In operation since the mid 1960′s, this General Kinematics vibratory conveyor is still running strong, even after being subjected to foundry operations for over 40 years. Checking out the operation of the machine is Gordon Frank, Vice President of Contract Sales for GK, and Claude Hutchens, GK’s Director of Foundry Equipment. Did you like this? [...]
GK Recycling News
December 13, 2011 By
General Kinematics has been featured in a number of articles and videos… see a few below. 1) C&D Recycler Magazine: Equipment Report. Dick Reeves, Recycling Industry Manager for General Kinematics, comments on the state of the Construction & Demolition recycling industry. Read the article here. 2) Panama City News Herald: Magnets go into 24 hour [...]
General Kinematics joins in supporting American manufacturing
October 28, 2011 By
. Crystal Lake, IL – General Kinematics, the premier manufacturer of vibratory process equipment for the metal casting, mining, minerals, recycling, and bulk processing industries, recently joined the Association of Equipment Manufacturers in their campaign to support and bolster domestic manufacturing. AEM’s “I Make America” program focuses on dramatically increasing jobs for America’s equipment manufacturers [...]
GK Two-Mass Vibratory Shakeouts
October 19, 2011 By
General Kinematics Two-Mass, High Frequency shakeouts boost foundry throughput. Our simple two-mass shakeouts automatically compensate for varying load conditions, assuring full, non-dampening performance. Driven with sealed vibratory motors, GK’s Two-Mass shakeouts eliminate the need for V-belts, pivoted motor bases, couplings, and large and expensive bearings. Drive is mounted on a separate exciter mass, completely isolated [...]
Team GK: 2011 Employee Car Show
September 28, 2011 By
Being a building full of engineers who design high performance processing equipment, it is only natural that some of General Kinematics employees take interest in other types of performance machinery. We recently took some time out of our hectic schedule to relax and appreciate what some of the GK team enjoy to do in their [...]
Vibrating Fluidized Bed Processors for Cooling or Heating
September 28, 2011 By
Uniquely flexible for a wide range of continuous processing needs, GK’s vibrating fluid bed processors are ideally used for heating, drying, cooling, coating, or elutriation. GK vibrating fluid beds are available in a variety of configurations, and utilize vibratory agitation while passing a process gas through the material bed to suspend the material in a [...]
Vibrating Two-Mass Screens for Mining / Minerals / Ore Recovery
September 28, 2011 By
General Kinematics Two-Mass Screens are unequalled in efficiency and performance. GK’s proven two-mass drive system reduces electrical consumption and increases screening efficiency over traditional direct drive (brute force) designs. Dual in-board vibratory motors eliminate expensive belts, shafts, and bearings for increased uptime, longer service intervals, and the lowest cost of ownership available in a vibratory [...]
Article Excerpt: No Maintain, No Gain
August 29, 2011 By
Here is an excerpt of an article from the September – October 2011 issue of MSW Magazine featuring General Kinematics high performance, low maintenance vibratory recycling machines. CLICK HERE to view the entire article. Machines Moving C&D As might be expected for its weight, C&D waste gives MRF equipment more of a beating. However, careful maintenance [...]
Another DUCTA-SERIES™ Rotary Drum ships
August 24, 2011 By
GK recently shipped another one of our DUCTA-CLEAN® rotary media drums, destined for a North American metalcaster for the automotive industry. Cleaner Castings and reduced maintenance are just two of the advantages the patent pending DUCTA-CLEAN rotary media drum can offer. Media scrubs castings, removing sand, all while separating sprue and gates from castings. Media, [...]
General Kinematics expands leadership team.
August 4, 2011 By
Crystal Lake Illinois-August 1, 2011- General Kinematics announced today that Thomas Musschoot will be promoted to Vice President Component Sales and Marketing. Musschoot will be responsible for all Component Sales activities in his new role, as well as overseeing his current Marketing and Research & Development responsibilities. General Kinematics also announced that Randy Smith, the [...]