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Remote Controlled Machines


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Clean ladles, runners, furnaces, torpedoes and kilns quickly, safely and accurately with a state-of-the art Brokk remote-controlled machine. Our all-new B800 is a 12-ton powerhouse with over 21 feet of vertical reach in a compact package. We mount a hard-hitting, heat-shielded Atlas Copco breaker on a 360 degree rotating, custom-designed three-piece arm, and include a special bit for heavy-duty prying. A new two-way radio control box offers finely tuned operation from a safe distance. For over 30 years, Brokk machines have proven themselves in foundries and mills all over the world.


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T e two had known one another for more than eight


years, since Anderson began working with Dakota Foundry in 2006 after seeing a need for local patternmakers. With Anderson focused on engineering and machining and Bar- tos plenty familiar with metal castings, the two developed a business relationship that led to that conversation in 2014. Serving customers with a wide variety of manufacturing needs in steel and iron alloys, Anderson saw the metalcast- ing facility as a way to enter the railroad industry—which consumes roughly a third of Dakota’s production—while supporting other work in the construction and agricul- ture markets. T e customers who needed his machining and fabrication services, Anderson’s thinking went, just may need castings. Conversely, metal casting end-users defi nitely require the value-added services provided by Anderson Industries. “What initially interested me in buying Dakota Foundry


was how it could broaden our services to customers on both sides,” Anderson said. “We could, as one company, off er so many solutions, whether it’s iron or steel.” Anderson Industries is a group of four companies that


includes the metalcasting operation, a nearby welding and laser-cutting operation and a 100,000-sq.-ft. plant in Mapleton, N.D., for engineering, machining and fabricating steel components. T e company also designs and manufac- tures products for the agricultural industry, including disk levers and row openers. “Basically, with Dakota, we expanded our manufactur- ing methods, which can be matched with our value-added services in a single company,” Anderson said. “A customer doesn’t have to worry about shipping a casting for machin- ing or powder coating. If we can ship it a fi nished part so it’s ready for the assembly line, that’s a way to simplify the supply chain.” T e acquisition of the metalcasting facility in 2014 coincided with Anderson Industries moving its operations from Aberdeen to a vacant facility in Webster. Anderson planned the move to the Webster location, a quick drive from Dakota Foundry, before the topic of a potential sale


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Anderson Industries added the ability to produce gray and ductile iron cast- ings from 100-5,000 lbs. by acquiring the metalcasting facility.


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