Ever tightening legislation, rightly protecting the health of employees in the foundry sector from hazardous and carcinogenic substances, means that foundries have to look at what they are doing to prevent such exposures. Ever increasing customer quality standards for products and environmental legislation to reduce wastes and to look after the air, all also have impacts on how the cast metals sector performs.

This webinar, delivered to the West Midlands, Birmingham and Coventry Branch of the ICME on Monday 4th March 2024 by Mr Andrew Tagg – Technical Manager of John Winter & Co Ltd, gave members an educational and highly informative insight as an alternative media to conventional silica sand that can be used by foundries to improve surface finish, reduce landfill and to make significant reductions in exposures to dusts for foundry workers.