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Considerations for Reclaiming Chemically Bonded
Sand by Jack Palmer
To
learn more about sand reclamation, read Jack
Palmer's article on Consideration for
Reclaiming Chemically Bonded Sand in the
January 2012 issue of Foundry Magazine. This
article is on page 10.
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Palmer TSR-Series
Thermal Sand Reclaimer
How It
Operates:
- Sand is
metered into a rotary calciner of unique
design where it is heated to the desired
temperature.
- Precisely
heated sand falls into a rotating cooler with
ambient air flow that cools the sand to within
25° F of ambient while removing a controlled
amount of fines.
- No cooling
water system required.
- Larger output
and gas fired units available soon.
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more information.
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VT Fire Installation

Palmer
Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., Conbraco
Industries and MetalTech Systems provided a sand
mixer for the new Virginia Tech foundry for
training students called, Virginia Tech Foundry
Institute for Research and Education, or VT
Fire.
Virginia Tech
officially recognized Conbraco, Palmer and
MetalTech Systems, during a dedication event.
“We were pleased
to assist Virginia Tech in their efforts to
prepare students for successful metal casting
careers as well as research new technologies,”
said Jack Palmer, President of Palmer
Manufacturing & Supply.
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Ultra High Temperature Cooler / Classifier
New Palmer Ultra
High Temperature Cooler Classifier (UHT-Series)
designed to cool sand from over 1000° F to as
low as 120° F at rates up to 40 tons per hour of
incoming sand using a heavy duty steel fluid bed
and a high horsepower high flow blower. The
temperature of the incoming sand is monitored
and the necessary amount of properly tempered
water is metered into the linear stainless steel
cooling bundle to meet discharge set point.
The system
monitors incoming and
outgoing water
temperatures to ensure the system is operating
at peak efficiency.
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Palmer Manufacturing & Supply, Inc. Increases
Engineering & Administrative Staff
Palmer
Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., recently
announced Rich McNeely as Design Engineer, Chris
Andorfer as Applications Engineer, and Matt
Simms as Customer Service Representative.
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Rich McNeely –
Design Engineer
R.
McNeely comes to Palmer with over 13 years
of foundry no-bake equipment manufacturing
experience and is a graduate of Clark State
Community College. His responsibilities
include equipment and foundry design.
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Chris Andorfer –
Applications Engineer
C.
Andorfer comes to Palmer with over 18 years
of 3D CAD and manufacturing experience and
is a graduate of Technology Education
College. His responsibilities include
technical support, 3D CAD and design.
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RFID
for Foundry Mold and Coremaking
In this article
featured in the October/November 2010 edition of
Cast Metal & Diecasting Times, Jack Palmer,
President of Palmer Manufacturing and Supply,
Inc., discusses the benefits of using radio
frequency identification tags in foundry
production.
FULL ARTICLE
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Palmer Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., introduces
Flow Calibration Tubes for No Bake Resins

SPRINGFIELD, OH
(October 2010) – Palmer Manufacturing &
Supply, Inc., has introduced the latest in
high efficiency calibration tube technology with
new Palmer Flow Calibration Tubes for
accurate and precise calibration of No Bake
resins.
Palmer Flow
Calibration Tubes are highly accurate, safe and
cost effective as well as efficient as they
eliminate the need for scales, buckets, and
gloves in calibration. Additionally, liquids can
be calibrated with just one operator in
less than two minutes.
Significant
Features:
- Calibrate
continuous mixers without wasting binder (zero
loss system)
- Measures
actual binder flow to the mixer
- No operator
contact with resins
- No more mess
- Extremely
accurate
- Heavy duty
sight glass gauge – easily cleaned
- Available in ½
liter, 2-liter and 4-liter
- Compatible
with a wide variety of materials
“Palmer Flow
Calibration Tubes were designed to reduce labor
costs, as calibration can easily be performed
during mold and core making process, eliminating
lost production time due to calibration,” said
Jack Palmer, President of Palmer Manufacturing &
Supply. “This precise and repeatable flow
calibration system is by far the easiest and
therefore quickest of all to calibrate,” he
added.
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more information.
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Introducing
Palmer FATTBlades™
Palmer
Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., has introduced
the latest in mixer blade technology with new
high speed Palmer FATTBlades™ for
continuous sand mixers.
