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Article: Reciprocating power grinder reduces finishing time at Kovatch Castings. (Product Innovations).
- Article from:
- Modern Casting
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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Kovatch Castings, Inc., a 130-employee firm in Uniontown, Ohio, is a producer of ferrous and nonferrous investment castings from more than 150 alloys, ranging in weight from two ounces to 15 lb. It primarily serves the aerospace and military markets from its 40,000-sq-ft facility.
Similar to many foundries, Kovatch used hand labor to grind the gates of its investment castings using an old automatic grinder. The problem was that the firms productivity in cleaning and finishing was far behind and it needed to reduce set-up time for each job. According to Plant Manager Larry Moore, "The fixture costs were quite expensive, and the changeovers took too long."
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Article: Kovatch Castings.(Personals)(John Kleinhenz )(Brief ...
Modern Casting;
October 1, 2004 ;
602 words
...Kovateh Castings, Uniontown, Ohio, named Frank Lysiak vice president and CFO, Craig Lanham general manager of plant operations, Shawn Piccone the west regional sales manager and John Kleinhenz regional sales manager in the east.
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