About Cast Iron

January 6th, 2009

About Cast Iron Systems

Founded in 2001, Cast Iron Systems is the #1 company in SaaS

integration. Hundreds of customers across all industries and around

the world, including Allianz, British American Tobacco (BAT),

Amerisource Bergen, Emerson, IBA Molecular, Krueger International,

Peet’s Coffee & Tea, PGP Corporation, Salesforce.com, The Sports

Authority, and Tesla Motors, among many others, benefit from the

simplicity, speed, and flexibility of the Cast Iron Integration

Solution.

Backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Lehman

Brothers, Cast Iron is privately held and led by experienced

technology executives from Informatica, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel,

Vitria, and webMethods. For more information about Cast Iron Systems,

please visit www.castiron.com .

About The Schumacher Group

The Schumacher Group, now in its fifteenth year, is the third largest

and fastest growing emergency medicine practice management company in

the nation. TSG delivers qualified, client-compatible physicians and

operating teams for over 145 hospitals across the United States.

Intent on innovation and solutions, everything The Schumacher Group

does is for that ultimate connection between the caregiver and the

patient. For more information, please visit www.schumachergroup.com .

About THINKstrategies

THINKstrategies is a strategic consulting company that helps

enterprises make better sourcing decisions, IT solution providers

make better marketing decisions, and venture investors make better

investment decisions. THINKstrategies is also the founder of the

Software-as-a-Service and Managed Services Showplaces, the largest

vendor-independent directories of on-demand companies and resources.

Foseco Riser Sleeves help your foundry increase performance in

quality, productivity and profitability. You can improve your yield,

your foundry processes, and final quality and soundness of your

castings. In addition, many castings that cannot be produced

successfully using sand risers can be made using Foseco Riser

Sleeves, because of their superior thermal characteristics. –Foseco

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Cast Iron Systems

January 4th, 2009

Cast Iron Systems

January 4th, 2009

How to use iron casting in the history?

November 25th, 2008

Iron casting is comparatively brittle, it is not suitable for purposes where a sharp edge or flexibility is required. It is strong under compression, but not under tension. Cast Iron was first invented in

China (see also: Du Shi), and poured into molds to make weapons and figurines. Historically, its earliest uses included cannon and shot. In England, the ironmasters of the Weald continued producing these until the 1760s, and this was the main function of the iron industry there after the Restoration, though probably only a minor part of the industry there earlier.

Ductile Iron Casting pots were made at many English blast furnaces at that period. In 1707, Abraham Darby patented a method of making pots (and kettles) thinner and hence cheaper than his rivals could. This meant that his Coalbrookdale Furnaces became dominant as suppliers of pots, an activity in which they were joined in the 1720s and 1730s by a small number of other coke-fired blast furnaces. The development of the steam engine by Thomas Newcomen provided a further market for cast iron, since this was considerably cheaper than the brass of which the engine cylinders were originally made. House radiator, Pneumatic valve A great exponent of cast iron was John Wilkinson, who amongst other things cast the cylinders for many of James Watt’s improved steam engines until the establishment of the Soho Foundry in 1795. The major use of cast iron for structural purposes began in the late 1770s when Abraham Darby III built the

Iron

Bridge,
Smoke Detector although short beams had been used prior to the bridge, such as in the blast furnaces at Coalbrookdale. This was followed by others, including Thomas Paine, who patented one; cast iron bridges became common as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace. Thomas Telford adopted the material for his bridge upstream at Buildwas, and then for a canal trough aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern on the Shrewsbury

Canal.

Welcome to Ningbo Ruyi Foundry Co.,Ltd.

November 16th, 2008

Ruyi Iron Casting-Professional Iron casting manufacturer in china,specialize manufacturing Ductile Iron Casting,Grey Iron Casting,sand casting and you can also entrust us for Stainless steel casting, Aluminium alloy casting and Refractory steel casting. The moulding process covers Resin Chemically Bonded Sand Cast, Resin Shell Cast, and Green Sand Cast.

