Challenge: A foundry customer located in Alabama has had a General Kinematics vibratory machine in service for many decades. One of the motors on the machine that had been in operation for over 30 years finally failed late one afternoon, leaving that customer in a downtime situation. Approach: The customer did not have a replacement [...]
Case Study: Equipment Rebuild – Vibrating Charge Feeder
June 2, 2011 By
Challenge: A foundry had been utilizing a General Kinematics vibrating furnace charge feeder for a number of years. With repeated drops of heavy charge material, the trough of the unit had become distorted and required refurbishment. Approach: The customer contacted General Kinematics and shipped the unit back to GK’s manufacturing facility in Crystal Lake, IL. [...]
Case Study: Equipment Refurbishment
April 19, 2011 By
Challenge
A GK customer purchased a used VIBRA-MILL® Sand reclaimer sight unseen from a closed foundry in the south and wanted to use it to break down sand for pneumatic conveying. The VIBRA-MILL, originally commissioned in 1975, was of unknown condition.