These blades are
two wide blades that are as wide as the
discharging chute. These blades are also easily
mounted using the same holes used by existing
single blades.
The Palmer
FATTBlades™
create a turbine or fan effect which discharges
the mixed sand at a much higher velocity. More
importantly, these blades prevent sand from
reaching the end of the mixing chamber,
therefore eliminating “churning". The sand is
also prevented from staying in the chamber
longer than necessary.
This positive
displacement of the sand along with the higher
velocity greatly lessens build-up on the mixer
shaft, blades and discharge chute.
All Palmer blades
are manufactured from low alloy steel and are
produced using investment castings. This process
provides for a higher quality, longer lasting
blade body. Standard tungsten carbide thickness
is 1/4".
According to Jack
Palmer, President of Palmer Manufacturing,
“foundries will appreciate less clean-up and
greater productivity from their current mixers
just by simply adding these new blades.”
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more information on
Palmer Mixer
Blades
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Scrubbers
for Amines and SO2
Palmer Manufacturing
& Supply, Inc., recently introduced a new line
of Scrubbers for Amines and SO2.
Significant
features:
- 99% removal
efficiency with Inlet loading of 335 ppm
- Automatic
Charging & pH Monitoring
- Sizes:
2500cfm, 4000cfm, 6000cfm, 10000cfm, 20000cfm.
Custom and larger sizes available.
- Fabricated
from durable polypropylene
- Vertical
design
- Color Touch
Screen
- HMI Ethernet
communication available o Hinged Window Kit -
optional
"Foundries will
find our new Scrubber line a solution to the new
limits on foundry particulate emissions and
appreciate that they are easily adaptable to any
foundries' conditions. We have foundries
reporting 99.99% removal efficiency rates with
our new Scrubber," said Jack Palmer, President
of Palmer Manufacturing, Inc.
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information
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Gorilla Machinery announces Certified Used
Equipment Website
Gorilla
Machinery recently announced its new
certified used equipment program for selling
used foundry and general manufacturing equipment
with a new website:
www.gorillamachinery.com.
“When purchasing
used machines and equipment from other sources,
unmet expectations and dissatisfaction can
happen as a result of inaccurate descriptions
and poor communications,” said Steve Clarkson,
Director of Used Equipment Sales for Gorilla
Machinery “Verbal description are not precise;
‘really good’ condition to one person might be
‘junk’ to another,” he added.
Gorilla Machinery
takes the worry out of buying used equipment by
certifying all of its equipment, using a 5-Star
Certification Program:

5 Stars –
Next to new like condition
4 Stars – Good condition, ready-to-go
3 Stars – Fair condition, works
2 Stars – Runs, needs attention
1 Star – Parts machine
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more information about the
5-Star Certification Program.
Other significant
advantages:
- Gorilla only
sells equipment that has been inspected and
certified.
- Inspection
services are available for equipment not
belonging to Gorilla.
- Repair,
rebuild and re-work, refurbish services
available.
- Companies
looking to sell equipment can have their
equipment certified and placed on the Gorilla
website.
- In lieu of an
on-site visit, a customer may elect to have
Gorilla videotape the machine in detail while
cycling.
“Especially
during this recession, used equipment has become
an attractive alternative to purchasing new
equipment. We help companies by providing a
system to best understand the condition of a
piece of equipment,” added Clarkson.
About Gorilla
Machinery:
Gorilla Machinery
specializes in new and used equipment sales for
foundry and general material handling. Typical
listings include: sand mixers, molding systems,
core room equipment, shake-out reclamation &
knock-out equipment, mold handlers, bulk
storage, pumping systems, resin heating systems,
conveyors, transporters, hopper loader, dryers,
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Introducing the Palmer / OLDS Vertical Elevator
Palmer
Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., has introduced the
latest in elevator technology, with the new
Palmer / OLDS Vertical Elevator. This new
equipment uniquely vertically elevates, heats,
cools, and meters with only one moving part in
contact with the product!
Having an
uncomplicated design employing a static screw
and a rotating casing means substantially
reduced maintenance costs and delays versus
standard bucket elevators and other elevating
devices. The rotating casing, with attached
intake scoops, is the only moving part to touch
the product; thereby preventing any product
contamination. The Palmer / OLDS Vertical
Elevator can be supplied with an optional
built-in Heat Exchanger at minimal extra
expense.
