Topic: Increase Efficiency and Safety in your Cast House using Autonomous rail mounted Furnace tending equipment and Smart In-Furnace Cameras

Date: Friday, 28th March 2025 | Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (IST)

Speaker: Mr. Mark Bumford, Sales Director, RIA Cast House Engineering GmbH, Germany

Mark is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Portsmouth University in the UK and entered the Aluminium industry straight from Uni in 1987 when joining Davy McKee (Poole) Ltd. Spells with Cognex (now AMETEK), Viconsys and Parkegate followed. In 2010, Mark made the switch from Flat Rolled Products to Cast House when joining ALTEK, selling Dross Presses and Electromagnetic Stirrers. In 2020, Mark became Sales Director of RIA Cast House Engineering GmbH, based in Leipzig and is now responsible for the sales of fully Automated/Autonomous Rail Mounted Precision Charging and Skimming Machines in the EMEA and Asia regions, as well as the Fioscope In-Furnace Smart Camera technology.