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GK’s VIBRA-DRUM® – Casting Quality...
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, […]
March 15th, 2017 | 2 min Read
Case Study: New Rotary Drum...
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 […]
October 27th, 2016 | 3 min Read
GK Rotary Drum Liner Installation:...
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 […]
September 23rd, 2016 | 2 min Read
Case Study: Replacing Rotary Drum...
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 […]
April 21st, 2016 | 2 min Read
Case Study: No Bake Technology
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 […]
November 12th, 2015 | 4 min Read
Case Study: Not Your Ordinary...
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 […]
October 13th, 2015 | 2 min Read