GK News

On the Week of April 3rd General Kinematics attended AFS Metalcasting Congress 2018. As members of AFS since it was founded, GK looks forward to attending every year to meet customers and discuss new and up-and-coming technologies. Check out GK’s new video featuring Director of Foundry Market, Claude Hutchens!  

A bottleneck in your manufacturing process is a point in production that dictates the maximum throughput that a system can handle. Ideally, manufacturing systems are not designed to operate at their maximum capacity to allow for the ability to scale production without having to design and implement an entirely new system. However, in some processes, […]

For Immediate Release General Kinematics                                                                                Marketing Dept.: (815) 444-3594 marketing@generalkinematics.com   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: General Kinematics Launches New Website   General Kinematics announced today the launch of a newly designed website: www.generalkinematics.com. Customer experience is our main priority, and we are pleased to present the world with the latest GK news and information. “Our […]

Last year proved to be a record year for many in the recycling industry. Though the news of restrictions being placed on China’s imports caused alarm for the whole of 2017, many had yet to see the economic effects of this new ruling until the fourth quarter.   Unfortunately, it is expected to become more […]

Each year in the U.S. alone, around 48 million people are affected by foodborne illness and, according to the CDC, 3,000 people die from a food-related illness. Pathogens and bacteria can contaminate food at any step of the process from field to plate. It is a constant requirement for those in the food industry to […]

A spiral elevator (or spiral conveyor) is a highly customizable type of material handling conveyor used in many different industries to either elevate or lower materials. These helical systems can be designed as either an open- or enclosed-transport system—the latter of which not only prevents dust and pollutants out of the system  but stops outside […]

Over the last few weeks, I have been involved in quite a few meetings with our sales and engineering teams responding to customer requests to help repair machines they bought from competing vibratory suppliers. Many of these machines have only been installed one to three years, and are experiencing catastrophic failures that are creating excessive […]

Now, more than ever, it’s important that businesses and consumers recycle manufactured goods due to ever increasing populations and dwindling resources. There are two main types of recycling processes —open-loop recycling and closed-loop recycling—that differ in the overall sustainability of the supply chain of the raw materials processed so it is important to be aware […]

For Immediate Release General Kinematics                                                                                Marketing Dept.: (815) 444-3594 marketing@generalkinematics.com     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Appointment of Latin American Territory Manager for Mining   Robert Alfonso joined the General Kinematics team in early March as Territory Sales Manager for Latin America. A fluent Spanish speaker, Robert has spent many years living in Peru and […]

Our very own Technical Director, Steve Massman discusses his new research in High-Frequency equipment design in this recent article published by Powder and Bulk Solids magazine. Steve will be available for questions on his new design at the Powder & Bulk Solids show on April 24th at General Kinematics booth #1436. The High-Frequency Screen will […]