CAREERS Pyrotek News Welcome to our Insight blog where you will find stories and announcements that pertain to the industries Pyrotek serves, from aluminium to zinc galvanizing to glass to acoustics to battery materials and more. Pyrotek Transfer Line is Ideal Customized Solution for Foundry in Spain – And Right on Time in Urgent Situation During Holiday Production Shutdown by David Cole | 24 August 2021 Pyrotek delivered and installed a 19.5-meter (64-foot) transfer line (launder) with infrared heating lids at CIE C. Vilanova, a high-pressure die casting plant in Barcelona, Spain. A previously installed transfer line provided by another vendor was leading to freezing aluminium, metal overflows, and unsafe conditions. Read More Automotive Assembly Plant in Mexico Selects Pyrotek’s Rigid Glasweve® Filters as Standard Filter for Casting Cylinder Heads by Andrew Carlson and David Cole | 22 April 2021 The aluminium foundry at a major automotive operation in Mexico is now using Rigid Glasweve (RGW) filters as part of its cylinder head casting process, finding after a large-scale trial that RGW reduced scrap compared with the use of ceramic foam filters (CFF). Read More Rigid Glasweve® Filters for Permanent Mould, Sand-Casting Improvement by David Cole | 30 March 2021 Foundries that perform permanent mould casting and sandcasting processes today are taking advantage of yet another innovation from Pyrotek—its new Rigid Glasweve® (RGW) filtering technology. Read More CASE STUDY: Cable Casting Operation Turns to Pyrotek Experts For Advanced Molten Copper Transfer Solution by David Cole | 12 February 2021 As a result of this longer lasting transfer launder, the copper caster is now in a position where maintenance has decreased and metal cleanliness has improved, delivering measurable savings. Read More CASE STUDY: Aluminium Plant Improves Potroom Crucible Lining Service Life by Five Times by David Cole | 27 January 2021 A large aluminium producing plant in Turkey has found that choosing a Ceramite® refractory lining for its crucibles increased the service life of the linings by five times - and resulted in easier and reduced maintenance, along with increased efficiency and more production time. Read More Rigid Glasweve Replaces CFF as a Production Filter at Major Automotive Caster in Spain by David Cole | 21 January 2021 Rigid Glasweve® (RGW) filters have been chosen as the preferred filter for the casting process, in a sand-casting application, at a major automotive parts caster in Spain, Saint Jean Industries – Valladolid (SJI). Read More EnerSys and Pyrotek Team Up to Compete in AFWERX Energy Showcase by David Cole | 20 January 2021 Pyrotek and EnerSys are combining decades of technical experience and U.S.A.-manufacturing capabilities to provide an advanced, high-energy, zero-volt capable, lithium-ion battery system to meet the demands of U.S. space resiliency and deliver top performance in the space warfighting domain. Read More PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Pyrotek’s Machined Graphite Parts for Float Glass by David Cole | 10 December 2020 Pyrotek is known internationally for its high-quality precision machined graphite parts for float glass operations. These graphite parts are relied upon to make the highest quality architectural and automotive glass products. Read More French Foundry Turns to Pyrotek for Critical Furnace Project Amid Health Crisis by David Cole | 23 October 2020 When a major foundry in France, a supplier of cast parts to the country’s automotive manufacturers, needed two dosing furnaces relined, a new control system for the furnaces, and an advanced electrical cabinet, and they needed it all during a pandemic when worker health and safety was on everyone’s mind—they turned to Pyrotek. Read More MEET PYROTEK: Q & A with Ross McGregor, Milton Keynes, U.K. by David Cole | 19 October 2020 As a member of the Metallurgical Services Group team, Ross McGregor is inspired each day at the R&D center by the opportunity to work on projects touching many different industries and seek to improve the performance of a vast range of products and processes. “A role this varied can lead to transferable ideas and new products that could improve efficiency,” he says. “The role also has the scope to allow myself to develop into a world-leading consultant, providing technical assistance within the aluminium industry.” Read More MEET PYROTEK: Q & A with Gary Bywater, Milton Keynes, U.K. by David Cole | 19 October 2020 Gary Bywater, a Senior Metallurgical Services Engineer at Pyrotek’s research and development center in Milton Keynes, U.K., is part scientist and part engineer. On any given day at the R&D center, you could find him in a conversation with Pyrotek colleagues from around the world, discussing and examining a challenge a customer might be facing. And at the center of that conversation and study will likely be a material, and what role it’s playing in the customer’s process. Read More MEET PYROTEK: Q & A with Karlis Zivtins, Milton Keynes, U.K. by David Cole | 14 October 2020 Karlis Zivtins, a Metallurgical Services Engineer at Pyrotek’s research and development center in Milton Keynes, U.K., was drawn to service with Pyrotek’s Metallurgical Services Group (MSG) because he saw he would be working in a modern, advanced and dynamic facility that serves customer globally, providing critical metallurgical and materials analysis. Read More The Pyrotek Flat Flame Burner – Precise, Efficient, Uniform Priming of CFFs and Filter Boxes by David Cole | 22 September 2020 “Along with the exceptional heating performance, testing has proven the burner is capable of preheating the largest, most-dense CFFs, even in a dual-staged design where one filter is above another," says Aleš Bláha, Project Manager at Pyrotek’s Blansko Engineering Center. Read More Pyrotek Coatings Expert: Right Product and Application Will Protect Your Capital Investments and Improve Your Metal Quality Now by David Cole | 30 July 2020 Choosing the correct coating and using it wisely will extend the life of a substrate, and, the better the coating, typically the more casts obtained between recoating activities. Read More Pyrotek Works Closely with Cometal Engineering At New Alu Menziken Casthouse in Romania by David Cole | 15 July 2020 Convinced of Pyrotek's high-performance solutions, Cometal turns to Pyrotek for the best technology in launder systems, filtration, degassing and refining. Read More 1 2 3 4 5 IN THIS SECTION SERVICES ABOUT PYROTEK NEWS PYROTEK INNOVATION LEGAL PRIVACY POLICY UK MODERN SLAVERY ACT CERTIFICATIONS EVENTS IMPRESSUM CONTACT ©2021 Pyrotek. 705 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201 USA +1 509 926 6212 All rights reserved. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Please see our Privacy Policy to learn how we collect and use your information. X