AFW - DIDION
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Transcript of AFW - DIDION
AFW Foundry Inc. Expands Their Foundry Operation
A FW Foundry, Inc. (Lan- - non, WI) is a family owned non-ferrous job- bing foundry established
in 1953 by Albert Gerstmeier and is currently run by his son Robert. A m ' s molding capa- bilities include squeezer, cope and drag, no-bake and a new DISA Match 130 with a 20 x 24 flask size. Casting sizes range from a few ounces up to 300 pounds.
order to meet the cus- Summit Mold Handling Systems.
tomers' demand for high qual- ity castings, AFW needed to ex- pand its foundry operations. A new DISA Match 130 Match- plate Molding Machine was se- lected to produce the molds with a new Summit Mold Handling System.," said Brian Gerst- meier, Vice President and third generation foundryman.
Summit Foundry Systems was selected as the main con- tractor for the design, engineer- ing and installation of the equip- ment. STOTEK from Denmark I was chosen for the melting and CDC Medium Frequency Shakeout with Rubber autopour system to handle the Decks. increased metal demand from the DISA 130.
Conveyor Dynamics Corporation supplied all the vi- bratory foundry equipment including a mold dump con- veyor, a balanced and isolated medium frequency vibra- tory shakeout, and a casting transferlsorting conveyor. The conveyors and shakeout were all rubber lined so as not to scratch any of the delicate castings. AFW F o u n d r v , I nc .
AFW selected DIDION ~nternational for their Rotary Lump CrusherlSand Reclaimer for conditioning, recla- mation, and screening the sand. Since AFW already owned a DIDION Rotary Reclaimer and were very happy with the quality of the returned sand, this was an easy choice.
Equipment suppliers for the AFW Foundry Expansion Project:
CONVEYOR DYNAMICS CORPORATION DIDION INTERNATIONAL, INC. DISA A/S STOTEK SUMMIT FOUNDRY SYSTEMS
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I N T E R N A T I O N A L , I N C . " @ 7000 W. Geneva Drive St. Peters, MO 63376 Tel: 63612784700 Fax: 6361278-3155 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.didion.com Contact: Michael S. Didion
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