Groundwork and Background: In March of year 2004, Ningbo Ruyi Casting Co., Ltd. took the ownership of Fenghua Xinxin Casting Co., Ltd. and moved the whole metal melting and pouring production line to the production site of Ruyi forming an updated foundry with excellent technique and integral team. Technique and capacity: Ningbo Ruyi Foundry Co., Ltd. is your reliable source for Ductile iron casting, Grey iron casting .The molding process covers Resin Chemically Bonded Sand Cast, Resin Shell Cast, and Green Sand Cast. We can also offer the advantage brought by our strategic long-term partner with diversified technique( Investment casting for steel, ,carbon steel,stainless steel, pressure die casting and gravity casting for aluminum, alloy, aluminum & zinc , as well as precision machining with general machine tool and CNC machines) so as to make customization easy to carry out . Our integral service concept brought us high praise from our customers from all over the world. Most of our products are exported to Canada, USA, and Europe Spain , Italy, Switzerland,

Sweden, and so on etc. and win good reputation among our customers . Based on the land of size 6000 square meters, the foundry’s monthly iron casting output capacity is up to 350 tons, and 80% of the produced castings are sold to overseas markets. Business scope covers: Machinery Parts ,Automotive accessory,Valve Parts, Electric power transmission,Marine Parts ,Railway parts,Electric motor body & accessories,Gear Cases & accessories,Chair Parts,Air compressor Parts & accessories,Manhole cover parts ,Flange, Tappet parts ,Sewing machine parts & accessories,Construction Parts & accessories,Mining accessories,Gardening Parts & Accessories,Machine tools industries,Radiator parts ,cylinder head & body ,Counterweight items,Rotor housing. Certificate and Customization: The foundry conforms to international standards and offers material analysis, heat treatment, non-destructive testing, proof and precision machining. With great efforts and carrying out our policy continuously which is to produce castings to meet your individual requirements, as well as monitoring each stage of production to guarantee high quality, we finally got certified by ISO9001:2000. The foundry is located in the seaport city of Ningbo,

China
, it has convenient inland transportation and there are many sea-freight carriers towards different countries in the daily base. We cordially welcome customers from both domestic and overseas! Die Casting , auto bearings

The detailed products in our company include Iron Casting, Ductile Iron Casting ,Grey Iron Casting,Steel Casting,Stainless Steel Casting,Carbon Steel Casting,Alloy Steel Casting,Aluminum Casting,Aluminum Pressure Die Casting,Aluminum Gravity Die Casting,Aluminum Sand Casting,Sand Casting,Green Sand Casting,Resin Sand Casting,Mold Shell Casting,Investment Casting,Die Casting,Pattern Service,CNC Machining,Machinery Parts,Auto Accessories,Valve Parts,Electric Power Transmission,Marine Parts,Railway Parts,Electric Motor Parts,Gear Cases,Chair Parts,Sewing Machine Parts,Construction Parts,Machine Tools Parts .

Rotocast, 3d Cad, 3d Printing, And Other Rapid Prototype Services

November 5th, 2008

Since rapid prototyping came into being, many businesses provided with the service of prototype development. Earlier, such companies were known as service bureaus and they allowed the users to access the unproven and expensive technology. In the early period of rapid prototyping, these service bureaus provided with advantages of prototype development minus the soaring upfront expenses and major risks of applying a new technology that was relatively unverified and hovering on the brink of rapid obsolescence. In the beginning, the service bureaus provided file conversions for narrowing the operational gap amidst 2D data and 3D CAD models. Due to this, the large companies that had not yet transitioned to solid modeling were benefited greatly. As the technology of rapid prototyping progressed, most of the service bureaus have undergone role modifications and they promise to deliver greater advantages beyond initial expense reduction and ownership risk. There are several companies worldwide offering the rapid prototyping services. Advantages of Rapid Prototyping Services: The advantages of rapid prototyping services are by far many. The rapid prototyping services provide advanced rapid prototyping technologies. You can get a competitive edge in the process of product development, so that the product is marketed much faster. The rapid prototyping services allow the users and producers to achieve the designing and prototyping goals. The innovative product idea can be successfully realized into actual product of high quality with the help of rapid prototyping services. The rapid prototyping services deliver the finished product beginning from the product idea, conceptualization and prototype development. You can save money and time as well, as rapid prototyping allows the production on low volume basis directly from the designing data. Rapid Prototyping Services: The various types of rapid prototyping services include technologies like stereolithography prototype, polyjet 3D printing, selective laser sintering, rapid tooling, 3D CAD modeling, RTV molding, RotoCAST, machined castings, urethane castings, injection molding, high temperature castings, rapid prototyping machines, investment casting, electroplating, functional prototype development, 3D modeling and development of patterns and models. The rapid prototyping service provider will develop prototypes as per the required specifications of the manufactures. It supplies with prototype development along with prototype assemblies, materials and components. The various materials utilized in the process of rapid prototyping are plastics, metals and elastomers. The product development process is accelerated with supply of quick, robust and accurate prototypes by the rapid prototyping services. The product can be refined and modified by way of constant process improvement, reduction in piece cost and enhanced quality control.Ductile Iron Casting The rapid prototyping services encompass all these features. The various steps involved in the rapid prototyping services are concept, design, engineering, prototype development, limited production and full scale production. Different rapid prototyping services offer different technologies and products. Some companies like Lovson provide with rapid prototyping services like sand casting steel, injection press moulds, lost wax injection moulds, , sand iron casting, closed die forging, plastic injection moulds, open die forging, Iron Casting, lost wax castings, sintering, machining facility and metal sheet components. There are many rapid prototyping services advertising on the internet and these include Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies etc.

