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If you regularly work with asphalt, you probably already know that it is the most recycled material in the United States. Most of the road you drive on is probably repurposed. In fact, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Highway Administration say that a whopping 90 million tons of asphalt pavement is […]

For Immediate Release General Kinematics Marketing Dept.: (815) 444-3521 marketing@generalkinematics.com   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: General Kinematics Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation  This September, General Kinematics honors its 60th anniversary. GK thanks its employees, customers, and community for their continued support! It is the culmination of talent from every GK employee that has led General Kinematics […]

I was a little more than 1 year old when General Kinematics opened their doors for the first time back in Sep 1960. Fast forward to 1983, my dad knew the founder, Al Musschoot, and introduced me to him after I graduated from college. Working for a global manufacturer of heavy processing equipment located in […]

A new opportunity for innovation ASR scrap can be a particularly difficult material to screen and separate due to tangled wiring and easily knotted materials. When planning an ASR sorting system for enhanced separation, a current GK customer had an idea of how they would like to improve their system. However, the customer was uncertain […]

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 […]