Foundry Case Studies

Metal casting has been entwined with the United States from the very beginning, driving the westward journey into the industrial revolution and making its way today in the ever improving world of automobiles. Foundry has truly been at the heart of America, providing the materials for our cars, farming equipment, and much more. One of […]

Late last year GK helped the Auto Industrial Group in South Africa upgrade and install new equipment and systems for its two cast iron foundry operations in Isando and Wadeville, Gauteng. This install/upgrade included the addition of the General Kinematics VIBRA-DRUM® Sand and Casting Conditioner as part of their shakeout operation. Why is this big […]

Challenge Having severely worn and damaged rotary drum cast liners, Rochester Metal Products began a search to find the market’s best value on replacement liners. With a capacity of 7TPH castings and 30TPH sand, the foundry was looking for a liner system that could better withstand their rigorous processing requirements. Approach GK Engineers proposed the […]

Rotary Drum Liner Installation Installation of a liner system historically can be tricky, but that’s where General Kinematics has made great headway with its long-lasting, durable LOCK-TITE™ Liner System. Robert Wasilewski, Sales Engineer for General Kinematics, points out why it lasts so much longer. “The LOCK-TITE™ System is made up of abrasion-resistant AR400. It’s tougher […]

Challenge A leading North American metal caster had an existing rotary drum that was in need of replacement. The drum was being utilized to clean and break up sprue prior to returning to the melt department. The cast liner system in their drum had worn out, which jammed the area between the liner body and […]

A South Carolina foundry decided to put the GK VIBRA-DRUM® to the test in their process. With only two other installations of the VIBRA-DRUM® in a No Bake foundry, the technology first needed to be proven. Challenge The current foundry system requires cutting the castings by torches and secondarily running them through a shot blast, […]

Challenge At the bottom of their rotary train dump, a power plant on the Ohio River near Paducah, KY had two reciprocating feeders that were no longer feeding reliably and needed to be replaced. Approach After inspecting the installation, General Kinematics Vibratory Feeders with Variable Force (VF) wheels were recommended. With these feeders, a feed […]

Is your foundry large enough to house conveyors for cooling off castings? Are you limited by space? How about ventilation? If you’re dreaming of a transient vibration-free, environmentally conscious work zone, don’t let the heat—or the shaking walls—get to you: Stay cool, because General Kinematics has a solution. Cool Conveying The SPIRA-COOL® vibratory conveyor addresses […]

Challenge A North American foundry customer had two existing parallel lines in their facility. The second line was to be modified and run a special alloy material. To compound this change, prior to having the sprue removed the alloys needed to be cooled before joining in with first line to be blasted. From A to […]

Challenge A Midwest foundry had limited space for their sand reclamation system. Unable to expand the building to gain the room needed or reposition their system to fit the necessary additions, the foundry began to research a solution that could solve their problem. Approach The foundry approached General Kinematics to solve their problem. Their existing […]