Bulletin-93 |
January 5, 2021
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Welcome to the Bulletin Board of “FOUNDRY” Magazine! | |
“Jan/Feb,2021” issue (Issue 193) of “FOUNDRY” magazine was released on 30-12-2020. | |
Two important Requests : | |
(i) When printed copy of your magazine reaches you in post, could you kindly acknowledge its safe receipt by email (mrshah_foundry@rediffmail.com), or by SMS/WhatsApp (94265 79432). It will help us to know when copies sent in post reach the Readers in different parts of India, in this difficult period of Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you, in advance, for your valuable support. | |
(ii) Please do not miss to read the “QUIZ related to Metals Properties” – on page 81-82, along with page 80 – and encourage members of Your Team to participate in it. On completion of the Quiz you will experience its benefit to each participant. (First 5 questions are simple warm up questions. Next 3 questions will strengthen thinking capability of your team members.) | |
Special Focus Points in This Issue are : | |
Informative Articles | |
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What is Important in Metalcasting? Knowledge? OR Experience? (p 11-15) – G. Srivastava |
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Foundry Practice for Pure Copper (p 17-18) – From the Notes shared by late Prof. Iyengar |
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MELTING 4.0 – Digitalization and Digital Control of Melt Shop Operations in Foundries (p 27-33) – Christian Kleeberg, Corrado Licata |
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Metallography Laboratory Management (p 43-44) – Vishwas Kale |
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Metallography and Its Role in Foundry Industry (p 47-50) – K. Adhitya, B. Raha |
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Points to Ponder (1) Skilling the Millions for the Foundry Industry– Dr. Nithyanandan Devaraaj (p 55-57) (2) Making of a High-Performance Organization– B. Ramachandran (p 75-76) |
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Clean Steel – A Review (p 59-66) – Shreepad A. Bothe |
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NO CODE Platform – Next IT Revolution (p 67-71) – Bhushan Bhatt |
Post-Event News | |
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Shri Deepak Chowdhary’s Paper receives The Best Paper Award from AFS (p 33) |
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Gautam Group (Rajkot) at IFEX 2020 (p 34) |
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News from WhatsApp Dynamic Foundry Group about their YouTube Channel (p 77) |
Other Sections | |
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Musings from GS (p 34) |
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Properties of Important Metals & Elements (p 80) |
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FOUNDRY Quiz related to Metals Properties (p 81-82) |
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Financial Performance of Listed Foundries (p 83-86) (1st half of 2020-21 vs. 1st half of 2019-20, also 2nd Q of 2020-21 compared in 2 different ways) |
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.Business/Job Opportunities & Consultation (P 45) |
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Resale of Foundry Plant & Equipment (p 77) |
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Movement in Raw Materials Prices (p 54) |
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Movement in Share Prices of 10 Foundries listed on BSE/NSE (p 78-79) |
*Kindly Click Here to view the page of “Movement in Raw Materials Prices over a Period of 22 months” (pages 54), appearing in this issue. | |
Next (March/April, 2021)issue will be released in the first week of March, 2021. | |
Happy Metal Casting & Happy FOUNDRY Reading!
(End of Bulletin-93) |