Welcome to our 24th Gold Nugget, where we interview Peter Sell from ItalPresseGauss about the Giant Castings. IPG just released their toggle-free 11.000-ton press, so the question is: Where is the economic limit of Gigacasting?
Peter describes it best when he says: “Don’t think of your castings as parts! Think of them as money. And how many 100-dollar bills do you want to make wrong?”
Based on that quote, we explore what you need to run a profitable foundry, independent of machine size. We also discuss the additional complexity of scaling a matchbox toy into a real car.
Listen to Gold Nugget and learn about the merger of disciplines in casting:
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This podcast is about how to make money in the foundry industry. Is there any money, or is it just squeezing everyone to save cents? So, we're not talking about properties, microstructures, atoms, or casting parameters. We want to speak to everyone in the industry.
We'll see you in the comment section, or you can hear us again in our next Gold Nugget on Gigacastings on July 4th!
Best regards,
Staffan and Fabian
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