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For Immediate Release General Kinematics                                                                                Marketing Dept.: (815) 444-3521 marketing@generalkinematics.com   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: General Kinematics Designated as System Integrator for Fonderie Mora Gavardo, part of the Camozzi Group       Fonderie Mora Gavardo, a prestigious aluminum and iron metalcasting facility in Italy needed to acquire a new foundry system. Previous experience working with General […]

Coal Mine Installation  The Scenario:   To handle upcoming high ash seams and to recycle coking coal tailings to produce a thermal product, the mine had a need for an increased throughput over a rejects screen, with bed densities down to 1.3 (or circa 1.1 in practice). The existing screen was a lightweight 10-year-old brute […]

Copper Installation- Deep Dive into Efficiency                                                                                                                  The Scenario: Using the current footprint, the customer wanted to replace an existing screen in a Sag Mill copper installation with a General Kinematics STM-SCREEN™. The SAG discharge screen experienced surges of material (25%-40% solids) from the SAG mill, which overloaded their existing screen. During these frequent overload […]

Copper Installation-  A Deep Dive into Reliability                                                                                                                  The Scenario: Using the current footprint, the customer wanted to replace an existing screen in a Sag Mill copper installation with a General Kinematics STM-SCREEN™. To avoid unplanned downtime, the operations team swapped out their existing screen 4 times per year. The costs incurred due to the […]

UPDATE 4/28/2020: General Kinematics Corporation is Open. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has extended the state’s “Stay at Home” through the end of May. While full details have not been released, what appears clear is we will continue to service our customers without delays. From the onset of this global pandemic, our employees have made it their priority […]

Today is April 21st, 2020, and I am supposed to be at the American Foundry Society Metalcasting Congress in Ohio. Unfortunately, I am sitting in our corporate headquarters alone, waiting for my next video meeting. It has been a challenging time for everybody in their own way. The personal life changes that we are adapting […]