Manufacturing facility for cast epoxy components

This paper reports on the semi-automated epoxy casting facility located at the Power Circuit Breaker Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Trafford, Pennsylvania. At the present time the facility is being used to cast both large and small insulators for SF 6 gas and oil type power circuit breakers. The paper discusses the overall facility and the specifications of the various pieces of equipment in the facility. To facilitate the discussion, photographs (slides) of the equipment are included. Also reported are the different epoxy formulations that can be processed with the equipment.