Kodiak Helps Customer Dramatically Improve Pattern Changing System 9/1/2007
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Kodiak receives an order to Engineer and supply an automated pattern changing system for a large format jolt-squeeze line. The new equipment will reduce the foundry’s current pattern change time by more than 90%.
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Kodiak Works On-Site to Design a Pipe Plant 8/1/2007
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Kodiak received an order to do the General Arrangement and Final Design engineering on a Ductile Pipe plant. Kodiak’s design responsibilities include the Hot Metal Rail Car Lines, Treatment Car Process, Pipe Cooling Conveyors, Pipe De-burring Stations, Cement Lining Stations, Washing Stations, and Pipe Palletizing Areas, as well as several foundation designs. Working closely with the customer in an on-site capacity the Kodiak design team has been able to present several innovations to streamline the process while moving along a very aggressive schedule.
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Kodiak Designs Crusher System for Michigan 7/1/2007
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Kodiak is selected as the Engineering company to design a new screening, classification, and recirculation crusher system for a Michigan quarry. The complete system includes foundations, building structures, conveyors, screen supports, and access platforms.
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Kodiak Helps Customer Smooth Out Production Bottlenecks 6/2/2007
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Kodiak is selected to provide concept engineering to eliminate production bottlenecks in the finishing room for a customer’s wood processing facility. Kodiak provided various concepts for ongoing meetings leading to finalized layouts.
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Kodiak Computer Services Offers New Partnerships 6/1/2007
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Kodiak Group has recently become a Lenovo dealer. For those not familiar with the Lenovo name, they produce the Thinkpad line of laptop computers, formerly produced by IBM. We can now offer competitive prices on Thinkpad and ThinkCenter workstations as well as other products from the Lenovo line. This is in addition to partnering with Linksys, Polycom, Computer Associates, Microsoft, Crucial Memory and others.
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Kodiak Engineers Radial Stacker Conveyor 6/1/2007
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Kodiak receives an order to Engineer a new radial stacker conveyor design. As a standard equipment provider, the customer required certain design flexibilities to allow them to offer a number of configuration options.
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Kodiak Computer Services Grows! 5/1/2007
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Good news! Kodiak Computer Services, the IT portion of Kodiak Group, has added Chris Fisher to it's roles as an IT Consultant. Chris comes to us after completing his Bachelor's in Information Technology at CMU.
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Kodiak Designs Automated Brinell Tester 4/2/2007
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Kodiak receives an order to design a high production Automated Brinell Tester for this customer’s railroad wheel plant. This customized hydraulically actuated system receives a wheel from the line and positions, mill faces, and then completes a brinell test. The wheel is then directed to the next process or sent for further inspection. Test data is entered into the wheel tracking and numbering system. Wheels enter and test on 45 second cycles.
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Kodiak Designs Coke Conveyors 2/1/2007
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Kodiak received a purchase order to Design five truss style belt conveyors handling Coke for an installation in Wyoming. These included a 200ft long tripper conveyor inside a Pre-engineered building supplied by another manufacturer and a declining conveyor that had an 80ft free span between supports.
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Kodiak Updates Cupola Flue Gas Treatment Systems 10/1/2006
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Kodiak receives orders to Engineer two Cupola Flue Gas Treatment Systems that provide 1000 degree hot blast air at two of this customer’s facilities. The Engineering incorporates new equipment to replace the outdated baghouse emission control systems with state of the art treatment technology and bring both plants into compliance with Federal standards.
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Kodiak Supplies Equipment for a New Cupola Foundry in China 10/1/2006
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In Oct of 2006, Kodiak received a Purchase Order to do the Engineering for a 94” Cupola installation in the People’s Republic of China for a diesel engine manufacturer. Kodiak worked in conjunction with several other American owned companies to Provide engineering and components for the Charging, Melt and Dust Collection areas and supervised the packaging and loading process for overseas shipping. The system utilized Escher brand Recuperator and Coolers produced by Toledo based Maumee Valley Fabricators. Kodiak also did extensive structural steel design and detailing, all with Chinese Metric shapes.
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Kodiak Advises Customer with Upgrade Options 9/1/2006
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Kodiak receives an order to provide assistance to a foundry evaluating production upgrades. The upgrades to be evaluated include an Advanced Oxidant system, replacement of an existing wet scrubber, addition of a Hartley Mixer, improvements to a sand cooler and its exhaust system.
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Kodiak Designs New Foundry 8/1/2006
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Kodiak receives an order to concept and design a new foundry. The scope includes structural and mechanical design of most sand handling and mold handling equipment.
