KBA Holds Topping-out Ceremony for New Foundry at Press Plant

High-powered infrastructure for foundry operation
The new hall with a crane capacity of up to 55 tons is several meters higher and some 50 percent broader than the old hall. This will enable it to produce large press parts—such as side frames and substructures—much faster and more efficiently. It will also be able to handle workpieces whose technological or metallurgical properties meant that they previously had to be processed externally. These include spherical cast iron, which alongside normal cast iron with flake graphite, is used increasingly for contract work.