CPT International 01/2017

NEWS
Giant casting cooler from Küttner-Schwingtechnik for the foundry M.Busch in Bestwig,
Germany (Photo: Küttner)
Küttner Group, Essen, Germany, has expanded
its global foundry platform by
adding two new companies for vibrating
and molding equipment which perfectly
complete the key activity of Küttner. Each
company has a traditional and high tech
expertise in its field – with all necessary
competences for the design, fabrication/
assembly, installation and commissioning
services. The companies will be integrated
in the field of sales, project development
and later realization but will
remain independent with its own management.
This strategic expansion enables
Küttner to provide entire green sand
molding foundries, from melting, sand
preparation via molding up to shake out,
castings cooling and conveying.
Küttner has been building material
handling systems for foundries using vibrating
equipment from various partners
for 70 years. During the past few years
Küttner, in cooperation with the Austrian
vibrating equipment manufacturer
IFE, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, has built and
installed a new generation of all relevant
foundry machines like electronic controlled
shake-outs, castings cooler and
other special machines. As result of this
successful cooperation IFE and Küttner
have established Küttner Schwingtechnik,
a new joint organization with offices
in Essen, Germany, and Waidhofen,
Austria. The Waidhofen operation uses
the existing infrastructure and capabilities
for design and fabrication of tailor
made foundry equipment and services.
Küttner has also become a major
shareholder of Savelli Technolgies
which was founded by Francesco Savelli
and his partners Boldi, Botticini, Gilberti
and Tura. Savelli Technologies
S.r.L. has hired the most experienced
employees of the old Savelli S.p.A. enabling
the team to design, build, install
and start-up complete molding plants.
Savelli Technologies is based in Brescia,
Italy, with modern offices located in Tre
Torri building and an own assembly, spare
parts and service shop. In its first year
Savelli Technologies was already been
awarded with orders from Russia, Korea
and Poland for new generation molding
and green sand preparation equipment.
Linn High Term, Eschenfelden, Germany,
one of the leading manufacturers of
industrial and lab furnaces since 1969
has developed the fast laboratory furnaces
VMK (up to 1800 °C) and VMK-S/
Vac (up to 1200 °C). They are suitable
for brazing, annealing, ashing, tempering,
sintering, reducing, pyrolysis etc.
The stainless steel housings for corrosive
environment, easy operation and
fast heating- and cooling cycles are special
features of these series. Fiber insulation
is used for lab- and high temperature
furnaces (VMK); a heat resistant
gas-tight muffle insert (1.4841/Inconel)
and a water cooled door flange enable
protective gas- and or vacuum operation
(VMK-Vac) in case of protective
gas/vacuum furnaces (VMK-S).
Linn standard laboratory furnaces are
available in sizes 1 – 25 l, 0.6 – 5.0 kW.
A wide range of options offers many
customer specific solutions, e.g. protective
gas operation of up to 1100 °C possible
in case of the illustrated special
version.
Furthermore possible: after burning,
gas feeding, burning-off device and
flame supervision, safety package for
H 2
-operation, gas ventilation, fast cooling,
gas re-cooling, cooling trap in gas
outlet.
ConviTec
Vibration machines and conveying technology
Project planning – Manufacturing - Service
www.convitec.net · 069 / 84 84 89 7- 0
The Fast laboratory
furnace VMK-
135-S by Linn High
Therm (Photo:
Linn High Therm).
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