Did you know that #Kastalon now has #3DPrint Mold/Tooling capabilities? This new addition allows us to produce parts that were previously either size or profile-restrictive. To learn more about our 3D Printer capabilities contact a Sales Representative today.
Kastalon Polyurethane Products is honored to once again be exhibiting at AISTech 2023 trade show on May 8-11 in Detroit, Michigan. Our booth, Booth #1623, will showcase our Koat-A-Roll® sleeves, coil floor pads, coil saddles and crane bumpers, as well as demonstrate how to install our sleeves, hot cast rolls and introduce our new “Magnetic” Fork-Kushion® truck lift bumpers! Be sure to stop by #1623 to chat with our experts or schedule a meeting for a more in-depth discussion.
Check out more about the AISTech Show, booth exhibitors and sponsors. Registration for AISTech 2023 is now open. See you at the show!
Kastalon Polyurethane Products is honored to once again be exhibiting at ProMat 2023 trade show on March 20th to the 23rd at the McCormick Place in Chicago. Our booth, Booth #S1120, will showcase our Koat-A-Roll® sleeves, FDA rollers, PolySkate® Wheels, Koat-a-Wheel®, Kwik-Taper®, as well as demonstrate how to install our sleeves, hot cast rolls and introduce our new “Magnetic” Fork-Kushion® truck lift bumpers! Easily navigate to our booth, right down the main isle, to see our products in action (we’re on the corner, next to Berkshire Gray Inc, Bissell Commercial and INTORQ US Inc)! Be sure to stop by #S1120 to chat with our experts or schedule a meeting for a more in-depth discussion.
We are thrilled to showcase Kastalon’s innovative culture with an exciting new product launch. Be prepared for technology that will help numerous companies and industries as they improve their supply chain and warehousing efforts.
Check out more about the ProMat 2023 Show, booth exhibitors and sponsors. Registration for ProMat is free. See you at the show!
#20YearsStrong #RetractableRoofSprings #AstroBaseballStadium In this project, the project manager needed a specialized spring that would compress when the wheels met a high spot on the rail. The Uni-Systems design team, along with engineers at Kastalon Polyurethane Products, selected a specialized Kastalon Polyurethane to make the elastomeric springs. With the planned two-decade lifespan now almost upon us, we are bringing out the plans and molds again! Thank you for this repeat business and we’re proud of the success behind Kastalon Polyurethane Spring Systems. If you need a non-metalic, or partial metallic/elastomeric spring system, call on Kastalon today!
Kastalon Polyurethane Products is honored to once again be exhibiting at MHI’s MODEX trade show on March 28-31 in Atlanta. Our booth, Booth #B4211, will showcase our Koat-A-Roll® sleeves, coil floor pads, coil saddles and crane bumpers, as well as demonstrate how to install our sleeves, hot cast rolls and introduce our new “Magnetic” Fork-Kushion® truck lift bumpers! Easily navigate to our booth, right down the main isle, to see our products in action (we’re on the corner, next to Berkshire Gray Inc, Bissell Commercial and INTORQ US Inc)! Be sure to stop by #B4211 to chat with our experts or schedule a meeting for a more in-depth discussion.
We are thrilled to showcase Kastalon’s innovative culture with an exciting new product launch. Be prepared for technology that will help numerous companies and industries as they improve their supply chain and warehousing efforts.
Check out more about the Modex2022 Show, booth exhibitors and sponsors. Registration for MODEX is free. See you at the show!
Polyurethane Developments
Kastalon Polyurethane Products, Alsip, Ill, has a mission: to protect coils with polyurethane. While the company has traditionally manufactured pads to protect coils, it also offers Coil Saddles, which are a variation of coil pads. “It’s very similar to a pad, except it’s two very robust pieces that have a thinner cross-section, but they have a very deep radius,” says Bob DeMent, president. “They actually carry two different radiuses for different diameter coils.”
Because the Coil Saddles are so deep, they inadvertently are also safety mechanisms for the coils and the people working with them. “Their depth allows fewer roll offs and easier landings from overhead cranes,” says DeMent. “The coils seat themselves much better [in the Coil Saddles], which provide a much more stable environment for the coil.” He adds that they are easily anchored into the floor and easily moved and that these polyurethane Coil Saddles handle coil weights better than all-urethane or all-rubber pads.
Kastalon also offers filler plates, “which allow a processor to take his existing mandrel, which let’s say is equipped for 20-inch ID coil processing, and bolt on filler plates, which are just added-on diameter,” says DeMent. “They bolt these plates onto the circular mandrel, and it will allow them to work with coils much larger on the ID than what they’re traditionally set up for. These filler plates are immensely inexpensive compared to having a whole new mandrel made, so the processors or the mills are allowed to take advantage of perhaps spot purchases of coils with a varying ID they’re not used to processing.”
