Engineering Excellence Yields Innovation
Designed and engineered by Godfrey & Wing to fill a need for lean and efficient casting impregnation within automotive manufacturing facilities, the Continuous Flow Impregnation (CFi) System has become the most effective and efficient casting impregnation equipment in use today.
Make The Perfect Part
Is anything perfect? No. But the Godfrey & Wing CFi represents a level of engineering and innovation not seen in previous impregnation equipment designs.
What leads to a perfect part and excellence in process?
- Effectiveness, efficiency and repeatability of process
- Conservation of resources (floorspace, power, labor, sealant)
- Single part data collection and tracking
- Elimination of process failure modes
- Maintainability and reliability
- Custom integration with a larger manufacturing process
Incorporating each of these process elements with preventive action engineering and design simplicity allows the CFi to deliver superior results in a wide range of applications.
Process Integrity
The CFi system is based on the Dry Vacuum and Pressure (DVP) Process - the most robust in impregnation. The system's effectiveness is maximized through a philosophy of maintaining a 'pure' DVP process. Vacuum cycles work on the part, not the air surrounding the part, resin is maintained in its purest form, not entrained with air or water, and the part experiences a significant positive pressure, not just atmospheric pressure.
Recovery and conservation of resin, the most significant cost in impregnation next to labor in traditional systems, is used in lieu of recycling. Resin is prevented from entering the plant's waste stream through efficient recovery, negating the need for the additional equipment and chemicals to process specialty resins. The CFi system maintains the purity of resin maximizing its ongoing ability to seal porosity.
Part handling is a key characteristic in eliminating failure modes caused by the impregnation process. Through automated, repeatable handling, CFi systems are designed to process the most complicated, highly machined parts without risk of damage or contamination. Process integrity, from the incoming hand-off to delivery, allows the CFi to outperform other systems.
The Godfrey & Wing CFi system works well for manufacturers who require a versatile and robust process and expect a recovery of over 99%, every part, every cycle, everyday.