GK Foundry Shakeout Selector - Rotary and Vibratory

GK Shakeout Selector
In the modern foundry, there are many options when it comes to choosing the proper shakeout technology for your metal casting facility. Improper selection can lead to poor throughput, casting damage, and unnecessary down time, all which costs your foundry money. General Kinematics offers the full range of shakeout solutions, including brute force, variable drive, and two-mass high-frequency vibrating shakeouts, vibratory drums, and rotary shakeouts. Each technology is particularly suited to a specific casting style and metallurgical type.
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Model	Type of Shakeout	Application	More Info: (Click picture)
VIBRA-CLAIM™	Brute force Shakeout / Attrition Mill	Shakeout and reclamation of no-bake sand. Designed for low volume facilities with 5 - 25 molds per hour.
Direct Drive Shakeout	Brute force vibratory	Screening or secondary shakeout operation. Typically for lower compactibility molds.
V2 Variable Vector Shakeout	Variable attack angle, brute force vibratory	Horizontal mold (match-plate or flask) for large size, low volume molding operations. Also for secondary shakeout to remove residual sand from the system
Two-Mass High Energy	Dual mass horizontal Angled vibratory Drive	Small to large volume molding operations with low to high molding rates. Mainly high production, Automotive lines. Not used as much for Low Molding rate, larger Flask lines.
Two-Mass Vertical	Dual mass vertical vibratory	Large flask shakeout. Used for very high tonnage and weights. Requires Manual Crane or Manipulator extraction.
VIBRA-DRUM®	Dual MassVibrating Drum	Used for fragile castings where reduced casting damage and cooling are critical. Vertical and horizontal molding operations with any variety of molding rate. Requires a sand to metal ratio (for spatial relationship between castings and gating) of typically greater than 6 to 1 (sand volume to metal volume)
DUCTA-SPRUE®	Rotary	Sand Removal from Gating and Returns. Also, with liner design altered, for use as a lump-breaker/sand attrition.
DUCTA-CLEAN®	Rotary	Specifically for castings that can take some abuse (Ductile Iron) for the removal of sprue (Gating) and casting cleaning. Ductile iron operations requiring gating breakage and typically less critical finish. Also for gray, but a vibra-drum is a better choice for casting finish.
DUCTA-SCREEN®	Rotary	Ductile and gray. Similar to above.