One foundry
moving 10-20 tons of sand per day is reporting
no maintenance costs or downtime over a six year
period and therefore has substantially reduced
both maintenance and expensive downtime costs
versus their former bucket elevator.
Other
significant advantages:
- High Volume
Handling
- Vertically
Elevates, Heats, Cools and Meters
- Small
Footprint – elevate bulk material at 90° in
under 10 square ft. of floor space.
- Precision
Variable Flow Rate
- Fire &
Explosion Risk Minimized
- Dust-Free
Elevation
- Product
Shielded from Contaminants
- Rapid
Clean-out
- Energy
Efficient – operates with low amp draw and
outperforms pneumatic systems without costly
compressors, blowers, and vacuum equipment.
- No need for
separate metering devices
- Does not
segregate materials during elevation
- Silent
Operation
- Can be used
with a wide variety of materials
“Palmer is a
leader in providing heavy duty foundry
automation equipment that reduces maintenance
costs while increasing productivity. We
partnered with OLDS Elevator to bring this
extraordinarily superior elevator to the foundry
industry,” said Jack Palmer, President of Palmer
Manufacturing and Supply, Inc.
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more information about the
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Advanced Ceramics &
Crucible
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Palmer
Manufacturing & Supply is pleased to announce Advanced
Ceramics & Crucible as their new representative agency for
sales, service and installation of the entire line of
Palmer’s no bake foundry equipment, in California.
Advanced
Ceramics & Crucible is a distributor of high quality
ceramic consumables for molten metals, industrial process
heating, chemical and power generation industry. In addition
to providing sales representation, Advanced Ceramics &
Crucible has also signed an agreement to be a stocking
distributor of spare parts for Palmer equipment.
“Advanced
Ceramics is a well managed, rapidly growing organization
that is providing excellent service to foundries in
California. Their ability to stock spare parts allows them
to be a full service and sales operation,” said Jack Palmer,
President for Palmer Manufacturing & Supply, Inc.
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Brian Chalmers
Advanced Ceramics &
Crucible |
Brian Chalmers
Advanced Ceramics & Crucible
Wrightwood, CA 92397
Tel: (760) 249-4178
Cell: (760) 680-9567
Email:
bchalmers@advancedceramicsca.com
Web:
www.advancedceramicsca.com
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Palmer Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., introduces
CM-Series CoreMakers™ with RFID!
Palmer
Manufacturing & Supply, Inc., has introduced the
addition of RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification
Tags) to their standard line of CM-Series
CoreMakers. The Palmer CoreMaker provides
foundries with an economical means for the
blowing of No Bake and Cold Box cores.
- The Cold Box
CoreMaker comes complete with a gas generator
& gassing head. Palmer also has a complete
line of Scrubbers.
- The No Bake
CoreMaker is not just a core-blower. The mixer
rotates 90° to allow mixed sand to discharge
outboard of the CoreMaker footprint. This
allows for molds and very large cores to be
produced – all on one machine!
- Both versions
of the Palmer CM-Series CoreMakers™ are
available with RFID tagging that saves the
settings – program it once & forget it.
CM-Series
CoreMaker™ with RFID
- Increase
jobbing productivity – with single or dual
operator stations.
- Easy
positioning – with the laser alignment guide.
- Keep the
operators working – let the RFID system change
settings between different boxes.
- Programmable
blow pressure - easily fine tune each core.
- Make Cores and
Molds in One Machine!
- Heavy duty
Clamping Table & Cylinders
- Full PLC
controls of any continuous or batch mixer
- Sizes:
- CM-25 up to
30 lbs. per blow
- CM-50 up to
60 lbs. per blow
- CM-100 up to
160 lbs per blow
- CM-250 up to
300 lbs per blow
“Palmer is a
leader in designing heavy duty foundry
automation equipment that reduces operator
errors and labor costs, increases productivity,
and is ergonomically correct,” said Jack Palmer,
President of Palmer Manufacturing, Inc.
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details about Core
Room Equipment.
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After a
devastating fire, Dualtech made castings
again within seven weeks and avoided losing
customers accustomed to four-week lead
times, thanks in part to Palmer
Manufacturing's quick response.
