Consolidated Engineering Company

Process Legend

1) Castings removed from casting deck are placed on a short conveyor to rapidly convey to furnace area.

2) Casting temperature is monitored and casting is placed in furnace
before dropping below the Process Critical Temperature.

3) Total time in furnace is 1.5 hours for 150 heads per hour.

4) Multiple castings are removed and placed in quench tank for approximately 2 minutes.

5) Pick and place unit unloads the heads into an age unit for desired cycle time.

6) Castings are unloaded from the age, one level at a time and placed on single level cool unit.

7) Castings at the end of the cool unit transition onto a conveyor that is perpendicular to the unit and feeds into the subsequent finishing process.

8) Sand removed from the castings is reclaimed for recycling.