Pneumatic Cylinder,Granulator & Recycling

The process of Die Casting

October 27th, 2008

There are four major steps in the die casting process. First, the mold is sprayed with lubricant and closed. The lubricant both helps control the temperature of the die and it also assists in the removal of the casting. Molten metal is then shot into the die under high pressure; between 10—175 MPa (1,500—25,000 psi). Once the die is filled the pressure is maintained until the casting has solidified. Finally, the die is opened and the shot (shots are different from castings because there can be multiple cavities in a die, yielding multiple castings per shot) is ejected by the ejector pins. Finally, the scrap, which includes the gate, runners, sprues and flash, must be separated from the casting(s). This is often done using a special trim die in a power press or hydraulic press. An older method is separating by hand or by sawing, which case grinding may be necessary to smooth the scrap marks. A less labor-intensive method is to tumble shots if gates are thin and easily broken; separation of gates from finished parts must follow. This scrap is recycled by remelting it.Approximately 15% of the metal used is wasted or lost due to a variety of factors.

The high-pressure injection leads to a quick fill of the die, which is required so the entire cavity fills before any part of the casting solidifies. In this way, discontinuities are avoided even if the shape requires difficult-to-fill thin sections. This creates the problem of air entrapment, because when the mold is filled quickly there is little time for the air to escape. This problem is minimized by including vents along the parting lines, however, even in a highly refined process there will still be some porosity in the center of the casting.

Most die casters perform other secondary operations to produce features not readily castable, such as tapping a hole, polishing, plating, buffing, or painting.

Pore-free casting processWhen no porosity is required for a casting then the pore-free casting process is used. It is identical to the standard process except oxygen is injected into the die before each shot. This causes small dispersed oxides to form when the molten metal fills the dies, which virtually eliminates gas porosity. An added advantage to this is greater strength. These castings can still be heat treated and welded. This process can be performed on aluminum, zinc, and lead alloys.

Heated-manifold direct-injection die castingHeated-manifold direct-injection die casting, also known as direct-injection die casting or runnerless die casting, is a zinc die casting process where molten zinc is forced through a heated manifold and then through heated mini-nozzles, which lead into the molding cavity. This process has the advantages of lower cost per part, through the reduction of scrap (by the elimination of sprues, gates and runners) and energy conservation, and better surface quality through slower cooling cycles.

Stainless Steel Casting

October 22nd, 2008

Abstract: Stainless steel castings are usually classified as either corrosion-resistant castings or heat-resistant. The usual distinction between heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant cast steels is based on carbon content.Cast stainless steels are most often specified on the basis of composition using the designation system of the High Alloy Product Group of the Steel Founders Society of America (the Alloy Casting Institute).

Stainless steels are a class of chromium-containing steels widely used for their corrosion resistance in aqueous environments and for service at elevated temperatures. Stainless steels are distinguished from other steels by the enhanced corrosion and oxidation resistance created by chromium additions. Chromium imparts passivity of ferrous alloys when present in amounts of more than about 11% particularly if conditions are strongly oxidizing. Consequently, steels with more than 10 or 12% Cr are sometimes defined as stainless steels.

