ALBANY, Ore., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Cast Technologies
(PCT), a Ladish company (Nasdaq: LDSH) (http://www.ladishco.com), has won a "Best in
Class-2002" award in a casting contest sponsored by the American Foundry
Society's Marketing Division and Engineered Casting Solutions magazine. The
award is for a PCT-produced thrust beam, which measures more than 90 inches in
length. PCT supplies investment cast titanium parts to aerospace industry
customers.
The thrust beam, which previously had been manufactured as a fabricated
assembly made up of a number of forged aluminum details, was converted into a
single, monolithic, near-net-shape titanium casting. "This conversion reduced
our customer's raw-material input, machining, assembly and inspection
requirements. It also significantly cut lead-time and non-value-added
paperwork tasks," according to Jack Golden, PCT's vice president sales.
"This 330-pound component was converted without any additional casting
factor. It provides a fracture toughness that is 30 percent greater than the
forging it replaced and delivered a weight savings of 1,000 pounds per
vehicle. This weight reduction enables greater payloads for the satellite
launch vehicle in which the castings will be used," Golden says.
In addition to weight savings, the customer estimates that the cast
component will also deliver a cost savings in the neighborhood of $95 million
over the life of the program. Conversion to castings from alternative
production methods can results in savings in the 30-50 percent range for the
final component or assembly depending on part geometry, according to Golden.
Founded in 1967, Pacific Cast Technologies (http://www.paccast.com) supplies
investment cast titanium parts for airframe, turbine engine, and aerospace
structural applications. PCT is located in Albany, OR, and is a subsidiary of
Ladish Co., Inc.
SOURCE Ladish Co., Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.paccast.com
http://www.ladishco.com
CONTACT:
Jack Golden for Pacific Cast Technologies,
+1-541-926-7711, or fax, +1-541-967-7786; or William Libby of
Libby Communications, +1-203-431-8480, or fax, +1-203-431-6132
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