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Kirsh Foundry Increases Efficiency with...
Kirsh Foundry – Background Kirsh Foundry is a third-generation, family-owned iron-casting foundry founded in 1939 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Kirsh Foundry creates cast iron casings for a wide variety of […]
December 29th, 2025 | 2 min Read
VDC Increases Production With GK’s...
About The VDP Group The VDP group is one of Europe’s primary gray cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron production companies. The VPD Group is a family-founded and owned […]
March 30th, 2023 | 4 min Read
Tyler Union Improves Safety and...
About Tyler Union Tyler Union is a ductile iron waterworks fitting foundry with a prestigious history spanning more than 100 years. As part of the global McWane Family of Companies, […]
July 19th, 2022 | 4 min Read
Charlotte Pipe Achieves Process Improvement
Charlotte Pipe, one of the nation’s top pipe suppliers takes you on an inside look through their facility and their VIBRA-DRUM® Sand Casting Conditioner from General Kinematics. Charlotte […]
January 23rd, 2019 | < 1
GK Presents: Arnold Magnetic Technologies
Arnold Magnetic Technologies needed a solution. Located thirty minutes from General Kinematics headquarters, the competitors rotary drum they were using was no longer operational. They needed a unit that would […]
January 8th, 2019 | < 1
A 50 Year-Old Shakeout
In early 2018, a midwestern aluminum foundry in the United States was looking to purchase a vertical shakeout. Referencing the current General Kinematics shakeout that was running very well at […]
September 12th, 2018 | 2 min Read