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Another day, another call from a foundry that “saved money” buying low-value vibratory equipment from our competition.   This time the call was in reference to a group of machines engineered and manufactured by a company that used erroneous engineering calculations. As a result, from day one of operation, the equipment cracked and broke. This […]

Generally used to guide the movement of the conveying surface in the desired direction, rocker leg (or ductile stabilizer) condition should be inspected as per the pm schedule for each machine.   Once the rocker leg has been identified as needing to be replaced the rocker leg should be replaced immediately to avoid damaging the […]

Material grinding (also called attrition milling) is the process by which materials are mechanically broken into fine granules, and it is an essential step in many industrial processes. Grinding machinery can be used to reduce the particulate size of various materials, but is most commonly recognized for its uses in the mining industry to extract […]

In an effort to promote proper maintenance procedures, below is a step-by-step guide to safely replacing pigtail coil springs.   Should a spring that needs to be replaced be found during inspection or while the unit is in operation, it must be replaced immediately to avoid overstressing remaining coil springs as well as causing structural […]

The FINGER-SCREEN™ 2.0 Primary Screen is the newest technology from General Kinematics. This vibratory separator can be used to improve the effectiveness of your resource recycling processes. The new design has all the benefits of the original FINGER-SCREEN™ Vibratory Separator, which is used in hundreds of applications all over the world, with an enhancement to […]

Sand reclamation is the process by which foundry sand is reconditioned without significantly affecting its physical properties. During the sand reclamation process, binders and coatings that adhere to sand grains during casting production are removed to recycle sand for subsequent use. Thus, the sand must be cleaned to remove the binders that adhere to it […]