|
PRESS RELEASE
In December 2000, the "SESAMM" bibliographical database compiled by the Centre Technique des Industries de la Fonderie has opened up a real gateway to the foundries and metallurgy fields by going online through its Internet site (http://www.ctif.com ).
For over 50 years the CTIF, the foundries' research and development center based at Sèvres near Paris has had a documentation center that is one of a kind in the foundry field. There, a team of information scientists and linguistic observers has been compiling a database specializing in foundries and metallurgy to meet the expectations of its trade members.
"SESAMM's" multi-criteria search engine will enable 33000 relevant bibliographical entries to be consulted in the fields of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, metal molded parts, competing processes (plastic, forge..), innovations, markets, techniques and processes, and research and development.
Document title display is free of charge, but there will be a charge for consulting detailed notes (references and abstracts).
A subscription will pay for rights to access periodically published topic files that will enable subscribers to build up their own customized desk research.
The other welcome feature of this database is the trilingual glossary of specialist terms (in French, English, German), which will provide a helping hand with making bibliographical searches.
SESAMM has been designed to be user-friendly and simple to use, and will be a boon to those wishing to keep abreast of technical events and find bibliographical references.
For further information :
http://www.ctif.com/version_us/html/sesamm.html
Additional information resources for the foundry industry:
The new Web site of the CTIF (http ://www.ctif.com)
At a time of great change (with the appearance of new information and communications technology) and major challenges (globalisation of trade), it is necessary for all companies, and particularly small to medium-sized businesses in the foundry industry, to be constantly adding to their information resources in order to be best able to take on their competitors.
For this reason the CTIF has undertaken a huge project using the Internet in order to boost its information and support activities for the foundry trade.
Therefore, following on from the success of its initial Web site (opened over 3 years ago), the CTIF has embarked upon a project (now almost complete) aimed at progressively bringing its various information and technical support services 'online' on a Web site that has been redesigned for the occasion. In order to be able to guarantee users of the accuracy and validity of the information supplied, the data offered online has been carefully selected by the teams of the CTIF.
For the main part of its content, the site is available in both French and English.
Today, it can boast over 50 000 hits per week.
The main features of the site :
1- Presentation of the French foundry profession and its constituent companies
- The organisation of the foundry profession in France
The main bodies concerned are listed, most of which are directly accessible by Internet from the CTIF site.
- Key statistical information
The site gives most of the results achieved by the French foundry profession including overall production, world ranking and distribution of product tonnage by business sector and by market segment etc.
- The French foundries
A database containing information on all of the French foundries makes it possible to find a company not only through its company name or geographical location but also, for those having included the type of products they manufacture, by the types of alloy produced and/or by any casting processes used.
2 - Finding a supplier for the foundry sector
A database of suppliers of materials and products for foundries makes it possible to find a supplier by entering his company name or the description of one of his products.
3 - Keeping up to date with official standards in the foundry industry
The site introduces all of the official standards for the foundry trade (with the exception of hydraulics) including references, fields of application, precedence, and any possible variations with superseded documents.
Moreover, the database makes it possible to carry out a search by the major themes of the applicable standards (for example aluminium alloy, supply and inspection, etc).
The online availability of a "Standards News" service is being looked at. This service would provide information about the work and surveys currently underway.
4 - Introduction to the activities of the CTIF and the services it offers
All of the CTIF's activities are introduced, including its surveys, training opportunities, design services, laboratory-related activities, strategic planning, certification, in-house diagnosis and advice for companies, as well as quality and environment-related activities.
Certain research and development results with transfer possibilities are also available.
5 - A gateway to other "foundry" resources on the Internet
A range of hypertext links enables the surfer to pass directly from the CTIF site to those of the main bodies within the French foundry industry, and also to a certain number of others (selected by the CTIF) on an international level.
6 - Presentation of the basic technical documents distributed by Editions Techniques des Industries de la Fonderie
(Foundry Industry Technical Publications)
Visitors will find a database making it possible to order and pay online, and including a presentation of all of the technical documents distributed by the E.T.I.F.
7 - Presentation and downloading of technical softwares
A range of technical foundry-related softwares, designed by the CTIF and likely to be useful to companies on a day-to-day basis (including fault diagnosis, item weight calculation, burden optimisation, and calculation of feed and runner systems, etc) is available, and may be downloaded from the CTIF site to make evaluation easier.
8 - Database of translations of technical documents produced by the CTIF
Using a multi-criteria selection system, it is possible to search the library of translations produced by the CTIF to see if documents exist for a particular theme.
9 - Presentation of various certified reference materials
The chemical compositions of all of the certified reference materials (produced by the CTIF) likely to be of interest to the foundry profession are to be found here.
10 - Gateway to the documentary library of the CTIF
The creation of a gateway to the documentary library of the CTIF has been looked at. It makes it possible to directly consult the bibliographical database of the CTIF on-line, (this being one of the most extensive to be found in the foundry field).
http://www.ctif.com/version_us/html/sesamm.html
11 - Gateway to the european database related to the question of energy in foundry
The european database EUROFINE can be consulted through the CTIF website. It provides very complete information concerning the energy in the foundry field by displaying freely integral texts on different technical topics.
12 - Additional ways to contact the CTIF
The CTIF Web site offers additional means to directly
contact the CTIF via electronic mail:
* Either via the central electronic mailbox of the CTIF
info@ctif.com
* Or by those of your usual contacts
xxx@ctif.com
For all further information please contact:
Alain Reynaud
CTIF - Sèvres
e-mail: reynaud@ctif.com
Fax: 33-1-45-34-14-34
The Web site of the CTIF: http://www.ctif.com
|
