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Revolutionary Fluidised Bed System for Foundries is Protected by Patent
01 Sep 2004
With the ever increasing need to reduce the costs of energy, and the search for modern, environmentally friendly processes, the recently patented Multi Purpose System (MPS), from Clayton Thermal Processes, enables the foundry industry to address the problems of sand reclamation, de-coring of castings and heat treatment with one process technique - fluidised beds.
The ability to de-core and heat treat at the same time reduces manufacturing time and the possibility of processing the casting directly from the casting cell, whilst still hot, reduces energy costs and shortens the time from casting cell to machining cell.
Following on from the recent grant of a GB patent, a European patent for the development of the MPS has now been attained to protect the intellectual property rights of this revolutionary system throughout Europe. The MPS project took eighteen months to complete and was part financed by a Smart Award, granted by The Secretary of State for Trade & Industry through the Small Business service.
The brainchild of group chairman, Chris Clayton, MPS uses advanced fluidised bed technology to remove sand cores from castings, cleans the sand for reuse and provides a means of heat treatment for the self-same castings. The system is particularly suited to small and medium aluminium alloy foundries. It overcomes the problems associated with mechanical methods of decoring and sand reclamation, for example noise, mechanical damage to components and medical problems arising from vibratory equipment.
Clayton Thermal Processes also manufacture and market a range of Fluidised Bed Furnaces for the heat treatment of metals, removal of plastic from machinery and tooling and paint stripping.
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