ductile iron
   To Promote the production and application of ductile iron castings Issue 2, 2004   

 

FEF Seeks Equipment

The following is a list of equipment that our FEF Accredited Schools are in need of. If you can help, please contact the Key Professor directly. Click here for suggested policies for donating equipment.

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Schools’ Equipment Needs List – 3/04

1. Cal Poly Pomona—non- destructive testing-any type/rapid prototyping/small investment casting press/sand testing-moisture, compactability scale/snap flasks & jackets (12"x12", 12"x18")

2. Cal State Chico—induction furnace/investment casting equipment

3. Central Washington—50 lb/min. Resin-bond Continuous mixer (Carver – Maxi-Mul. MM-50 SA)/Small 10-20# crucible – Swing type Induction Pedestal only/Heat treat-temper ovens, gas or electric

4. Kent State—investment casting/sand testing

5. Kettering—2nd jolt squeeze machine

6. Missouri Rolla—new induction furnace/sand testing equip/better investment capability

7. Mississippi State—rapid prototyping/small induction furnace/green strength & permeability testers/small jolt-squeeze molding machine/green strength and permeability determinators, plus a set of screens with a shaker

8. Mohawk College—x-ray spectrometer

9. Ohio State—high speed resin-bonded mold mixer and blower system

10. Penn State—small vibratory tumbler for finishing castings/1000 lb copper base alloy ingots/metallographic, image analysis system

11. Purdue Indianapolis—AFS Solids or Magmasoft/slightly larger furnaces

12. Tennessee Tech—complete sand lab and metal lab

13. Texas State—image scanning/macroscopic inspection/more appropriate shell mold system

14. Western Michigan—100-150 KW induction furnace/nondestructive testing/Magma Flux

15. Windsor—automated hardness tester

16. Wisconsin Milwaukee—ultrasonic equip to characterize castings

17. Wisconsin Platteville—sand blowing system to move new sand to hopper/jolt squeeze machine/mold rollers/image analysis/spectrometer/flasks/ Al XXL pouring jackets

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