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Concrete Form Seasoning and Material Selection

Hill and Griffith

Jun 29, 20178 min read

Concrete Form Seasoning and Material Selection

Which concrete form substrates and finishes are best for your application? Considering what form substrate what form substrate material...

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Die Casting Surface Defect Prevention - NADCA Course highlights

Hill and Griffith

Jun 28, 20172 min read

Die Casting Surface Defect Prevention - NADCA Course highlights

NADCA Video News Update: Die Casting Defects - Surface Defects Part I There is not one single person that is responsible for die casting...

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Molten Metal Slag Coagulant for Iron, Brass and Bronze Metalcasting

Hill and Griffith

Jun 27, 20172 min read

Molten Metal Slag Coagulant for Iron, Brass and Bronze Metalcasting

Hill and Griffith’s Slagone is a perlite material used as a slag coagulant in a molten metal application. Slagone is typically used with...

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Thermal Control of Die Casting Dies for Optimal Performance

Hill and Griffith

Jun 14, 20172 min read

Thermal Control of Die Casting Dies for Optimal Performance

Controlling the temperature of a die casting die through the location of cooling lines is critical to performance and die life. A...

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Checklist for Die Casting Process Evaluation

Hill and Griffith

Apr 19, 20171 min read

Checklist for Die Casting Process Evaluation

Regular reviews and benchmarks are important for successful die casting process evaluations Hill and Griffith offers this helpful Die...

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$3.3B Takeover of MPG, including Grede Green Sand Foundry

Hill and Griffith

Apr 11, 20172 min read

$3.3B Takeover of MPG, including Grede Green Sand Foundry

This post is from Apr 10, 2017 Robert Brooks' news release in FOUNDRY Magazine's web site, "American Axle Completes $3.3B Takeover of...

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Choosing the Wrong Release Agent Creates Concrete Bug Holes

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Mar 17, 20171 min read

Choosing the Wrong Release Agent Creates Concrete Bug Holes

(This blog post comes from a YouTube video that illustrates how the selection of concrete form release affects the production of concrete...

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Die Casting Video of Fan Blade Manufacturing

Hill and Griffith

Mar 15, 20171 min read

Die Casting Video of Fan Blade Manufacturing

(This post is a video that illustrates the typical spray nozzle arrangement for casting fan blades.) From the die casting video published...

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Review of Die Cast Plunger Lubrication System Patent

Hill and Griffith

Feb 22, 20174 min read

Review of Die Cast Plunger Lubrication System Patent

(This week's post is a review of a die casting plunger lubricant patent US 5076343 A in order to learn more about the application and...

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Hill and Griffith

Jan 4, 20179 min read

2017 Metalcasting Foundry Outlook

(This post is from a Dec 10, 2016 Foundry Management and Technology Staff article which ran in Foundry Magazine. Read it online here.)...

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Green Sand Control Best Practices for a Metalcasting Foundry

Hill and Griffith

Dec 28, 20165 min read

Green Sand Control Best Practices for a Metalcasting Foundry

(This post is from a March 2015 article that ran in MODERN CASTING by Al Jacobson, Grede-St. Cloud, St. Cloud, Minnesota.) Regular sand...

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Sodium Silicate Binders for Green Sand Metalcasting Foundry

Hill and Griffith

Dec 16, 20164 min read

Sodium Silicate Binders for Green Sand Metalcasting Foundry

Hill and Griffith Sodium Silicate Binders are formulated with water based solutions of Sodium Silicates and collapsibility agents. These...

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Green Sand Metalcasting - 3D Printing as an Alternative to Patternmaking

Hill and Griffith

Nov 29, 20166 min read

Green Sand Metalcasting - 3D Printing as an Alternative to Patternmaking

(This post highlights some more of the new capabilities of 3D printed cores. The article is from ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, 1/20/2014, Peter...

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Precast Concrete Double-Tee Beam - Concrete Release Agent Application

Hill and Griffith

Oct 21, 20161 min read

Precast Concrete Double-Tee Beam - Concrete Release Agent Application

This video is about manufacturing a Double-Tee prestressed precast concrete beam. From Wikipedia, "A double tee or double-T beam is a...

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Precast Concrete Safety - Don't Jump to Any "Rash" Conclusions

Hill and Griffith

Sep 20, 20163 min read

Precast Concrete Safety - Don't Jump to Any "Rash" Conclusions

Understand what causes rashes in the concrete industry and how to prevent them. -by Bob Waterloo Think about summer in a concrete precast...

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Care of Forms and Use of Concrete Form Release Agents

Hill and Griffith

Aug 11, 20164 min read

Care of Forms and Use of Concrete Form Release Agents

(This week's post is an educational article by Bill Rostine from "Pre-Cast Concrete News." ) Concrete formwork is one of the biggest...

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Concrete Pipe - Its History and Production

Hill and Griffith

Jul 28, 20162 min read

Concrete Pipe - Its History and Production

(From the Portland Cement Association's web site.The PCA is a powerful and vocal advocate for sustainability, jobs creation, economic...

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Coming Untied - New Precast Concrete Railroad Tie System

Hill and Griffith

Jun 9, 20166 min read

Coming Untied - New Precast Concrete Railroad Tie System

The clanging of the bell. The whistle announcing the approach. The rumbling of the train as it barrels down the tracks. Who hasn’t fallen...

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Skin Related Issues in the Precast Concrete Industry

Hill and Griffith

May 12, 20165 min read

Skin Related Issues in the Precast Concrete Industry

From the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) "Precast Express" eNewsletter May 6, 2016. Each day our skin can be exposed to the...

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Feb 9, 20162 min read

Preventing Bugholes in Concrete

From the Portland Cement Association site, "Bugholes are surface voids that result from the migration of entrapped air (and to a lesser...

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