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Alcoa Howmet's Ti-Cast Operation Wins Casting Contest Award
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa’s Howmet Products and Services’
Ti-Cast facility in Whitehall, Michigan, has received the 2006 Casting
Contest Award - aerospace category - from the Investment Casting
Institute. The award recognizes Howmet Products and Services for its
outstanding leadership in demonstrating the benefits of the investment
casting process.
According to Michael A. Pepper, vice president and general manager,
Howmet Products and Services, Howmet’s Ti-Cast
facility was recognized for producing a complex flight control manifold,
manufactured for customer Parker Hannifin. “It
is a product that could not be produced by any other process than
investment casting,” said Pepper. “The
manifold has one of the most complex geometries ever manufactured using
the investment casting process.”
The casting is complex for a number of reasons, including hollow
serpentine passageways, compactness, asymmetry and net-shape surface
areas. The part is cast from a titanium alloy. The selection of this
titanium alloy and the investment casting process gives the flight
control manifold the targeted combination of light weight and high
strength. “In addition, the investment casting
process provides a high ‘buy-to-fly’
ratio for the customer’s raw material
requirements. More than 95 percent of the purchased material is used in
the final casting,” said Pepper.
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producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and
alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry.
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design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa’s
businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and
components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wraps®
foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa® wheels, and
Baco® household wraps. Among its other
businesses are closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and
electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has
129,000 employees in 43 countries and has been named one of the top most
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