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Hunter Foundry Machinery Corporation Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
2014-07-07 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
With the invention of the first gravity-filled automated matchplate molding machine, Al Hunter single-handedly launched the foundry world into a new industrial revolution.<br /> <br /> In 1963, mechanical engineer William “Al” Hunter created the first HMP-10 in Morton Grove, IL. The new machine streamlined laborious metal casting processes by offering foundries unimagined new production capabilities. With it, an operator could produce as many molds in one hour as most molders could ...
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