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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 […]

Copper Installation-  A Deep Dive into Reliability                                                                                                                  The Scenario: Using the current footprint, the customer wanted to replace an existing screen in a Sag Mill copper installation with a General Kinematics STM-SCREEN™. To avoid unplanned downtime, the operations team swapped out their existing screen 4 times per year. The costs incurred due to the […]

UPDATE 4/28/2020: General Kinematics Corporation is Open. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has extended the state’s “Stay at Home” through the end of May. While full details have not been released, what appears clear is we will continue to service our customers without delays. From the onset of this global pandemic, our employees have made it their priority […]

Today is April 21st, 2020, and I am supposed to be at the American Foundry Society Metalcasting Congress in Ohio. Unfortunately, I am sitting in our corporate headquarters alone, waiting for my next video meeting. It has been a challenging time for everybody in their own way. The personal life changes that we are adapting […]

As one of the leaders of vibratory process equipment, General Kinematics had a strong presence in both the aggregate and C&D Markets at this year’s CONEXPO/CONAGG Show. General Kinematics presented their new Aggregate Screen along with the Rod Deck Screen. Both attracted a steady flow of inquiries from interested potential aggregate and C&D customers.  GK’s aggregate […]

Celebrating 60 years in business, General Kinematics announces their status as full-time system integrators. Check out the full article here:                       Read the article   Looking for a turn-key recycling system? Check out GK Systems. Have a question? Ask the experts!

    Heading into a new year and a new decade, we would like to take this opportunity to look back at some of the highlights. Take a look at the most popular GK blog posts of the 2010s: 1.) The Different Types of Plastics and How They are Recycled This breakdown of commonly used […]

For Immediate Release General Kinematics                                                                                Marketing Dept.: (815) 444-3521 marketing@generalkinematics.com     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GENERAL KINEMATICS OPEN HOUSE 2019     On December 5th, 2019, General Kinematics opened its doors to the public. Visiting customers, media partners, and members of the community traveled to General Kinematics headquarters to attend this event. During their visit, […]

At General Kinematics, we know downtime can be scary – especially if you haven’t prepared for it. Most facility and operations managers think they’ll catch a problem in time, but for thousands of facilities, the frightening reality is they don’t.