Ken.Zhang, the director of Sinostar Industrial Machinery, who has been supplying China's high-speed railways for 20 years, attended the Tianjin Manufacturing Exhibition

The 21st China International Foundry Exposition kicked off:casting strong dream, the wisdom to lead a new future

Global foundry elites gathered in Tianjin to start a new chapter in the industry

May 8, 2023, the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Tianjin) witnessed a global casting industry's annual event - the 21st China International Foundry Exposition (referred to as “Foundry Expo”) grand opening. As an authoritative exhibition plowing into the field of casting for more than 20 years, this year's Foundry Expo not only gathered thousands of cutting-edge exhibits covering the whole industry chain of raw materials, casting equipment, castings and post-processing, but also attracted renowned enterprises and professional visitors from more than 30 countries and regions around the world, and with the theme of “Gathering Potential to Enable, Creating the Future with Wisdom”, it broke a grand blueprint for the high-quality development of the casting industry. The grand blueprint for the high-quality development of the industry.

The first day of the exhibition: 34,000 professional visitors went to the technical feast

On the first day of the exhibition, the National Convention and Exhibition Center has become a casting technology “global showground”. According to statistics, 34,772 professional visitors from more than 30 countries and regions such as China, Germany, the United States, Japan, Italy, etc. flocked to the exhibition hall, including industry leaders, technology experts and procurement decision makers. In the crowded exhibition hall, precision casting equipment, intelligent production lines, green material solutions and other exhibits reflected each other, and the on-site exchanges, the sound of machines roaring and the sound of consultation and negotiation rose and fell, playing a stirring movement of industrial upgrading.

Industry Pioneer Dialogue: Technology Empowerment, Smart Future

In the intelligent casting exhibition area, the reporter met Ken Zhang, a senior partner of China Railway Group and the manager of Sinostar Industrial Machinery, who has been deeply engaged in the field of rail transportation equipment for 20 years and is concentrating on in-depth exchanges with the technical team of an intelligent casting equipment manufacturer. “The traditional casting process is undergoing a digital revolution,” said Ken.Zhang, pointing to the holographic projection of the simulated production line on the booth, ”For example, this company's intelligent melting system, through the AI algorithm to optimize the metal ratio, not only to improve the efficiency by 30%, the scrap rate is as low as 0.5%. ”

Technology highlights: green and intelligent dual-wheel drive

This year's Casting Expo is not only a product display platform, but also a wind vane of technology trends. A number of leading enterprises exhibited “carbon neutral casting program” is particularly eye-catching:

Waste sand regeneration technology: a company developed the waste sand regeneration system, can be casting waste sand recycling rate from 60% to 95%, significantly reducing the environmental burden;

Hydrogen Energy Melting Furnace: Another enterprise showed the hydrogen energy melting furnace, compared with the traditional process to reduce carbon emissions by 80%, for the foundry industry green transformation provides a new way of thinking;

5G + Industrial Internet: in the intelligent manufacturing exhibition area, 5G + Industrial Internet technology is deeply applied to the casting line, an exhibitor demonstrated the “digital twin factory” system, real-time prediction of equipment failures and automatic adjustment of production parameters, triggering heated discussions among onlookers.

Deepening International Cooperation: Building an Open Innovation Ecosystem

At the exhibition site, the atmosphere of international cooperation was strong. The chairman of the German Foundry Association emphasized in the theme forum: “In the face of global supply chain reconstruction, the foundry industry needs to break down technical barriers and build an open ecosystem.” A Japanese precision casting enterprise representative shared its cooperation with Chinese enterprises in the high-speed rail parts research and development case, said “this transnational collaborative innovation, so that the product quality has reached a new height.” Between the booths, in English, Japanese, German intertwined dialog, confirming the casting industry “without borders” of the development of consensus.

Future prospects: casting a new starting point for the dream of a strong country].

When the sunset light sprinkled on the glass curtain wall of the Convention and Exh

ibition Center, the first casting exposition is not only an exhibition, but also become a window to observe the upgrading and transformation of China's manufacturing. As one exhibitor said: “Here is not only the flow of people, but also the flow of technology, information and ideas. China's casting industry is standing on a new historical starting point, we have reason to believe that through continuous innovation and international cooperation, casting the dream of a strong country will eventually shine into reality.”