, Illinois and a northwestern suburb of Chicago. It is located about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. A 2003 Census recount gave the village a population of 76,422, the largest for a village in the United States . The award certifies Nemak as a "Magma Casting Process Simulation Facility." For the last 6 years, casting process simulation has been a critical part of Nemak's strive toward process optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results. Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process. . "Simulation has become a necessity for us," said Carlos Esparza, Nemak's manager of computer-aided engineering See CAE. Computer-aided engineering Any use of computer software to solve engineering problems. With the improvement of graphics displays, engineering workstations, and graphics standards, computer-aided engineering (CAE) has come to mean the computer . "Every component is assessed to determine both castability and required process parameters. We found that simulation is just as important an engineering requirement as quality assurance is for production." Nemak has three engineers dedicated to the use of simulation. These three are further supported by a key group of experienced foundrymen. With recent growth in its organization through acquisitions and international expansion, Nemak reports that it will continue to rely on simulation as a window into its process. In other news, in June, Nemak awarded its 1999 "Supplier of the Year" award in the "Equipment and Machinery" category to both the Fata Aluminum Group and Georg Fischer Georg Fischer (born 1960) was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1980s. He finished seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Disa, Inc. (GFD). Nemak grants the award "to those suppliers who have proven to be world-class in terms of quality, service and lead time." Fata Aluminum, which has facilities in Turin, Italy; Livonia, Michigan Livonia is a city located in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 100,545, making it the eighth largest in the state. ; Monterrey, Mexico; and Beijing, furnished both prototype and series production tooling for the construction of cylinder heads for Nemak's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. automotive customers as well as automated rotary turntables, molding systems developed in co-design and ancillary foundry equipment such as decoring machines and regeneration systems. GFD, Holly, Michigan, supplied Nemak with coldbox core machines and accessories for use in its cylinder head production program. To date, GFD has supplied the foundry with more than 60 machines and will be supplying an additional 20 machines within the next 2 years. |
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