August 11, 2004
U.S. Patent Awarded for Rapid Solidification Process (RSP) Tooling
A new patent has recently been awarded for the RSP Tooling process, which reduces cost and production time for manufacturing dies, molds, and tooling.
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August 10, 2004
Aluminum Plant Finds $2.5 Million Potential for Annual Savings with Plant-Wide Assessment
Pechiney Rolled Products focused a plant-wide assessment on its energy-intensive processes and found potential annual savings of 460,000 MMBtu in natural gas and 9.6 million kWh in electricity.
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June 09, 2004
Alcoa Teams with the DOE to Reduce Energy Consumption
Case Study, “Alcoa Teams with DOE to Reduce Energy Consumption,” is available
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