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METALLURGY LANE
THE DECLINE OF THE
INTEGRATED STEEL
INDUSTRY—PART II
Charles R. Simcoe
The U.S. steel industry began its steady
decline in the late 1950s, a devastation
of epic proportions that continued
throughout the 1980s and beyond.
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DEVELOPINGSTRONGCORE TECHNOLOGY
FORHIGHPRESSURE DIE CASTING
Frank Czerwinski, Gabriel Birsan, Frank Benkel, Wojciech Kasprzak, Mike
Walker, Jock Smith, Douglas Trinowski, and Ignacio Musalem
A new technology is needed in order to manufacture certain lightweight automotive com-
ponents, in particular those with hollow structures of complex geometry.
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Engine block produced using
precision sand and high
pressure die casting. Courtesy of
GM Research and Development
Center.
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