30.05.2023
International
Customer-specific conveying technology solutions from Aumund, Rheinberg, Germany, play an important role in linking the individual steps in foundry processes. Careful handling is often a decisive factor in assuring the quality of the castings, which is why it is important to select the right conveyor for the application. Aumund offers conveying technology for the complete foundry process chain which uses wet method production techniques.
Aumund Flat Plate Conveyors for heavy-duty mechanical and static loads stand out with their great resistance to the impact loads of the degating tools, such as the hammers, hydraulic separating wedges and manipulators, used by foundry workers. The extreme pressure caused by these tools on the conveyor is absorbed by the closely overlapping plates of the Aumund Conveyor. Other systems on the market only have minimal or no overlapping at all between plates. Steel cord belt conveyors or slat conveyors are not stable enough mechanically for this application. All of these systems are therefore more prone to requiring repair. The smooth, level surface of the Aumund Flat Plate Conveyor, which can be supplied in widths from 600 to 2,400 mm, guarantees careful transportation and discharge of material.
Being compact, these Aumund Conveyors are also suitable for confined spaces, which is often a requirement in foundries. The new design was developed by working closely with customers in order to do as much justice as possible to prevailing conditions specific to foundries. Aumund can design the conveyors horizontally, slightly inclined or in a combination of horizonal and inclined, in order to fit them in to existing plant geometry.
Aumund has developed innovative conveyors for the transportation and cooling of very hot bulk materials in the steel industry. This know-how has now been creatively adapted to the requirements of foundries. The essence of the innovative application is the Aumund concept of spray mist cooling with which the castings are cooled in a controlled and protective way, and prepared for demolding, degating, shotblasting and sorting. These specialized conveyors are able to cool a foundry’s entire daily production in one single cooling run. Each Aumund Cooling Conveyor is designed for its individual application. Cooling connections can be supplied as an option.
Further solutions in the Aumund portfolio are: Bucket Elevators for vertical conveying are used for abrasive bulk materials such as foundry sand. Pan Conveyors with their patented pan overlapping system for ascending and descending transportation can be used for feeding scrap to the furnace.