Stainless steel castings are usually classified as either corrosion-resistant castings or heat-resistant. However this line of demarcation in terms of application is not always distinct, particularly for steel castings used in the range from 450 to 650oC. The usual distinction between heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant cast steels is based on carbon content.

In general, the cast and wrought stainless steels possess equivalent resistance to corrosive media and they are frequently used in conjunction with each other. One significant difference between the cast and wrought stainless steels is in the microstructure of cast austenitic stainless steels. There is usually small amount of ferrite present in austenitic stainless steel castings, in contrast to the single-phase austenitic structure of the wrought alloys.

The presence of ferrite in the castings is desirable for facilitating weld repair, but ferrite also increases resistance to stress-corrosion cracking. The principal reasons for this resistance are apparently:
Silicon added for fluidity gives added benefit from the standpoint of stress-corrosion cracking.
Sand castings are usually tumbled or sandblasted to remove molding sand and scale, this
probably tends to put the surface in compression

Wrought and cast stainless steels may also differ in mechanical properties, magnetic properties, and chemical content. Because of the possible existence of large dendritic grains, intergranular phases, and alloy segregation, typical mechanical properties of cast stainless steels may vary more and generally are inferior to those of any wrought structure.

Cast stainless steels are most of ten specified on the basis of composition using the designation system of the High Alloy Product Group of the Steel Founders Society of America (the Alloy Casting Institute). The first letter of the designation indicates whether the alloy is intended primarily for liquid corrosion service (C) or high temperature service (H). The second letter denotes the nominal chromium-nickel type of the alloy. As nickel content increases, the second letter of the designation is changed from A to Z. The numeral or numerals following the first two letters indicate maximum carbon content (percentage x 100) of the alloy. Finally, if further alloying elements are present, these are indicated by the addition of one or more letters as a suffix.

Corrosion-Resistant Steel Castings. These steel castings for liquid corrosion service are often classified on the basis of composition, although it should be recognized that classification by composition often involves microstructural distinction.

Alloys are grouped as:
Chromium steels
Chromium-nickel steels, in which chromium is the predominant alloying element
Nickel-chromium steels, in which nickel is the predominant alloying element.
The service ability of cast corrosion-resistant steels depends greatly on the absence of carbon, and especially precipitated carbides, in the alloy microstructure. Therefore, cast corrosion resistant alloys are generally low in carbon (usually lower than 0,20% and sometimes lower than 0,03%).

All cast corrosion-resistant steels contain more than 11% chromium, and most contain from 1 to 30% nickel (a few have less than 1% Ni).

In general, the addition of nickel to iron-chromium alloys improves ductility and imparts strength. An increase in nickel content increases resistance to corrosion by neutral chloride solutions and weakly oxidizing acids.

The addition of molybdenum increases resistance to pitting attack by chloride solutions. It also extends the range of passivity in solutions of low oxidizing characteristics.

The addition of copper to duplex (ferrite in austenite) nickel-chromium alloys produces alloys that can be precipitation hardened to higher strength and hardness. The addition of copper to single-phase austenitic alloys greatly improves their resistance to corrosion by sulfuric acid. In all iron-chromium-nickel stainless alloys, resistance to corrosion by environments that cause intergranular attack can be improved by lowering the carbon content.

Compositions of Heat-Resistant Steel Castings. Castings are classified as heat resistant if they are capable of sustained operation while exposed, either continuously or intermittently, to operating temperatures that result in metal temperatures in excess of 650oC. Heat-resistant steel castings resemble high-alloy corrosion-resistant steels except for their higher carbon content, which imparts greater strength at elevated temperature.

The three principal categories of this type cast steels, based on composition are:
Iron-chromium alloys
Iron-chromium-nickel alloys
Iron-nickel-chromium alloys
In the cast stainless steels structures may be austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, or ferric-austenitic (duplex). The structure of a particular grade is primarily determined by composition. Chromium, molybdenum, and silicon promote the formation of ferrite (magnetic), while carbon, nickel, nitrogen, and manganese favor the formation of austenite (non-magnetic).

Chromium (a ferrite and martensite promoter), nickel, and carbon (austenite promoters) are particularly important in determining microstructure. In general, straight chromium grades of high-alloy cast steel are either martensitic or ferritic, the chromium-nickel grades are either duplex or austenitic, and the nickel-chromium steels are fully austenitic.

