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DISA’s latest Equipment Modernisation Packages

DISA is helping more customers make serious improvements in capacity, efficiency and functionality – with no need to buy a new moulding machine.

Payment by results: DISA Application win-win consultancy

Foundries working with DISA’s Application team of specialist engineers can now benefit from a zero risk ‘Win-Win’ contract.

Casting light on aluminium matters

Aluminium is currently central to many quality, profitability and sustainability discussions and decisions affecting Norican foundry customers worldwide. We caught up with our aluminium experts to ask them about all things aluminium.

Special read Aluminium and innovation

The rapidly growing global market for complex aluminium castings requires aluminium-specific equipment. Find out how foundries prepare for an aluminium future in our special read article.

Equipment upgrade and optimisation

Maximising Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

This article shares insights from Norican’s customers and foundry owners who are yielding results and improving OEE with a strategic equipment management approach focussed on availability, performance and quality.

DISA premieres game-changing foundry innovations

At GIFA 2019, DISA will reveal three radical new digitally-driven innovations that move foundries closer to Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM).

Jan Johansen, Mr DISA, passes away, 28.11.2018

It is with heavy hearts that we share this sad news.

OSCO Industries

Expert snapshot: World Foundry Congress

Find out more about the World Foundry Congress 2018 from DISA’s Product Portfolio & Innovation Manager, Per Larsen, in this Q&A from Krakow.

DISA aftermarket excellence

Because innovation never stops. Find out how DISA EMP, TOPS and PLC aftermarket services can help you get your line in tip top condition.

What lies ahead: the future of foundries

DISA experts have delivered a series of guest lectures about the Future of Foundries. They explored three interconnected themes of: sustainability, productivity and Industry 4.0.

Rising demand for matchplate moulding lines

DISA has seen an increase in demand for moulding lines using matchplate technology, driven by a surge in enquiries from Chinese customers for large DISA MATCH lines.

AQUA GROUP upgrades to DISAMATIC C3

40 years of productivity improvements culminate in move to DISAMATIC.

DISA MAC: be sure before you pour

For the first time ever, foundries are able to spot and react to mould string inaccuracies in real time, and crucially, before pouring.

Review: DISA at IFEX 2018

Success on the subcontinent: DISA recently showcased the latest innovations in casting technology at IFEX 2018.

DISA’s four key learnings from Metal China

Launching FOUR new innovations, exhibiting alongside THREE Norican Group brands, the emergence of TWO key industry shifts in ONE memorable show – Metal China 2018.

DISA’s New OOF

New Optimal Oil Filtration (OOF): keeping an eye on the oil that keeps your foundry equipment running.

Reduce Downtime for Pattern Changes by 300%

DISA’s new Automatic Pattern Changer (APC) for its DISAMATIC D3 moulding line changes pattern plates in less than 60 seconds.

A New and Improved DISA TOPS

The DISA Total Optimisation Production Service (TOPS) process has been standardised globally to provide a consistent experience for every customer.

Norican Sells DISA Core Machine Division

Suzhou Mingzhi Technology Co Ltd. is the new owner.

DISAMATIC C3 Goes Global

DISAMATIC C3 goes global and launches with three versions after taking the Asian market by storm.

DISAMATIC D3 with MOC

The Melt Overflow Cover (MOC), a standard feature on the new DISAMATIC® D3 Automatic Mould Conveyor (AMC), proves that innovations don’t have to be rocket science to make a difference.

AFS for DISAMATIC D3

Automatic Filter Setter for DISAMATIC D3: unlocking capacity, freeing up resources.

A new leader for DISA

Ulla Hartvig Toennesen succeeds Peter Holm Larsen as Senior Vice President of the DISA Centre for Product Innovation in Taastrup, Denmark. Her mission: taking DISA to the next level.

DISA customer named 'BEST IN TEST'

It’s official: The VICTORIA 30cm skillet made on DISA moulding technology has been voted the best straight-of-the-box cast iron skillet by the US-based Epicurious website.

Symposium in Turkey

DISA in conversation with Turkish foundries

In May, DISA, Tüdöksad and Meta-Mak held a technical symposium which attracted over 100 small and midsized foundry owners and operators.

DISA China Foundry Institute

Constantly seeking new ways to optimize customers’ knowledge and use of its moulding equipment, Norican Group China now introduces its new training facility.

DISA Customers Day Event in Rajkot

DISA India conducts a Customers' Day event at Customer's Place on 27th June 2017 in Rajkot

Symposium with Renault

Automotive symposium at Renault

In May, DISA, Italpresse Gauss, StrikoWestofen and Renault met to discuss the challenges and the future of automotive casting production.

DISA Symposium in Vietnam

Symposiums in Vietnam

Many jolt squeeze and floor moulding foundry specialists met in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to discover the features and key benefits of the DISAMATIC C3.

Symposium in Indonesia

Shaping tomorrow’s engineers in Indonesia

In March, we visited foundry students from Politeknik Manufaktur Negeri Bandung to discuss the advances in moulding techniques, processes and sand plants.

PSA Groupe Symposium

Innovation symposium with PSA Groupe

Constantly seeking to engineer change and lead technology, DISA held a local innovation symposium onsite at one of the leading automotive companies in France: PSA GROUPE.

LMCS acquisition

Norican acquires LMCS Group

Taastrup, Denmark. Norican Global A/S (“Norican”), a leading metallic parts enhancement company (by virtue of its ownership of both DISA and Wheelabrator Group), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Light Metal Casting Solutions Group (“LMCS”). The transaction was announced on February 21 of this year. LMCS comprises three of the leading names in aluminium parts formation marketplace: StrikoWestofen, ItalPresse and Gauss.

DISAMATIC D3 Vertical Moulding Machine

DISAMATIC D3 Success Story

We are proud to share the great success of the DISAMATIC D3 and all the positive feedback received from foundries from all over the world.

FONDERIE LAROCHE

FONDERIE LAROCHE replaced an old Hunter HMP20 machine with a DISA MATCH 20/24 increasing production by 40 metric tons.

LMCS Group

LMCS acquisition

Norican Group enters into binding agreement to purchase Light Metal Casting Solutions Group.

The first-ever DISAMATIC C3 for China

The first-ever high-speed DISAMATIC C3 vertical moulding solution was installed at Weifang 100tong Casting Co. Ltd.