CAST Co., Ltd. www.kkcast.co.jp

POWER BLADE

Many snow removal vehicles are used to remove snow in deep snow areas. However, although
the number of snowfall days per year is small, there are many places where once it snows. In
such places, it is rare to have a vehicle dedicated to snow removal, and it is often the case thatan attachment is attached to the tip of a forklift that is used daily for snow removal. This isespecially true for small and medium-sized factories.
Other companies' products are manufactured by the method of cutting plate-shaped ironmaterial and performing argon welding. This welded product has low strength and lacks
durability, so it will bend and become unusable after a while. In addition, because the weightof the welded product is light, it is not easy to use, such as not being able to remove snow
sufficiently and having to remove snow from the same area many times.

Since our power blade has an integrated structure made of cast products, it has high strengthand can be used for rubble, materials, soil, etc. other than snow. We have developed a newproduct as a casting product by using the casting technology and CAD technology that wehave cultivated over many years.

Difference from similar products
POWER BLADE is
Other companies' products

About 50kg

320kg
Other companies' products①Weak strength②Since the weight is light,
it takes time and effort many times.
③Cannot be mass-produced.

Curved structure
A curved structure is required for shoveling snow. It is necessary to push out the snow smoothly
and powerfully. A good example is a snowplow.If you want to make a product with high strengthand curved structure, casting products are more suitable than can manufacturing products. Ourcastings have many hollow and complex shapes, and we are also good at curved structures. Inorder to mold a beautiful curved structure with castings, CAD technology, casting plan technology,and technology to control the flow of hot water are required. It is determined by the evolution ofCAD software, the introduction of various software such as flow analysis and hot water flow
simulation, and the improvement and experience of CAD operators who master it. We have thetechnical know-how that we can make because we always handle the following casting points.
This curved surface shape is smooth,powerful, and pushes out snow.

Snow flow

Snow flow

Blades for forklifts up to 2.5 tons With spare attachmentinstallation method① Stick a fork nail③ Fixed with ratchet② Pass the lashing belt

④ Installation completedCompany Profile

Shirakawa factory

Company Profile
Name of Company

CAST Co., Ltd.

Representative Director

Makoto Wakabayashi

FoundationMarch 1889

URL

http://www.kkcast.co.jp/Headquarters

27F Tokyo-sankei Bldg,1-7-2 Ote-machi,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004

Shirakawa factory

2 Sasakubo, Higashikaminodejima, Shirakawa-shi, Fukushima 961-0302

Phone numberTEL 0248-34-3971

Factory site

Total area: 42,846 m2

Capital35,000,000 yen

Number of employees

45 employees

Description of business

Manufacturing and sales of normal cast iron, ductile cast iron, special cast iron, superhigh tensile strength cast iron, etc.

FAX 0248-34-3973
Factory building: 3,960 m2

Office and others: 401m2

Our characteristics【1】 Clean foundry
Block dust generation work place.
【2】 Design specifications of mass production factorySemi-automatic line simple layout.
【3】 Flexible manufacturing capacity.

Our proprietary technology
The smooth casted surface
Since the casting of industrial robot manufactured by ourcompany used as the body without any covering. unlike
the case where the cover is attached on the outside with
the inner casting parts of machine tools and industrial
products, the robot manufacturer use casted parts without
any cover. Robot users can see casted body and arms
directly. Our technology on fine casting achieved smoothsurface of casting by special casting method and process.
We have condensed our know-how on manufacturing suchspecialized casting products for many years.

Image created by our company's castingas actual machine

Our castings

Industrial robot

As a technique to clean the casting skin, the process of shot
blasting process and the coating process of paint type agent(medicine used to smoothly remove product from sand mold) are
important. Shot blasting balls generally use No. 17 (1.18 - 1.4mm). Our company uses No. 14 (1.0 - 1.18 mm), it attaches moredetailed balls, and the surface is beautiful. Even when spreading
the coating agent on the sand mold, careful work is thoroughly
carried out so that no dripping will remain.

Leader Company

is a leader company with “SHIRAKAWA Sokeizai VALLEY"
With Shirakawa City in the Fukushima Prefecture at the helm, multiple Sokeizai industries have come together
to form this group. By using techniques such as casting, forging, die casting and more to create materials, andlocally processing them including heat treatment, we will provide a stable feed of products for Japan and allover the world. By the use of our knowledge and technology, we intended to contribute to the further
development of the industry in Fukushima.

Materials

Material Production

Heat Treatment

Metal Works
Sheet Metal Works
Cutting

ClientMachining
Casting
CAST Co., Ltd.
Kimura Malleable IronCo., Ltd.
Miyata Co., Ltd.

Suzumi Co., Ltd.

Forging
TFO Corporation
Die Casting
Kawakin Die Casting
Industries Co., Ltd.
Mold Design
N・C・Road Co., Ltd.
KIKUCHISEISAKUSHO CO.,LTD.

Sacra-Tech Co., Ltd.
Heat Treatment
Tamura Industrial
Corporation
Asai Showa Co., Ltd.

Taisei Industries
Shirakawa Plant Co.,Ltd.

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is a leader company with THE LEADING JAPAN FOUNDRIES

www.japan-foundries.com

Japanese foundries have excellent casting technology andproduce high-quality castings in the world. Especially “THELEADING JAPAN FOUNDRIES” is composed of 33 companies
that possess advanced technologies and is a cutting-edge group
to expand the sales network aggressively aiming at the globalmarket.
We are comprised of professionals of the top-level in the casting
industry and able to supply stably high-quality castings. And
they give all customers quick and efficient responses on
estimates, orders and any other correspondence. We are wellexperienced in the international business with global
manufacturers.