Innovation in sand management Seco Industries 2023 As a result of the pressure to reduce the environmental burden in the foundry industry, resulting from the upcoming stricter standards from 2030, see Decree No. 273/2021 Coll., Annex 4, letter E, which prohibits landfilling of waste from 2030. Also, the currently higher financial costs of landfilling waste…

Cooperation with Würth In our foundry Seco Industries we focus on production of small ductile iron castings of up to 1 kg in series of several thousand pieces. Production of theese pieces with quality required by the automotive industry means mastering finishing small surfaces of castings from remains of bentonite mixture after casting. An important…

In Seco Industries, s.r.o. by the end of the year 2021 we have installed a grinding machine from Reichmann & SOHN GmbH. This CNC machine with five axis and two diamond grinding discs is made for grinding of castings, after their casting and sanding. We grind parting planes and discards on the Reichmann CNC machine. Only…

Production of castings Production of castings is a complex matter, not only about melting and casting itself. After the customer’s request, a manufacturability study is prepared, where we evaluate the suitability of the casting for the production of our technology. This is followed by the layout of the castings on the model device, calculation of…

Thermal analysis is measured with an instrument consisting of a stand, a transducer, and a computer. To obtain results of the thermal analysis, a program for evaluating the cooling curves is used. The whole process of testing the thermal analysis begins by pouring liquid metal into a crucible placed on a stand, where the sample…

In February 2020, Seco Industries, s.r.o. successfully defended the process audit of VW according to the VDA 6.3 methodology and thanks to that it meets the strictest supplier criteria for the entire VW Group.

In May of 2020, Seco Industries, s.r.o. successfully completed the recertification of the ISO 14001: 2015 certificate by the Lloyds audit company in the range of validity for the production of ductile and gray cast iron castings, machining of castings and casting, and machining of inserted cylinders.

In January of 2020, the operation of a new hall dedicated to processing of castings was officially launched. Modern machining technologies can now use their potential more efficiently and offer capacity to existing and new customers.