In production since 1973 – and still going strong. But the veteran DISAMATIC 2014 at J.D. Brackelsberg GmbH will soon make way for a new DISA machine.
Founded in 1863 and based in Ennepetal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, J.D. Brackelsberg produces around 1000 tons of grey, malleable and ductile iron castings every year on two lines. The foundry makes small- and medium-series castings for a wide range of customers and sectors.
Back in 1973, Brackelsberg upgraded its process with a then-state-of-the-art DISAMATIC 2014 vertical moulding machine.
“A DISA was the perfect substitution for our old vibration-press moulding machines,” says Philipp Martin-Mohaupt, operations manager at J.D. Brackelsberg. “It replaced six old machines while giving us extra casting speed. As you can insert cores and filters during moulding without stopping the machine, we rarely exceeded a cycle time of 13 seconds.”