CRONITE INVEST IN LOST-WAX - NEW AUTOMATED FACILITY PROVIDES INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY.

This article describes the manufacturing facilities at Cronite Precision Casting Limited, U. K. , an organization largely engaged in the design and manufacture of high-nickel alloy products, including fabrications used in the aviation, oil exploratin and energy industries. The description focuses on the recent restructuring of the investment-casting foundry to provide extra capacity. The new layout is presented including a completely automated ″robot″ shelling line, a wax-injection which includes an automatic horizontal machine capable of high sustained output of wax patterns, and a melting department equipped with variable-power induction furnaces.