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Foundry
Molding
Molding is done under 5 sand mixers ranging from 100 lbs/minute to 2,200 lbs/minute - all no bake molding. Mold size range up to 180”x 180”, flask & flaskless. All sand is mechanically and thermally reclaimed.
 
Melting
Melting is accomplished with 2 - 12,000 pound coreless induction furnaces. The furnaces have 2 power supplies and are 180 cycle electric induction melting. Capacity at Glidewell is 1000 tons/month. All heats are chemically tested with a Leco 19 element Vacuum Spectrometer & a Leco Carbon/Sulphur Determinator.
Cleaning Room
After castings are shaken out they are cleaned with a custom Wheelabrator shot blast machine. After they are shot blasted, risers are removed with a pneumatic hammer. The riser pads and gating contacts are then ground to contour.
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