Fundição e Serviços

- Brazil's leading foundry magazine

 

Fundição e Serviços is published monthly by Aranda Editora Técnica e Cultural Ltda., and report on trade and technical matters in the whole field of foundry technology for iron, steel and non-ferrous castings.

 

EDITORIAL CONTENT

•      Editorial content include news

•      Special features

•      Technical articles

•      Buyer's guide for equipment, material, consumable, etc

•      Concerning the foundry industry

•      New products

•      Reports on GIFA and AFS Congress

        

DISTRIBUTION

There is no subscription fee in the Brazil and Latin America countries. To receive a free issue, you have to qualify as a professional of the area such as: production technical and manager, purchasing personnel, etc.

 

FREQUENCY: Monthly

       

CIRCULATION: 8,000 copies

 

2008 EDITORIAL CALENDAR

 JANUARY

Special: Non-ferrous metal foundry guide

- subjects

Various processes and materials for light metal combustion engine blocks.

Management of the foundry know-how through a computer network.

- guides

• Grinding and cut-off wheels

• Refractory coatings.

- preview

Euroguss 2008 – International Trade Fair for Pressure Die Casting (Nuremberg, Germany - March 11 to 13).

 

FEBRUARY

Special: Minasfund 2008 preview (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil – March 12 to 14)

- subjects

Carbidic Austempered Ductile Iron (CADI) – A new material for castings.

More capability in the foundry processes.

- guides

• Robots & manipulators

• Die casting machines.

- distribution

Minasfund; FMU – 4th Exhibition for Die Shop, Pattern Shop and Machining (Joinville. SC, Brazil – March 11 to 14).

 

MARCH

- subjects

New magnesium alloy MRI-3 applied in tensional components including automotive suspension parts.

Molding material characterization through a compacting process simulation.

- guides

• Molding box suppliers

• Input suppliers for melting and pouring

• Personal safety in foundries.

- preview

CastExpo 2008 (Atlanta, EUA, May 17 to 20).

Metef - Metef – Aluminum, Magnesium and Titanium International Fair (Montichiari, Italy – May 9 to 20).

 

APRIL

- subjects

New ways in development of virtual products – Examples in the foundry practice.

Influence of iron and manganese on porosity formation in Al-Si cast alloys.

- guides

• Chaplets and chills

• Grinders and sanders for deburring

• Sand reclamation equipment.

- distribution

Feira da Mecânica Nacional (São Paulo, Brazil – May 13 to 17).

 

MAY

Special: Manufacturer's guide for metal die casting dies

- subjects

Advantages of chromium addition on Al-Mg alloys.

Influence from structure deviations on properties of nodular iron castings.

- guides

• Inputs for molding/coreshop

• Environmental control

• Gases for foundry industry.

 

JUNE

- subjects

Permanennt mold casting process simulation.

Automatic visual control in vertical high pressure sand molding line.

- guides

• Sand mixers

• Nondestructive test suppliers

• Termocouples.

 

JULY

Special: METALLURGY exhibition preview (Joinville, SC, Brazil – September  9 to 12).

- subjects

Use of magnesium as a material for light components.

Influence of the nucleating condition on graphite formation in nodular iron.

- distribution

Brasilmaq – Brazilian Machine Exhibition, (Blumenau, SC, Brazil – August 30 to September 1).

Metallurgy; Febramec (Caxias do Sul, RS - August 12 to 16).

                   

AUGUST

Special: Guide for ferrous foundries

- subjects

Tomography for 3D volume detection and casting defect analysis.

Toolingless mold production by means of 3D printing technology.

- guides

• Pouring ladles

• Gravity die casting machines.

- distribution

16ª Expomac – Brazilian Southern Metalmechanical Industry Fair (Curitiba, PR, Brazil - September 24 to 27)

 

SEPTEMBER

- subjects

Basic technological conditions for appropriate welding die casting components.

New no-bake binder and emission-arm hardener.

- guides

• Polishing of die casting dies

• Refractory for melting

• Importing companies of inputs, products, equipment, machines and systems for foundries.

- distribution

Mercopar – Subcontracting and Industrial Integration Exhibition (Caxias Sul, RS, Brazil - October 21 to 24).

 

OCTOBER

- subjects

Development of in-mold/in-filter inoculation for thin-wall cast iron.

Middle pressure casting and its effects on the quality of the component.

- guides

• Molding machines

• Sand conveyors

• Suppliers of inputs for shot blasting.

- distribution

MecMinas – Minas Gerais Mechanical Fair (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil - November).

 

NOVEMBER

- subjects

Mel-Keeper: A new furnace for melting/holding of aluminum die casting.

New addition material improves casting surface.

- guides

• Sands and additives

• Temperatur meter

• Pattern shops.

 

DECEMBER

- subjects

Toughness to rupture of die casting magnesium-lithium alloys.

Decrease of rejection through improvement of manufacture parameters.

- guides

• Toolings for aluminium casting

• Core shooter

• Accessory for melting & pouring.