He points out that steel filler plates have been the norm in the marketplace and can attach to a mandrel relatively quickly. Yet steel being so expensive and heavy makes it difficult for the mandrel to operate. “The more weight you add, the harder it is on the machine. The weight endangers those who handle these plates and the plates themselves,” says DeMent. While plastic filler plates have become a popular alternative due to their low weight and low cost, they are physically not strong, says DeMent. “If you drop those, it’s not as much of a hazard to a human being, but they can crack, and then you’re out quite a bit of money.”
Enter Kastalon’s polyurethane filler plates, which give the weight reduction of plastic over steel and have the properties of urethane, “so they don’t scratch, they don’t mar, they don’t dent,” says DeMent. “In this day and age, with coil tonnage being so expensive, you must maximize every inch of that, every pound of that to reduce your scrap, but you’ve got to take advantage of being able to process almost any ID coil that you can get your hands on.”
Most important? “Customers are loving them,” says DeMent.
Originally reported By Beth Gainer on Jan 26, 2022 – Coil Coating – Metal Center News
We are proud to be just a small part of the Tesla Motors aluminum process and assembly for their Model S, located in California. The Tesla aluminum coils weigh up to 20,000 lbs and rest easily on Kastalon’s yellow Coil Floor Storage Pads. The assembly shop found that if they create production staging areas near their lathes, they are able to protect the working surface of the aluminum rolls while they wait to be a bigger part of the automotive production.
At Kastalon, we specialize in finding effective solutions that will improve yield, quality and production efficiencies, literally from the ground up. As a roller shop keeps evolving, they are finding that at times their racks are full during production and they have nowhere to set their large steel work rolls, backup rolls or roughing rolls. That’s when Kastalon’s Coil Floor Pads come into use.
Made of bright safety yellow polyurethane, the patented deep cradle fits virtually any size roll and takes up nominal floor space. The unique design offers the versatility of using it as a movable fixture in staging areas or affixed permanently to the storage area floor.
Contact a Kastalon Sales Representative today!
Originally posted January, 2021 By Beth Gainer on Jan 22, 2021, Metal Center News:
Protecting coils is vital to Bruce DeMent, CEO of Kastalon Polyurethane Products, Alsip, Ill. The company manufactures polyurethane products to protect coils’ surfaces. “The surface finish is critical and needs to be protected,” he says, adding that Kastalon’s mandrel sleeves protect the coated coil from metal-to-metal contact with the mandrel drum. Furthermore, the company’s mandrel sleeves help prevent common processing damage, such as reel breaks and head-end damage.
“Our sleeves help prevent coil slippage and increase the overall efficiency of the processing line,” says DeMent. “Our proprietary chemistries and manufacturing capabilities allow for Kastalon mandrel sleeves of virtually any size and hardness, and specific to each customer’s requirements.”
Kastalon coil floor pads protect coated coils during storage as well as serve an organizational function for the production floor. The pads are available with and without fluid-collection capabilities. In addition, rollers used in uncoilers or surfaces that support the coil are covered in polyurethane so the surface where each coil is resting upon doesn’t dent the coil.
Kastalon also manufactures polyurethane devices in coil material handling and storage. “Everything that touches that coil can be covered with polyurethane – from a c-hook to the [forks] of a forklift truck,” says DeMent.
While polyurethane is more expensive than rubber, the former lasts 10 to 20 times longer than the latter. In addition, polyurethane requires less maintenance than rubber, according to DeMent. The equipment is operating longer and doesn’t have as much maintenance, resulting in cost savings.
“Polyurethane is extremely durable and yet cushions the coil so that it doesn’t get edge damage,” says DeMent. “The polyurethane floor pads protect coils by keeping them off the floor.”
“Everything is protected.”
Kastalon’s slitter spacers and slitter tires are the perfect products for precision metal coil slitting. More lightweight and durable than alternatives on the marketplace, Kastalon’s slitter components resist fatigue, resist cracking, are non-marking, and are easily customizable.
July 2020, Kastalon has purchased and installed a new Summit roll lathe to further enhance our large roll manufacturing and repair capabilities. Kastalon now offers the most comprehensive roller services in the industry.
The Summit lathe/roll grinder allows Kastalon to not only machine metal, but to turn, mill, groove, and grind polyurethane and rubber covered rollers to ultra-precise diameters, geometric finishes, and straightness specifications. This CNC machine has a capacity of 48 inch finished diameters x 20 feet CC (1.22 x 6.1 meters) and almost 50,000 lbs with full CNC grooving. Simple to highly complex and precise grooves and finishes can be produced with this state-of-the-art equipment.
Kastalon’s roller capacity ranges from fractional diameters and face lengths to 62 inches in diameter x 30 feet overall length (1.57 x 9.1 meters). Kastalon’s polyurethane roll coverings are available from 20 Shore A to 75 Shore D (baby’s skin soft to bowling ball hard, and anywhere in between) with surface finishes and groove patterns to optimize your roller’s performance.
We’ve combined chemistry and mechanics just for you. Contact Kastalon today and bring the Kastalon’s advantage to your operations.