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The Cast Expo '08 recognized the most effective and innovative cast designs developed during the last year. Nine cast components were selected as the best designs of the year by the 2008 Engineered Casting Solutions and AFS Casting Competition. The AFS nominated an overall winner, 4 Best-in-Class winners, and 4 honorable mentions.

An oil tank for Harley Davidson, developed by the Carley Foundry Inc. in Blaine, MN, was named as the winning product. The product houses and circulates oil across the new Harley Rocker's operating system, and it is a critical element of the cycle's cosmetic look. The product was cast in A356-T6 aluminum using semi-permanent molding and weighs 9.25 lbs. In addition to its aesthetically pleasing design, it provides superior heat resistance than the available options - a plastic design and a multi-piece fabrication.

Contech Wins Twice in the International Die Casting Competition'08

A division of Marathon Automotive Group, Contech U.S., won two awards in the 2008 International Die Casting Competition, sponsored by the North American Die Casting Association. It is an annual competition that acknowledges outstanding castings depending on their design, effectiveness, cost savings, ingenuity, innovation, and the potential to change industry trends.

A rear knuckle component for the Jaguar XK8 was named the winner of Aluminum, Squeeze/ Semi-Solid award. It was a large, complex component designed using Contech's P2000 squeeze casting method. This is the 3rd consecutive year that Contech has won the award in this category, and the 5th time since 2001.

It won the 2nd award under the "Aluminum Die Casting under 1 lb." category, for a rear-axle thrust rod designed for the BMW X5. Fully designed by Contech, the rod replaced a multiple-part steel assembly and provided about 50 % weight savings for the automaker.

Best in Class Winners

Material Handling Steering / Linkage Assembly

This is a material handling steering / linkage assembly designed by the Piad Precision Casting Corp The component is a brass permanent-mold chill casting, which replaced a weldment that comprises of ten pre-fabricated pieces, nineteen weld joints, and four bushings.

Agri Speed Hitch

Dotson Iron Castings has developed this agri-speed hitch, which is an assembly of austempered ductile iron and ductile-iron green sand castings, which was reverse-engineered from the customer's weldment. The component has resulted in reduction of 30% in weight and 40% in cost.

White Iron No-Bake Sand casting

This is a 124-lb. white iron no-bake sand casting, designed by the Castalloy Corp. for use as a static mixer tube. Conversion from a 7 piece fabrication, the component eliminates all assembly labor and allows the designers to incorporate strategic thickening of wear areas.

Main Transmission Housing

Designed by Denison Industries, this is a main transmission housing for a military contract, transforming a multi-piece assembly into a 200-lb casting. The component is designed using A356-T71 aluminum no-bake sand that eliminates tubing, hydraulic lines, and passageways.

Honorable Mentions:

Multifunction Bracket / Towing Eye

This is a 21-lb multifunction bracket/towing eye designed for Volvo by Citation Columbiana. Developed using ductile-iron lost-foam casting process, the component eliminates the machining and heat treating required on earlier bracket designs.

Vacuum Riserless / Pressure Riserless Casting

Developed by General Motors & Diversified Machine, this component is a 33.5-lb. vacuum riserless/ pressure riserless casting designed to serve as an engine cradle for the Cadillac CTS. The casting was poured in A356 aluminum and welded to 4 aluminum extrusions to create the engine cradle.

Automotive Aftermarket Intake Manifold

This is an automotive aftermarket intake manifold designed by the Trilore Technologies. The component is a 13-lb. A356-T6 aluminum casting, converted from a plastic molding.

Aluminum Rear Motorcycle Frame

Eck Industries make use of the ablation process to design this 4.9-lb, A356-T6 aluminum rear motorcycle frame. The component provides improved mechanical properties in its thin sections.

For more articles related to metal casting and manufacturing technology, log on to http://www.manufacturing-technology.blogspot.com A reliable source of vast information on metal casting, http://www.themetalcasting.com (Article written by Gary Emerson - A graduate in mechanical and materials engineering with about 12 years experience in manufacturing industry, including - tooling design, casting methods, cast product design, machining initialization, and manufacturing techniques. Garry has expertise in metal casting, including centrifugal casting, die casting, permanent mold casting, sand casting, and investment casting.

How to Make a Delicious Apple Walnut Streusel Tube Cake

Apples and apple desserts, while welcome anytime, just seem to say, "Fall," to me.   This Delicious Apple Walnut Streusel Tube Cake is just perfect on a cool Fall day.  Grab your favorite warm drink, whether it be coffee, tea, cider, hot chocolate or something else and slice off a piece of this cake.  Yum!

APPLE-WALNUT STREUSEL TUBE CAKE
STREUSEL:

1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup chopped apples
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
3 tbsp butter, melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a tube pan; set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar, apples, walnuts, flour and cinnamon. When the mixture is combine, stir in the melted butter. Set aside.

CAKE:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup orange juice

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and baking soda; mix well. In a large mixer bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter and sugar until soft and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and blend in. Change mixer speed to low; alternately heat the flour mixture and orange juice into the egg mixture. Spoon half the batter into the prepared tube pan. Sprinkle with half the streusel. Spoon the remaining batter over the streusel spreading to make sure you have an even layer. Swirl the batter with a butter knife to create a marble pattern in the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and sprinkle with the remaining streusel. Return to the oven and continue to bake for another 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer cake to a wire rack to cool completely.

GLAZE:

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 tsp orange juice

Combine the confectioners' sugar and the orange juice, mixing well. Turn cake out on serving platter and drizzle the glaze over the cake.

NOTE: This cake is also good using pear instead of apple.

For the holidays add one-third cup chopped dried cranberries to the apples, if desired.

Enjoy!

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For more of my dessert recipes please visit my blog at http://ladybugssweettreats.blogspot.com

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Christmas cakes tower over other desserts
For Christmas dinners around the world, dessert is the grand finale, and cakes are the biggest star.

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