Oberdorfer Aluminum Castings Installs Sand-Reclamation System

See Foundry & Management Technology article published May 4, 2008 and Modern Castings Magazine article released April 28, 2008

Oberdorfer, LLC, a Syracuse, New York, aluminum casting foundry recently installed and began operating a new sand-reclamation system, which it claims allows it to “completely recycle chemically bonded mold and core sands.”

Oberdorfer LLC, which Advanced Metals Group, LLC acquired from Citation Corporation in mid-1999, produces complex castings for aviation, aerospace, military, HVAC and various commercial customers, using permanent and semi-permanent molding, no-bake molding, and dry sand molding processes.

Company management stated that the investment demonstrates its “continued commitment to follow through with various lean manufacturing initiatives which should increase quality, reduce lead time, and eliminate inventory over-stocking for our customers.” They added that using reclaimed sand may give Oberdorfer the ability to produce complex no-bake castings with a better finish and less porosity, because the heating and cooling reclamation process removes sand fines and improves the venting of the mold.

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