Modernization of the melting and moulding shop

The increasing demands of our customers for the accuracy, quality and price of our castings, as well as the need to reduce the environmental burden of our company led us to the decision to modernize key production hubs of our foundry, namely the smelter and the molding plant. In order to achieve the greatest possible modernization effect, the necessary service equipment for the preparation of liquid metal and molding mixture will be modernized at the same time. First of all, the two existing molding lines will be replaced by one modern line with an output of 40 molds per hour. Simultaneously in the second stage the smelter will be modernized by two induction furnaces connected to automatic casting equipment. All technologies will be equipped by new dry filters with a capacity of 250 thousand m3 / hour. The total value of the investment to the modernization will reach CZK 724 million and the commissioning date is April 2023.

KÜNKEL-WAGNER molding line

Forming frame dimensions	1540 x 1050 x 400 / 400 mm
Maximum forming line output	50 moulds / hour
Operating capacity of the forming line	40 moulds / hour

3D KÜNKEL-WAGNER molding line

HUBO automatic casting equipment

Output (of cast molds)

max. 70 moulds / hour.

HUBO

Junker melting unit, 2 x 6 t, medium frequency furnace

Melting rate of 6 tons of cast iron to a temperature of 1520 °C

max. 40 min

3D Junker melting unit