Case Study
Buddy Bar Casting - Robotic Gate and Runner Removal
Due to increased volume, Buddy Bar Casting (BBC), South Gate, Calif., investigated a solution for the large amount of manual work required for aluminum railcar service and emergency brake valves. Each set of trucks on a railcar requires a service valve and an emergency valve. The valves were made from a BBC-designed core package consisting of 21 shell cores. The cores were manually produced and assembled using gauges throu