This particular European-based foundry group provides products and services to several major foundry markets: mining, aggregates, oil & gas sectors and more. In the Czech Republic, specifically, they were producing special castings in manganese steel and likewise targeted these latter sectors. When the foundry commenced production it required a new core shooter and core boxes. During core production, however, problems began to arise. There was plugging and sticking occurring with their classical style core vents. This was a major problem because it was affecting the quality of the cores. Therefore, the foundry was forced to look at its entire process to figure out what to do. The first thing they noticed was that their olivine sand was prone to sticking. This, however, is

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