DISA News

Three more foundries upgrade to Sand Multi Controller

More than 10 foundries have upgraded their mixers with a DISA SMC.

DISACOOL upgrade cuts sand and casting temperatures

A DISA Equipment Modernisation Programme gave this foundry full control of its sand and casting temperatures.

10 million moulds in under 5 years: DISAMATIC C3-350 delivers incredible uptime with high quality and low maintenance

Since Chinese foundry Guangzhou Deshan CNC Technology Co. Ltd. installed its first DISAMATIC C3-350 machine in December 2017, this green sand, vertical moulding line has produced more than 10 million moulds. The moulding machine runs 24/7 and produces an average of over 7,000 moulds every day.

MAT Group to implement Monitizer | PRESCRIBE for AI-driven scrap reduction

How to reduce scrap and make the automotive process stable: everything you need to know about our AI solutions

Morikawa digitises whole casting process with Monitizer | DISCOVER

After successfully implementing the Monitizer | DISCOVER IIoT platform, Morikawa can now access, report on and visualise real-time data from its entire process.
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DISA's remote services solution

DISA offers sustainable alternatives to site visits that allow faster access to expert advice, flexibility and low costs

Funosa upgrades moulding line

Spanish foundry’s new DISAMATIC D3Z-555 is the latest milestone in 45 years of DISA-driven moulding.

Moving Onwards IntoDigital Foundries

DISA partners with Chinese metal casting company Huaxiang to address digitisation of the foundry industry
DISA Case Study - Lodge Cast Iron

Maximum quality with minimum scrap

Lodge Cast Iron picks DISA for consistency, outstanding productivity and proven digital expertise
Monitizer DETECT is the digital solution for your foundry

DETECT and save with prescriptive maintenance

Monitizer DETECT will monitor sensor data from moulding machines and provide prescriptive maintenance service
Ford Meter Box upgrades to DISA MATCH 14/19

Ford Meter Box upgrades to DISA MATCH 14/19

Higher throughput, less scrap: Ford Meter Box upgrades to DISA MATCH 14/19 for complex brass castings

Santana doubles output with Brazil’s first DISAMATIC C3

When Fundição Santana decided to upgrade its process to cope with skyrocketing demand for its cast iron cookware, the Brazilian foundry knew exactly which moulding line would be top of its list.
LEDA has commissioned a DISAMATIC D5 moulding line

DISAMATIC D5 at LEDA

The new D5 was designed to slot straight into the gap left by a DISA 240 or 250 with key dimensions retained to enable an easy transition to the new technology.

One beats two

In 2016, Luyuan Casting Co., Ltd. replaced two locally-made vertical moulding machines with one DISAMATIC® D3 vertical moulding machine from DISA. The single DISA machine easily outperformed the older, slower machines, delivering far higher output, better casting quality – and a lower cost per casting.

Condals implements Monitizer® Suite

Adopting DISA’s Monitizer® Suite has rapidly transformed Spanish foundry group Condals’ access to foundry data. Monitizer | GLOBAL’s customised dashboards now deliver a unified, real-time view of process information while Monitizer | PRESCRIBE’s Artificial Intelligence-driven recommendations have helped cut scrap by up to 45%.

Condals and the Monitizer | PRESCRIBE optimisation tool.

“We were interested in finding an AI solution that would help us lower our scrap rate as much as possible,” says David de la Cruz, CIO at Condals Group. “DISA offered a complete solution with Monitizer. Other competing solutions only look at parts of the process in detail and only optimise certain parameters – mould alignment, temperature, porosity – whereas Monitizer | PRESCRIBE optimises the entire process to reduce scrap. That was exactly what we were looking for.”

Condals cuts scrap

Spanish foundry group Condals has seen its scrap rates drop significantly after adopting DISA’s Monitizer® digital solution

Morikawa targets 40% scrap reduction

A longstanding DISA customer, Morikawa has relied on high-speed, vertical DISAMATIC® moulding machines since 1979. The foundry now expects DISA’s state-of-the-art Industry 4.0 tools to provide significant competitive advantage and transform it into a digital leader.

