Patent 7438119 was granted and assigned to Consolidated Engineering Company on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A system for reclaiming sand from a casting process includes a chamber having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of baffles defining a circuitous path for the sand therebetween, a heating element for providing heat to the chamber, and a fluidizing distributor for directing the sand through the chamber. A method of reclaiming waste sand also is provided.