Ductile Treatment with Wire

Plant Overview

• Gray Iron/Ductile Iron
• Machining Capability
• Casting weights from 50 lbs. to 200,000 lbs.
• Daily pour capacity up to 420,000 lbs.
• Melt Dept. includes 5 VCF's
• Two (2) Wire Treatment Stations
• 125 T Overhead Crane Capacity

Melt Deck

Plant Overview Cont'd

• Full Metallurgical Lab
• Magma Simulation
• Charpy Impact Testing
• Air Set Molding:  Largest flask size is 144" x 264".
• Pit molding available
• Multiple Cores and Capabilities
• Markets Served include:
  • Wind Energy
  • Locomotive Frames
  • Forging Dies
  • Pumps

Products

Wire Treatment

• Two Treatment Stations
• Nodulizing with 9mm wire, varying between one or two wires.
• Treatment capacity between 6,000 and 65,000 lbs. per treatment.
• Two stations offer flexibility.
• Wire contains elemental Mg
• Recovery is typically 40% at 0.015% base iron sulfur.
• Better recovery in small ladles.
• Have successfully treated 0.025% sulfur iron.
• Can treat less than ladle capacity.
• Generally treat 6000 lbs. minimum.
• Have use wire for 7 years.

Treatment Room

Wire Coils

Control Panel

Treatment

Treatment

Inoculation

• Wire inoculation is performed in same containment room as nodulizing.
• 13mm wire used for inoculation.
• In Mold Inoculation also performed.

Reasons for Using Wire

• Previously treated in an open/sandwich ladle.
• Wire offered a more consistent treatment.
• Wire offered a more environmentally acceptable treatment.

Information

• Mike Doskocil, Casting Service, LaPort, Ill 219-362-1000 x 217
• mdoskocil@castingservice.com

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