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Kodiak Helps Customer Capture Sludge 6/2/2006
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Kodiak is selected to upgrade a Wood Processing customer’s Vat Area. This project involved designing a system to replace the limited sludge capture capabilities of the existing system. The project also required reshaping the vat tanks to incorporate a custom designed drag chain conveyor, pumping systems, and primary screening conveyors.
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Kodiak Provides Extensive Work on a New Mold Line 6/1/2006
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Kodiak receives an order to provide Concept Engineering for a new mold line. The scope of work includes site visits to gather information and meet with foundry personnel, creation of conceptual drawings showing expanded molding capacity, verify existing sand usage, determine sand requirements for new mold line, develop a plan for hot metal delivery, outline ventilation requirements, provide budget costs for the proposed system(s)
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Kodiak Pulse-Jet Dust Collector Systems in High Demand 5/1/2006
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Kodiak receives an order to provide Engineering and equipment for a 20,000 acfm Dust Collection System for a foundry grinding operation. The system includes ductwork, hoods, a turn table work station for grinding large municipal castings, integration of customer supplied equipment and a Kodiak Pulse-Jet Dust Collector.
Later in May, after providing a ventilation study on a finishing operation for heavy section castings, Kodiak receives an order from another customer to provide Engineering and equipment for a new 14,000 acfm dust collection system. Kodiak will provide Engineering and design for the ductwork system and integration of a Kodiak Pulse-Jet Dust Collector.
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Kodiak Expands into Fire Truck Detail Engineering 4/2/2006
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Kodiak receives its first order to provide Detail Engineering services for a local manufacturer of Emergency Vehicles. Kodiak has provided assistance with Pumper and Tanker Style Fire Trucks.
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Kodiak Provides Cooling Conveyor System 3/1/2006
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Kodiak receives and order for a Controlled Cooling Conveyor System. In order for the customer to meet their specifications, the new system had to provide multiple specific cooling profiles.
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Kodiak Helps Customer Comply with Environmental Regulations 1/2/2006
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Kodiak receives an order to Engineer and supply a Cupola Flue Gas Thermal Oxidizer for a large cupola foundry. The new equipment will provide a major contribution to this customer’s efforts regarding environmental regulatory compliance.
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Kodiak Designs Conveyor System 1/2/2006
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Kodiak is selected to design a system of conveyors to transfer raw product from the resin blenders to the forming line in a customer’s wood plant. The system included extensive structure and facilities installation and relocation to stage work progressively, leading to a 4 day final tie in to production.
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Kodiak Provides More Ventilation Engineering 10/1/2005
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Kodiak receives an order from a wood products manufacturer to provide system Engineering for the Board Press Area Environmental Control Ventilation. The new system will provide for compliance with new environmental regulations for fume capture efficiency.
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Kodiak's Work Space Expands! 9/5/2005
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Kodiak Group moves into a new building. Thanks to our great customers, the demand for our services has allowed us to add a number of talented people. At the time of the move, we had 13 people in a 3 room office of approximately 600sf.
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Kodiak Designs Tank for Assembly in Confined Space 9/3/2005
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Kodiak selected to provide Design Engineering for a new Heated Wax Tank to be incorporated into a customer’s facility. The tank was designed to be assembled in an adjacent area and than raised onto equipment rollers to transfer into position in a very confined work space.
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Kodiak Engineers Cement Plant Modernization 9/1/2005
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Kodiak receives an order to provide Engineering for support steel and ductwork for a modernization at a cement plant. The Engineering includes field verifying the existing site, finalizing workpoints, creating layout and detail drawings of the ductwork (10-12’ diameter) and support steel.
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Kodiak Provides Dust Collection Expertise 9/1/2005
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Kodiak receives an order to evaluate and make recommendations for improvements to Dust Collection Systems servicing electric arc furnaces and a cutting operation.
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Kodiak Provides Another Kodiak Pulse-Jet Dust Collector 7/2/2005
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Kodiak receives an order to provide Engineering and equipment for a 20,000 acfm dust collection system servicing a blasting operation. The project includes layout and design of a ductwork system, support steel, platforms and a new Kodiak Pulse-Jet Dust Collector.
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Kodiak Designs and Updates Cupola System 7/1/2005
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Kodiak received an order to Engineer and supply a Cupola Flue Gas Thermal Recuperator System. The system provides 1000 degree F hot blast air to the iron melting cupola. The engineering includes new equipment to replace outdated wet scrubber emission control systems with state of the art dry treatment technology.
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Kodiak Equipment Helps Reduce Cost and Environmental Impact 6/5/2005
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Kodiak is selected to design a process and the equipment to produce a new type of composite material. In comparison to traditional thermoset composites, this material is less expensive to process and is recyclable.
