Ashland Inc. is a diversified, global chemical company that provides quality products, services and solutions to customers in more than 100 countries. A FORTUNE 500 company, Ashland operates through four divisions: Ashland Performance Materials, Ashland Distribution, Valvoline and Ashland Water Technologies.

Ashland Casting Solutions, a business group of Ashland Performance Materials, is a leader in supplying products, processes, services and technologies to the global metal casting marketplace. Long known for our casting consumable products, Ashland Casting Solutions continually strives to expand both our knowledge of metal casting and our product offering to serve our customers throughout the entire casting process. Ashland ’s patented EXACTCAST® riser sleeve exemplifies this commitment.

Introduced in 1997, the EXACTCAST riser sleeve technology led the way to improved performance through dimensionally accurate, more consistent, fiber-free riser sleeves. These features helped to maximize accurate placement of the sleeves in the mold and the effectiveness of the metal that is poured into molds. This technology also resulted in new sleeve designs and new methods for making thin wall casting, allowing metal casters to realize significant productivity gains in the casting process.

Over the past ten years Ashland Casting Solutions has continually updated the EXACTCAST riser sleeve technology to meet our customers’ needs, especially in the Ductile Iron foundries. EXACTCAST “EXF” series riser sleeves were designed specifically for ductile iron foundries to eliminate “Fish-Eye” defects.  The use of this technology also helps reduce aluminum pick up and the potential for microstructure degradation within the metal.  EXACTCAST mini-riser sleeves not only provide the higher strengths required to withstand high pressure molding, but also result in yield and process advantages. For more information, contact Dana Cooper at 614-790-4945 or Ronald Aufderheide at 614-790-4337.