Electric actuators operate reliably in foundry environment

Omega Foundry Machinery was formed in 1984 and manufactures equipment for the chemically bonded or 'no bake' process. Manufacturing a complete range of foundry machinery and equipment, the company supplies everything required for modern foundries except for furnaces.

Within its facilities A-frame electric manipulators are designed and built for handling flasks and flaskless moulds within foundry production lines worldwide. The manipulator is a versatile device that lifts, lowers, rotates, pivots, positions and closes different types of sand moulds weighing up to 1500kg, making life for foundry workers easier and safer.

Power Jacks supplies Omega Foundry Machinery with electric actuators that provide the clamping action to enable the manipulator to function. The moulds come in a range of sizes and the actuator can securely clamp any of the sizes for which the manipulator is designed. Clamping pad options on a mould manipulator provide secure clamping and accommodate simple pick-and-place operations and/or additional box pivot functionality.

The single-phase actuator with parallel-mounted motor and integral limit switches occupies a small space envelope, yet its 7kN load capacity delivers ample performance in various stroke lengths sufficient to accommodate a range of mould sizes.

Power Jacks has been supplying the actuators since 2004, together with continuous after-sales support that extends to maintaining spares availability, should spares be required.

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