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Detailed
Components

Pressurized Filling & Feeding of Moving Molds


The HCM can add $2 million dollars
annually
to revenues from each
Vertical Green Sand Molding Machine.

Spreadsheet of Production Comparison / Savings



The HERRON CASTING PROCESS also
applies to
LOST FOAM and INVESTMENT CASTING
as well as
Horizontal Molding.



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Not an auto-pour… but, an auto-fill.

Not a metal pump… but, a metal press.

Not a dosing furnace… but a steady,

filling and feeding system!


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Animated
Filling & Feeding
PROCESS

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Imagine the Possibilities!

High Speed Independent Production
Gentle, Low Speed, Continuous Filling
High Integrity Low Cost Automotive Aluminum
High Production Aerospace Aluminum
High Alloy Diesel Engine Casting


Reduced Energy Costs
Reduced Labor Costs
Reduced Finishing Costs
Reduced Refractory Costs
Reduced METAL and Materials Costs


Automated Lost Foam Filling
Automated Investment Shell Filling
Small, Low Production Foundry Systems
Large, High Volume Foundry Systems


Improved Metal & Material Yield
Improved Mold Utilization

Eliminate Horizontal Mold Flasks
Automate Horizontal Mold Filling

Pressurized Thin-Wall Casting
Reduced Ductile and CGI Treatment Costs
Replaced Ceramic Mold Filters with Value Added Results

Achieve a Protected, Exclusive Market
Literally... Save Your Foundry!

The Most Neglected and Important Area
of Foundry Technology...
the Interface between
Modern Molding and Modern Melting,
the Filling Operation,
is now AUTOMATED

with the
HERRON CASTING MACHINE!

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See also AFS Transactions: Paper #03-138

The American Foundry Society

"Theoretical Basis for a Continuous, Pressurized
Mold Filling and Feeding System"

by David J. Herron, in the Aluminum Division.
Copyright© 2003, AFS

See the PATENT at the
U.S. PATENT OFFICE
Search "Patents: PN=6637497 or IN=HERRON"

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EXECUTIVE
SUMMARIES:

Latest 2005 Executive Summary of HCM

Continuous Casting of Aluminum Alloy Wheels

$2 MILLION Annual HCM Savings per DISA Mold Line

Lost Foam,
Investment Casting
&
Green Sand


HCM
Grey Iron
ROTORS

FAQs-Frequently Asked Questions and Concerns about HCM

Imagine the Possibilities!

Full Screen SLIDESHOWS:
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HCM
Introduction to the Herron
Continuous, Pressurized Casting Process
for BOTTOM FILLING and PRESSURE FEEDING
of MOVING Molds

Detailed Components of the HERRON CASTING MACHINE

Continuous Operation of the HCM

The Filling & Feeding PROCESS with FIBERGLASS FILTER CLOTH SEAL

LOST FOAM and Investment Casting in an Extruded Bed of Loose Sand

DUCTILE Iron & Compacted Graphite Iron with MOLD STITCHING of MG Alloy

Studies of the Furnace Vacuum/Pressure Vessel--VPF or VPV



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