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Portable Rotary Degasser Lowers Aluminum Degassing
Cost
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NEW
Palmer Brochure
This latest
brochure features a
listing of no-bake machinery
and systems offered by Palmer Manufacturing and
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NEW
PHB-22 Core Machine,
for Shell or Hot Box System
PCB-22 Core Machine, for any Cold Box System
Industry Standard
PHB -22 Model Shown
Durable
- All wear parts
are easily replaced
- Simple
programmable functions
- Roll cylinders
standard with sensors
- Sensors - Detect
when to roll and roll back
Automatic
- Fast automatic &
semi-automatic operations
- Full cycle
- Roll cycle
- Cure cycle
Manual
- Manual controls
& operations
- Slotted for easy
bushing change
- Easy box
adjustments
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Improve Your
Melt Quality with Complete
Aluminum Quality Control Testing Equipment
Reduced Pressure Tester
- Verify
effectiveness of degassing
- Easy to use
- Compare sample
for gas level
analysis
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more information.
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Portable
Rotary
Degasser for Aluminum
- Stainless
Steel Construction
- Portable and
Lightweight - Under 50 lbs.
- Versatile –
for dip-out or crucible furnaces
(capacities from 40 to 3000#)
- Eliminates use
of hazardous degassing tablets and chlorine or
Freon gasses
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more information.
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Test
Bar Mold
- Complies with
ASTM B108-02
- CNC machined
from class 30 gray iron.
- Optional
digital temperature read-out available
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Spectrographic
Coupon Mold
- CNC machined
from A36 steel
- Heat
dissipating handle
- Homogeneous
element distribution within sample.
- Depressed
center to aid lathe machining
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more information.
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Remove Water from Compressed Air
When compressed air is produced, a high level of
moisture in both vapor and liquid forms are
produced. The Palmer Compressed Air Dryer
will normally remove 98% '+' of all water and
water vapor while removing other contaminants
including compressor oil and particulate. The
unique Compressed Air Dryer is maintenance free
due to an absence of moving parts, wear parts,
replacement parts and filter elements.
Significant
Features:
- Precision
throttling jets momentarily cooling the air
causing it to pass through the dew point
condensing the water vapor to a liquid form.
Stainless steel collecting baffles cause the
water to be diverted to the sump, eliminating
water and most water vapor that enters the
unit for a total combined elimination of 98%
"plus".
- No wear parts,
replacement parts, moving parts and filters
for a maintenance free unit.
- Sump has a
fully automated drain system.
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more
information.
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Palmer Low-level
Shake-out Deck with
Attrition Mill (SDAM)
New Shake-out
Deck Attrition Mill (SDAM) is a low level
shake-out deck with integral attrition mill.
The output of the
unit is grain size.
- Unlike
others, this unit does not need a pit.
- No pit means
less clean-up
- Low load
height
- Reduces
molds/lumps to grain size
- Heavy Duty
construction
- Large easy
access clean-out doors
- Modular
design for easy maintenance
- 5 sizes with
deck loads up to 25,000 lbs
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more information.
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Palmer XLD Sand
Mixer
Now with Dual
Mixing Chamber doors (both sides) for Easy
Cleaning & Maintenance
- Dual Door –
no tools required
- High Speed
- Heavy Duty –
low maintenance
- Easy
Operation
- Tungsten
Carbide Tipped Blades
- High Torque
Precise Resin Metering
- Outputs: 15
– 5,000 lbs. per minute
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Palmer Cube Mixer
This new option
allows the user to move the mixer easily using
either a forklift or overhead crane. It is
ideal for foundries that make large molds
which require specialty facing sands (Chromite,
Zircon, etc.) or need to take the mixer to the
mold rather than take the mold to the mixer.
This unit is also an ideal demo machine for
resin companies and other foundry consumable
suppliers
According to
owner, Jack Palmer, "This new design meets the
needs of anyone making large molds requiring
specialty sands. Molders no longer have to
wheelbarrow or bucket prepared specialty sand
for the core room to the molding floor. We are
proud to provide the industry with another
productivity and quality improvement tool."
Significant
Features:
- 20 Ft3
Hopper
- Low Sand
Interlock
- On Board
Chemical Rack with Containers up to 10 gal
Capacity
- Multiple
Resin Levels
- Calibration
Timer with Remote Start/Stop Buttons
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more
information.
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