Innovation driver StrikoWestofen looks forward to Euroguss 2016

The “Euroguss 2016” taking place in Nürnberg from 12 - 14 January will focus on innovations in die-casting. During the fair, the StrikoWestofen Group (Gummersbach) will show visitors to its booth the internal and external values of its products.

“Our concept is to show something new to existing and potential customers at every fair and to initiate topics that can help light metal casters to improve their companies,” stresses Rudi Riedel, manager of StrikoWestofen and the person responsible for product development there.

Thus, the manufacturer of thermal process technology will present its highlights at booth 714 in hall 7: the new dosing furnace “Westomat Plus+”, the filling and transport system “Schnorkle” and the melting furnace “BigStruc”, which was designed to meet the requirements involved in the casting of structural components. As a world first, a new self-cleaning transfer launder will also be presented. This will further allow a lively exchange of information between manufacturers and users and enable them to expand networks and form ideas – personally and in situ.

Market testing of development work

StrikoWestofen relies on the further development of proven technologies and of new ones. “Die-casting fairs provide us with the ideal platform for exchanging information with experienced specialists. The resulting feedback and know-how flows directly into our research and development work,” Riedel explains.

This is why, on a surface of 100 square meters, StrikoWestofen will present topics of special interest to die-casters: the new dosing furnace “Westomat Plus+”, the pneumatic transport and filling system “Schnorkle” and the “StrikoMelter BigStruc”. The latter allows large returns such as those occurring in the casting of structural components to be included in the melting process.

The new development of a self-cleaning transfer launder between dosing furnace and die-casting system presented here for the first time will be available for new systems and for retrofit. In this way, StrikoWestofen closes one more link in the optimized process chain which the molten metal undergoes throughout the casting process.

Reduced energy requirements through technical optimization

The new “Westomat Plus+” with its slim design has been optimized technically and offers an excellent quality of the melt at low space and energy requirements. The reduced surface minimizes heat losses caused by thermal radiation. The new closed transport system “Schnorkle” not only makes it easier to handle liquid metal; “Schnorkle” also keeps temperature and quality of the melt constant. With no contact to the atmosphere, “Schnorkle” prevents undesirable oxide formation. In addition, the heat loss is minimized.