Released on May 19, 2009

Ferrous metalcaster Luitpoldhütte AG, Amburg, Germany, recently entered into a supply agreement for compacted graphite iron (CGI) process control technology.

The maker of heavy section iron castings for the agriculture, off-highway construction and industrial power sectors, contracted with the Swedish company SinterCast following an initial trial period during which CGI prototype castings were produced and delivered to Luitpoldhütte’s customers and development partners. The German metalcaster, a member of the international Concern Tractor Plants group, then installed a SinterCast Mini-System 2000, which provides the capability to independently support new CGI product development programs and niche volume CGI series production applications.

“Using the SinterCast process control technology, we have successfully produced high quality CGI castings from the very first day of our trials,” said François Hoffmann, Luitpoldhütte’s president and chief executive officer.
 
Luitpoldhütte employs 385 and maintains a production capacity of approximately 60,000 metric tons per year, specializing in small and medium series production of castings weighing from 100 to 1,000 kg.