Characterization of cast-iron gradient castings

Cast Iron Metallurgy

Cast iron (CI) is one of the oldest materials in commercial use. It has excellent compressive strength and is commonly used for structures that require this property, as well as for water and sewer lines. This article explains CI metallurgy and why the understanding of this metallurgy is key to understanding other ferrous materials and alloys. The composition of cast iron (CI) varies significan...

Effect of Melting Techniques on Ductile Iron Castings Properties

Ductile iron is one of the most important engineering materials, in view of its excellent castability, signifi cantly better mechanical properties and low cost [1, 2]. It represents the fastest growing segment of the iron market. In the medium term, it is to be expected that the market share of nodular iron will level off at 40 % to 45 % [3]. Achieving the full potential of ductile iron require...

The filtration of large grey and ductile iron castings

Filtration of mass produced automobile castings is widely and successful applied, less common and more difficult is the filtration of large castings heavier than 1.000 kg. The paper deals with the special problems of applying filtration to such castings including; filter selection, description of three special filtration gating system concepts, along with ten case studies are given.

Tribological Behavior of Reinforced and Unreinforced High Chromium Cast Iron

In this paper, the metal matrix composites containing 22 wt % Cr, 2.5 wt % C and 2 to 16  volume percent TiC were processed by solidifying Fe-Cr-Ti-C in which precipitation of titaniumcarbide and chromium carbide occurred. The microstructure and abrasion resistance of in-situ synthesized composites were compared with the unreinforced high chromium white cast iron (HCWCI) containing 22 w. t. % C...

Undercooling and nodule count in thin walled ductile iron castings