Process Legend

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

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

3)Multiple castings are removed and placed in quench tank for about 2.5 minutes.

4)Pick and place unit unloads the wheels into an age unit for desired cycle time.

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

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