The year 2020 proved to be an unforgettable year for the wrong reasons: the outbreak of one of the deadliest pandemics, COVID-19, or more popularly, the Novel Coronavirus, sealed the world for close to a year. And I am brimming with hope and confidence as I write this blog and as we enter the new… Continue reading Goodbye 2020. Let’s forge a new future.
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Mini Guide: Choosing Ductile Iron Manufacturer – Part 2
We’ll continue from where we left in the previous blog. So what are the advantages and benefits of ductile iron? The ductile iron has a number of advantages that exhibit a myriad of industrial applications as well as for the end-customers. Ductile iron castings are much durable in comparison with of regular cast iron. The… Continue reading Mini Guide: Choosing Ductile Iron Manufacturer – Part 2
Mini Guide: Ductile Iron Casting Basics – Part 1
Ductile Iron, also called ductile cast iron or spheroidal graphite iron, is a cast iron type typically rich in graphite content. Ductile iron exhibits greater fatigue resistance due to its nodular structure. The application of ductile iron is diverse, including automobiles and water lines. Therefore, ductile iron is very popular among industrial manufacturers. Before we… Continue reading Mini Guide: Ductile Iron Casting Basics – Part 1
How do Iron Castings Improve Product Quality? – Part 2
casting process has existed since time immemorial, yet this question has popped up occasionally. At VR Foundries, we do have the same questions
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How to choose suitable Ductile Cast Iron material grades?
Ductile cast iron or SG iron material has different grades that vary according to the regional standards. If you take the US for example, the common material standard for SG iron is ASTM A536. Here the mechanical properties are 0-40-18 (tensile strength 414 Mpa, yield strength 276 Mpa, elongation 18%). So, you need to ensure… Continue reading How to choose suitable Ductile Cast Iron material grades?
How to Choose the Right Cast Iron for Your Project?
We have already seen a few blogs on choosing Cast Iron. This blog will serve as a primer on this topic. Before we go further into it, we list several characteristics that help differentiate cast iron from other metals, such as cast steel, including carbon content, castability, melting point and capability, ease of machining or… Continue reading How to Choose the Right Cast Iron for Your Project?
Three quick ways to distinguish between Cast Iron & Cast Steel
Steel and iron are often interchanged as a result of confusion over their definition and applications. However, when it boils down to the characteristics and chemical composition of the two, there are some noticeable differences. Any quality alloy cast iron manufacturer would tell you that both cast steel as well as cast iron is used… Continue reading Three quick ways to distinguish between Cast Iron & Cast Steel