The next step in digital transformation

A new digital solution from DISA and DataProphet offers foundries a practical and proven way of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimise their processes and reduce scrap.
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Complete Foundry for AYD

Read how we supported AYD in Turkey with equipment for their entire foundry

Bringing real-world AI applications to green sand foundries

Norican’s new partnership with Artificial Intelligence leader DataProphet accelerates AI adoption – and DISA’s customers are the first to benefit

DISA and sustainability

Read more about why DISA is focussed on innovation which promotes sustainability and helps foundries achieve lower their cost per casting.

DISA’s latest Equipment Modernisation Packages

DISA is helping more customers make serious improvements in capacity, efficiency and functionality – with no need to buy a new moulding machine.

Digital innovation meets 450 years of production history at Eisenwerk Erzgebirge

Eisenwerk Erzgebirge 1566 GmbH (formerly ES Automobilguss) in Germany has been producing iron parts continuously since 1566. Today, it is a specialist in malleable iron castings for all types of applications with 85% of casting output made in smaller volumes and shorter run.
Working together as a team

Foundry ReStart

How to start up equipment after longer pauses in production. What to do and what to look out for.

Huaxiang chooses DISAs Monitizer suite for Smart Foundry project

Shanxi Huaxiang Group Co., Ltd. (“Huaxiang”) has become the first Chinese foundry to adopt the full Monitizer® digital suite, supplied and supported by DISA, a Norican technology.
Norican Digital

Understanding your foundry digital journey

An article by our Digital Product Manager to support your digital product start up in foundries

Productivity by design: how digital dashboards have changed what’s possible at MAT Foundry Group

When global business MAT Foundry Group agreed to pilot a new IIoT solution which promised to drive productivity by connecting, monitoring and analysing foundry-wide data sources for actionable insights, they expected change. What they didn’t expect was how simple the process would be, or the potential it would unlock.

New DISA MATCH 14-19

DISA's new green-sand molding MATCH plate in the 14/19 mold size popular among US foundries.

Payment by results: DISA Application win-win consultancy

Foundries working with DISA’s Application team of specialist engineers can now benefit from a zero risk ‘Win-Win’ contract.

Casting light on aluminium matters

Aluminium is currently central to many quality, profitability and sustainability discussions and decisions affecting Norican foundry customers worldwide. We caught up with our aluminium experts to ask them about all things aluminium.

Special read Aluminium and innovation

The rapidly growing global market for complex aluminium castings requires aluminium-specific equipment. Find out how foundries prepare for an aluminium future in our special read article.
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Maximising Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

This article shares insights from Norican’s customers and foundry owners who are yielding results and improving OEE with a strategic equipment management approach focussed on availability, performance and quality.

DISA premieres game-changing foundry innovations

At GIFA 2019, DISA will reveal three radical new digitally-driven innovations that move foundries closer to Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM).

Jan Johansen, Mr DISA, passes away, 28.11.2018

It is with heavy hearts that we share this sad news.
OSCO Industries

Expert snapshot: World Foundry Congress

Find out more about the World Foundry Congress 2018 from DISA’s Product Portfolio & Innovation Manager, Per Larsen, in this Q&A from Krakow.

DISA aftermarket excellence

Because innovation never stops. Find out how DISA EMP, TOPS and PLC aftermarket services can help you get your line in tip top condition.

What lies ahead: the future of foundries

DISA experts have delivered a series of guest lectures about the Future of Foundries. They explored three interconnected themes of: sustainability, productivity and Industry 4.0.

Rising demand for matchplate moulding lines

DISA has seen an increase in demand for moulding lines using matchplate technology, driven by a surge in enquiries from Chinese customers for large DISA MATCH lines.

AQUA GROUP upgrades to DISAMATIC C3

40 years of productivity improvements culminate in move to DISAMATIC.

DISA MAC: be sure before you pour

For the first time ever, foundries are able to spot and react to mould string inaccuracies in real time, and crucially, before pouring.

