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News Release from: Frech | Subject: High pressure diecasting machines
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 October 2006
High pressure ensures porosity-free
diecastings
Indian diecaster has invested in two high pressure machines in order to ensure porous-free castings - aluminium and zinc components - of a consistent quality.
One high pressure diecaster who has got the message that you need to invest in the latest technology to survive in the global marketplace is India's G-Plast The ISO/TS 16949 company, which is based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, has invested in two Frech machines in order to ensure porous-free castings of a consistent quality
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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A DAK 350M and a hot chamber FCH125 are supplementing the capacity of G-Plast's six other machines, which range from 60 to 180tonf (600-1800kN).
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They fill the 'medium-tech' niche in the company's current product portfolio and, although they are not CE-compliant, are similar in many respects to the C Series that was introduced in 2004.
More than 55% of G-Plast's diecast parts are exported to America and Europe.
Customers in its own home market include Bangalore-based automotive electronics and mechatronics supplier Siemens VDO Automotive and WeP Peripherals, which makes computer printers and UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) networking products.
In the diecasting foundry you will find all the vibro-finishing and shot-blasting facilities you would expect of a well-equipped operation, but a look at the full corporate picture on the company's website (www.gplast.com) shows that it is also active in plastics injection moulding, precision machining, product and tooling design, rapid prototyping, and tool and die making.
Take an even wider view and you discover that G-Plast is part of India's electronics-to-transport UMS Group, which lays claim, amongst other things, to the first micro-turbine designed and built entirely in India.
G-Plast was founded by Indian technocrat Sri G D Naidu, whose innovations included the Rasant razor blade of the 1940s, which was manufactured in his German factory and marketed by a British company - a surprisingly early instance of globalisation.
Coimbatore is Tamil Nadu's second largest city and one of the powerhouses for India's burgeoning manufacturing base.
Well-known for its textile industry and with daily air links to hi-tech cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi, it is home to more than 25 engineering colleges and research institutions that turn out 7,000 qualified engineers every year.
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