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MetalTek uses our integrated alloy and process expertise to help customers make their products perform better in the world's most demanding applications. Please browse the blog topics displayed below to find a topic of interest to you.
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How To Select Suction Roll Shell Material For Pulp And Paper Applications
There is a significant difference among suction roll shell alloys. When properly selected, the material will withstand the...
Specialized Metal Alloys For Pulp & Paper Applications
For decades, MetalTek’s Sandusky International and Sandusky Limited Divisions have centrifugally cast, precisely machined, and expertly drilled suction...
The Case for Centrifugal Casting
Prices of materials such as copper and nickel continue to rise and pressure lead times. Thankfully, the centrifugal...
Tooling for Different Types of Casting Processes
Tooling is critical to the different metal casting processes that MetalTek uses to manufacture components for the world’s...
Why MetalTek Is The Right Choice
When a business is true to its values, it shows. Being a company with true purpose takes something...
What is NADCAP Certification, and Do You Need It?
Earning NADCAP certification means that a company has improved its processes to be a better supplier to Aerospace...
Benefits of Using Sand or Centrifugal Castings for Tooling Dies
What manufacturing process do you utilize for your hot forming and superplastic forming dies? Forgings, fabrications, castings, something...
Tooling And Forming Dies: Tips For Selecting The Best Alloy For Your Application
You have designed your tooling or forming die based on the finished part you need, and you know...
3 Examples Using Metal Castings for Tooling in Aerospace Applications
Hot forming and superplastic forming dies are a tool used to form a material to a desired shape....
4 Examples When the Investment Casting (Lost Wax) Process Solved A Customer’s Problem
Think of a problem that you face in metal component design or application. MetalTek helps companies just like...
MetalTek International’s Safety Culture
MetalTek’s top priority is safety. Our safety culture is based on the ideas that safety is everyone’s responsibility...
MetalTek Announces Karen Loritz as Chief Financial Officer
Press Release MetalTek International, a leading global manufacturer of critical metal components that power, protect, and connect the...