Cast austenitic alloys usually have from 5 to 20% ferrite distributed in discontinuous pools throughout the matrix, the percent of ferrite depending on the nickel, chromium, and carbon contents. The presence of ferrite in austenite may be beneficial or detrimental, depending on the application.

Ferrite can be beneficial in terms of weldability because fully austenitic stainless steels are susceptible to a weldability problem known as hot cracking, or microfissuring. The intergranular cracking occurs in the weld deposit and/or in the weld heat-affected zone and can be avoided if the composition of the filler metal is controlled to produce about 4% ferrite in the austenitic weld deposit. Duplex CF grade alloy castings are immune to this problem.

The presence of ferrite in duplex CF alloys improves the resistance to stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) and generally to intergranular attack. In the case of SCC, the presence of ferrite pools in the austenite matrix is thought to block or make more difficult the propagation of cracks. In the case of intergranular corrosion, ferrite is helpful in sensitized castings because it promotes the preferential precipitation of carbides in the ferrite phase rather than at the austenite grain boundaries, where they would increase susceptibility to intergranular attack.

The presence of ferrite also places additional grain boundaries in the austenite matrix, and there is evidence that intergranular attack is arrested at austenite-ferrite boundaries. It is important to note, however, that not all studies have shown ferrite to be unconditionally beneficial to the general corrosion resistance of cast stainless steels. Some solutions attack the austenite phase in heat-treated alloys, whereas others attack the ferrite.

Ferrite can be detrimental in some applications. One concern may be the reduced toughness from ferrite, although this is not a major concern, given the extremely high toughness of the austenite matrix. A much greater concern is for applications that require exposure to elevated temperatures, usually 315oC and higher, where the metallurgical changes associated with the ferrite can be severe and detrimental. In application requiring that these steels be heated in the range from 425 to 650oC, carbide precipitation occurs at the edges of the ferrite pools in preference to the austenite grain boundaries.

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Do you know about the Steel Casting ?

October 20th, 2008

Steel casting is a manufacturing process in which molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to solidify within the mold, and then the mold is broken and the solid piece is taken out. Casting is used for making parts of complex shape that would be difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods.

In other words, it is a specialized form of casting involving various types of steel. Steel castings are used when cast irons cannot deliver enough strength or shock resistance.

Examples of items that are steel castings include: hydroelectric turbine wheels, forging presses, gears, railroad car frames, valve bodies, pump casings, mining machinery, marine equipment, and engine casings.

Steel castings are categorized into two general groups: carbons steel and alloy steel.They are especially adapted for parts that must withstand wear, shocks or heavy loads. They are stronger than wrought iron, cast iron or malleable iron and are very tough.

Types of Casting
1.Plain Carbon steel Castings
2.High Alloy Steel Castings
3.Manganese Steel Castings
4.Hi Chrome Castings
5.Ni-Hard Castings
6.SG Iron Castings
7.Stainless steel Castings
8.Heat Resistant Cast Steel

Heat treatmentHigh alloy Steel castings can be heat treated to bring about:
1.the diffusion of carbon or alloying elements,
2.softening,
3.hardening,
4.stress relieving,
5.toughening,
6.improved machinability,
7.increased wear resistance,
8.removal of hydrogen entrapped at the surface of the casting.
Granulators

aluminum castings

September 23rd, 2008

Find aluminum castings including aluminum alloy castings, aluminum casting services and more. Use the time-saving Request for Quote tool to submit your inquiry to all the aluminum casting manufacturers and suppliers you select.

Aluminum casting is a metal forming process in which molten aluminum metal is put under pressure and injected into a die. Aluminum die casts are lightweight alloys that have good corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, high thermal and electrical conductivity and strength at high temperatures. Aluminum alloys possess high dimensional stability for complex shapes and thin walls.

Aluminum casting is efficient and economical and offers a wide range of durable shapes and components. Little or no machining is required after a part is die cast, because the process provides very close tolerances for even complex shapes. Aluminum castings can also be easily plated or finished. Aluminum castings are dimensionally stable and heat resistant.

Aluminum castings are commonly used in the production of hardware and tools because of their great resistance to corrosion and high temperatures, as well as their conductivity. In addition, aluminum castings are used in applications requiring the production of intricate part features and components.