Article: Cupola program provides improved cost analysis.(Case History)(S. Katz Associates)

The large number of variables involved in cupola operations, plus the inherent differences among cupolas, makes reaching optimal levels of cost and performance difficult. In addition, low cost charge materials often create secondary costs that outweigh their benefits. S. Katz Associates provides a new software-based service that provides the routes to achieve true costs savings.

CupolaMelt was developed over a 10-year period under contracts awarded to the American Foundry Society, Schaumburg, Ill., and S. Katz Associates, West Bloomfield, Mich., by the U.S. Department of Energy. The software is sensitive to both positive and negative factors affecting cupola ...

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