DISA’s four key learnings from Metal China

Launching FOUR new innovations, exhibiting alongside THREE Norican Group brands, the emergence of TWO key industry shifts in ONE memorable show – Metal China 2018.

Reduce Downtime for Pattern Changes by 300%

DISA’s new Automatic Pattern Changer (APC) for its DISAMATIC D3 moulding line changes pattern plates in less than 60 seconds.

A New and Improved DISA TOPS

The DISA Total Optimisation Production Service (TOPS) process has been standardised globally to provide a consistent experience for every customer.

Norican Sells DISA Core Machine Division

Suzhou Mingzhi Technology Co Ltd. is the new owner.

DISAMATIC C3 Goes Global

DISAMATIC C3 goes global and launches with three versions after taking the Asian market by storm.

DISAMATIC D3 with MOC

The Melt Overflow Cover (MOC), a standard feature on the new DISAMATIC® D3 Automatic Mould Conveyor (AMC), proves that innovations don’t have to be rocket science to make a difference.

AFS for DISAMATIC D3

Automatic Filter Setter for DISAMATIC D3: unlocking capacity, freeing up resources.

A new leader for DISA

Ulla Hartvig Toennesen succeeds Peter Holm Larsen as Senior Vice President of the DISA Centre for Product Innovation in Taastrup, Denmark. Her mission: taking DISA to the next level.

DISA customer named 'BEST IN TEST'

It’s official: The VICTORIA 30cm skillet made on DISA moulding technology has been voted the best straight-of-the-box cast iron skillet by the US-based Epicurious website.
Symposium in Turkey

DISA in conversation with Turkish foundries

In May, DISA, Tüdöksad and Meta-Mak held a technical symposium which attracted over 100 small and midsized foundry owners and operators.

DISA China Foundry Institute

Constantly seeking new ways to optimize customers’ knowledge and use of its moulding equipment, Norican Group China now introduces its new training facility.

DISA Customers Day Event in Rajkot

DISA India conducts a Customers' Day event at Customer's Place on 27th June 2017 in Rajkot
Symposium with Renault

Automotive symposium at Renault

In May, DISA, ItalPresseGauss, StrikoWestofen and Renault met to discuss the challenges and the future of automotive casting production.
DISA Symposium in Vietnam

Symposiums in Vietnam

Many jolt squeeze and floor moulding foundry specialists met in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to discover the features and key benefits of the DISAMATIC C3.
Symposium in Indonesia

Shaping tomorrow’s engineers in Indonesia

In March, we visited foundry students from Politeknik Manufaktur Negeri Bandung to discuss the advances in moulding techniques, processes and sand plants.
PSA Groupe Symposium

Innovation symposium with PSA Groupe

Constantly seeking to engineer change and lead technology, DISA held a local innovation symposium onsite at one of the leading automotive companies in France: PSA GROUPE.
LMCS acquisition

Norican acquires LMCS Group

Taastrup, Denmark. Norican Global A/S (“Norican”), a leading metallic parts enhancement company (by virtue of its ownership of both DISA and Wheelabrator Group), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Light Metal Casting Solutions Group (“LMCS”). The transaction was announced on February 21 of this year. LMCS comprises three of the leading names in aluminium parts formation marketplace: StrikoWestofen, ItalPresse and Gauss.
DISAMATIC D3 Vertical Moulding Machine

DISAMATIC D3 Success Story

We are proud to share the great success of the DISAMATIC D3 and all the positive feedback received from foundries from all over the world.

FONDERIE LAROCHE

FONDERIE LAROCHE replaced an old Hunter HMP20 machine with a DISA MATCH 20/24 increasing production by 40 metric tons.
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LMCS acquisition

Norican Group enters into binding agreement to purchase Light Metal Casting Solutions Group.

The first-ever DISAMATIC C3 for China

The first-ever high-speed DISAMATIC C3 vertical moulding solution was installed at Weifang 100tong Casting Co. Ltd.