GLDC Equipment

 

Die Casting Equipment

 

• 450-Ton Prince Die C ast Machine
• Two 600-Ton Prince Die Cast Machines
• 800-Ton B & T Die Cast Machine
• Five 800-Ton Prince Die Cast Machines
• Two 1000-Ton Prince Die Cast Machines
• 1200-Ton Prince Die Cast Machine

  

Trim Presses

• Two 30 Ton Prince
• Two 30 Ton B & T
• Four 50 Ton B & T
• One 28 Ton B & T
• One 50 Ton Dake
• Two 50 Ton Metal Mechanic

Melting Equipment

• Four MPH Gas-fired reverberatory melting/holding furnaces melt rated at 1000/1400/1800/lbs./per hour
• One MPH rated @ 6500 lbs/per hour

Machining Equipment

 

• 4-station Rockwell Delta 20" Drill Press
• 3-station Leland Gifford Drill Press
• Hypneumatic drilling and tapping machine
• Wellor 7" band saw
• Welton 7 x 12" band saw
• Two drill-tap tables with ½" capacity
• Hypneumatic lead screw tappers with 2" capacity
• Six autofeed pneumatic tap units w/capacity up to ½"
• 30 autofeed pneumatic drills
• Six autofeed lead screw tappers up to ½" capacity
• Hamai CNC machining center, 3VA, X, Y, Z - 29" x 17" 4th axis capable
• Natco multi-drilling machine H6-837
• Multiple purpose drill and tap table w/numerous pneumatic drill and tap heads
• S & L table for tapping
• 20 pneumatic drill guns w/.250 - .500 capacity
• Two Okuma vertical CNC machining centers
• Mitsubishi Horizontal Machining Center M-H4B
• Amera-Seiki Vertical Machining Center VAS-3M

Toolroom Equipment

• Clausing 17” Lathe
• Blount snag grinder
• Everett 12" cutoff wheel
• 3 Bridgeport milling machines
• Cincinnati #15 lathe
• Bridgeport mill 3/8 capacity
• Acer surface grinder
• Miller syncrowave 250
• South Bend radial arm drill
• Rocklinizer electronic carbide impregnator
• Lucas 40 x 52 boring mill

Finishing Equipment

• Double-end Stutz polishing lathe c/w back stands
• Clawson yoke- free belt sander 2 x 32
• Double-end Hammond polishing lathe c/w back stands
• Double-end H & W polishing lathe
• Double-end disk sander 18"
• Floor mount snag grinder
• Double-end belt sander 2 x 16
• Almco 20 cu. ft. vibratory deburr
• 4 Fully automated, robotic polishing cells

PLASTIC DIVISION

Molding Machines Capable of running straight injection or structural foam parts

1000-Ton NATCO
• Platen size 84" x 66"
• Shot size 140 oz. (8.75#)
• Clearance between tie bars 62" x 44"
• Hydraulic core pull system
• Hot runner control system
• Low pressure mold protection
• Water flow regulators
• Process control alarm system
• Communications port for computer and printer

500-Ton Cincinnati
• Platen size 48" x 48"
• Shot size 48 oz.
• Clearance between tie bars 32.5" x 32.5"
• Hydraulic core pull system
• Hot runner control system
• Low pressure mold protection
• Water flow regulators
• Process control alarm system
• Communications port for computer and printer

500-Ton Cincinnati Milacron
• New in 2000

405-Ton NATCO
• Platen size 47" x 47"
• Shot size 40 oz. (2.5#)
• Clearance between tie bars 33.75" x 33.75"
• Hydraulic core pull system
• Air ejection
• Hot runner control system
• Low pressure mold protection
• Process control alarm system
• Communications port for computer and printer

Support Equipment
• 10 ton overhead crane
• High temperature drying capability (400 deg. F.)
• Mold temperature controllers (-40 deg. F. To +300 deg. F.)
• Automatic additive feeder
• Electronic counting scale
• Pentium PC’s with CAD capabilities
• Automatic shrink wrap machine
• Melt flow indexer
• Dewpoint analyzer
• Moisture analyzer - measures moisture content down to .005%

Extractors/Robots

• One Rimrock 195 floor mounted extractor
• 8 Fanuc 5th generation robots (extraction and trim)
• 6 ABB 5th generation robots (polish)

Special Machines (Evaluation and Measuring)

• Spectrolab F metal spectrometer
• Mitutoyo Bttn 1015L CMM