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Kodiak Helps Reduce Heating Costs by Re-Using Cupola Heat 6/2/2005
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Kodiak receives an order to Engineer and supply a Cupola Flue Gas Heat Recovery System. The new equipment provides a major portion of the winter time space heating requirement in the facility.
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Kodiak Designs Ductwork System and Integrates a Kodiak Dust Collector 6/1/2005
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After providing a ventilation study on a finishing operation for heavy section castings, Kodiak receives an order to provide Design Engineering for a new 14,000 acfm Dust Collection System. Kodiak will provide Engineering and design for the ductwork system and integration of a Kodiak Pulse-Jet Dust Collector.
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Kodiak Assists with Replacing Ductwork 2/3/2005
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Kodiak receives an order to provide Engineering assistance for the replacement of ductwork at a cement plant. The ductwork is 10 – 12 foot diameter and located on the side of a building approximately 300’ tall. Kodiak will field measure the existing equipment and provide final layout and details of the new ductwork system and its support steel.
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Kodiak Designs a 35k ACFM Kodiak Pulse-Jet Dust Collector 2/2/2005
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Kodiak receives an order to provide design engineering for a new 35,000 acfm Kodiak Pulse-jet Dust Collector servicing a large canopy hood at a cement plant. The canopy hood will ventilate a hopper and conveyor fed with a front end loader.
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Kodiak Provides Cupola Flue Gas Thermal Recuperator Systems 1/1/2005
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Kodiak received orders to Engineer and supply Cupola Flue Gas Thermal Recuperator Systems for three of this customer’s plants. The systems provide 1000 degree F hot blast air to the cupola melt furnaces. The systems also incorporated new baghouses.
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Kodiak Design Chosen for Automatic Iron Pouring System 5/1/2004
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The Kodiak team receives an order to supply a new automatic iron pouring system for a foundry producing large castings. In a competition of ideas between several major automatic pouring suppliers, Kodiak’s concept was chosen as the best system to meet production requirements, reliability, and implementation. This bottom pouring stopper rod system utilizes overhead, inline, air and servo actuators in a teach pour concept. The operator can easily develop pouring profiles that can be stored by part number and automatically recalled by pattern and mold tracking.
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Kodiak Redesigns Draw Machines 4/2/2004
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Kodiak receives an order to replace the aging draw machines in this customer’s mold machine. The Kodiak design’s increased precision resulted in a significant reduction in bad molds. The new design also included powered edge rolls eliminating the need for the operator to manually move the 2500lb flask.
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Kodiak Design Chosen for New DISA 240 Molding System 9/1/2003
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A team headed by Kodiak received an order for a new DISA 240 molding system. Kodiak’s concept was chosen over several other vendors for this customer’s latest foundry expansion. The complete system included integration of the new molding line into their existing plant one. The sand system was revised and updated to meet the needs of the new system. A complete shake out, sorting, and automated shot blast system was developed to minimize manual handling. The dust collection system was upgraded to the latest MACT standards.
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Kodiak Improves Flask Line 6/1/2003
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Kodiak receives an order to nearly double this customer’s in-mold cooling time for their 48x42x16/16 flask line. This was accomplished by adding an upper level including associated elevators and transfer equipment to the existing system.
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Kodiak Redesigns Swing Head 9/2/2002
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Kodiak receives an order to replace the swing head portion of this customer’s jolt-squeeze mold machine. Kodiak’s novel design (link) has proven to be robust and reliable with the added benefit of assisting the operator with sand distribution in the 68x40 flask.
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Kodiak Develops Precision Sand Concept 9/1/2002
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Kodiak receives order for Precision Sand concept engineering to develop systems required, and determine methods to implement this project into existing facilities. Concept work included core making, core assembly, casting, shake out, and finishing. Kodiak’s concepts were all developed in 3-D and were utilized in ongoing team meetings with customer representatives. As the concept was finalized, a 3-D fly-thru was developed for further ongoing reviews.
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Kodiak Engineers "Clean-Room" Ventilation System 8/1/2002
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Kodiak receives an order to provide Engineering assistance for a “Clean-Room” Ventilation System at an automotive head lamp housing supplier. Kodiak will assist the installation contractor by providing field verification of the existing area, integration of the filtered make-up air units, design of a complex ductwork system to distribute the filtered air into the room and exhaust ductwork for waste gases emitted from the manufacturing equipment.
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Kodiak Creates Custom Grinding Machine 7/23/2002
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Kodiak receives an order to design a custom grinding machine for large castings. The machine is capable of handling many different castings and grinds inside and outside surfaces simultaneously
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Kodiak Group Formed 7/1/2002
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Kodiak Group is born.
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