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Gartland Foundry Reduces Lead-Times and Costs with Didion Equipment

Gartland Foundry Reduces Lead-Times and Costs with Didion Equipment

Gartland Foundry Reduces Lead- Times and Costs with Didion Equipment > > Gartland Foundry is a family owned business founded in 1902. Bill Grimes, the third generation president leads the foundry operations in Terra Haute, Indiana. This 100 year old jobbing foundry's success comes from highly thin walled fragile and complex castings in grey and ductile iron. Gartland staked its future on a niche of quick turnarounds with investments toward maximum productivity and flexibility. "We needed to lower our costs in shakeout and casting cleaning operations." Says Bill Grimes. "Based upon our experience with vibratory shakeouts and testing at manufacturers' plants, we chose DIDION to lower our shakeout and cleaning cost. DIDION offered the most efficient approach by combining shakeout, sand/blendi

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