* New 6.4 litre V8 diesel engine based on a SinterCast-CGI cylinder block * Cylinder block production underway at the Cifunsa foundry in Mexico * CGI provides 15% weight reduction, increased ...

Auto engine designers are turning to a long neglected version of iron that can handle the much higher internal pressures of modern diesel engines. Compacted graphite iron has a molecular structure ...

[Düsseldorf, 16 June 2015] - SinterCast has taken the opportunity of the GIFA world foundry trade fair, held every four years in Düsseldorf, to display its industry leading Compacted Graphite Iron ...

DETROIT -- The 2.7-liter V-6 that Ford unveiled along with the redesigned 2015 F-150 has a lightweight two-piece cylinder block unique among pickup engines. The upper section, which houses the ...

MaxxForce 11 and MaxxForce 13 big bore engines are engineered specifically for International Class 8 trucks using compacted-graphite iron (CG Iron) technology for a lightweight block. International ...

"Basically, after you have the fundamentals done, you can talk about the bore itself," Jenckes says. "There's a lot to be said about bores. The most important design element is, at operating ...