Buck Company Cleans Up Its Aluminum and Brass Casting Operations > > Buck Co., Quarryville, PA, a producer of aluminum, brass, ductile, gray and malleable iron castings ranging from 4 oz to 40 lb, is realizing cost savings and productivity gains in its casting cleaning operations with a new Mark 5 Rotary Media Drum from DIDION International Inc., St. Peters, MO. "Buck Co.'s justification for purchasing the machine was its capability to process very delicate castings and the significant reduction in shotblast time," says Joseph Raff , Vice President, Buck Co. The unit is a patented shakeout that also blends and screens the return sand, cleans and cools castings, and decreases shotblasting and cooling time. It processes delicate aluminum and brass castings by rotating them on laser-

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