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Case Study: Casting Cooling Solution

 by General Kinematics,

Challenge
Customer needed a process in which castings could be cooled within an efficient space and time period with no transmittal of force to the environment as was being experienced from vibratory units provided from past suppliers, and without a re-design of the existing plant footprint.

Approach
The customer engaged GK after their current supplier would no longer support their excessive environmental vibration transmission issue.

Solution
GK’s Engineered Solutions Group and GK’s Engineered Products Group used an integrated team approach to produce a patented casting cooling spiral conveyor.

Results
GK’s solution provided a new process that cooled castings in a footprint reduced by a factor of eight. The vibratory casting cooling spiral produced very efficient heat transfer by containing ventilation to work area instead of across entire plant floor. The new design completely dampened environmental impact, reduced re-work, and therefore product costs. GK’s Engineered Products Group delivered new product / process within 16 months of design start.

General Kinematics Corporation, incorporated in 1960, was established to market, design, and custom fabricate innovative vibratory equipment for the foundry, recycling, mining, and processing industries. Today the company continues as one of the world’s largest suppliers of vibratory processing equipment and has evolved into an industry-leading EPC firm. Headquartered in Crystal Lake, IL, General Kinematics has seven global locations providing engineering and support to a world-wide customer base. GK is a third generation, family-owned company and is ISO 9001 certified.