Prices of Shell Mold Casting of Ductile Cast Iron

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Characteristics of Ductile Iron Castings

• Fluidity and line shrinkage of ductile iron are very close to those of gray cast iron
• The tendency of volume shrinkage and internal stress formation is greater than that of gray cast iron, which is prone to shrinkage and cracks
• The strength, plasticity, and elastic modulus of ductile iron are larger than those of gray cast iron, with good abrasion resistance
• Shock absorption is worse than gray cast iron
• Generally designed to be uniform wall thickness, and try thick section should be avoid if possible
• For certain thick and large section castings, hollow structure or structure with reinforced ribs should be adopted

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Prices of Shell Mold Casting of Ductile Cast Iron Detail:

China OEM custom spheroidal graphite cast iron part by shell mold casting products with CNC machining, heat treatment and surface treatment.

Mechanical Properties of Ductile (Nodular) Cast Iron
Item according to DIN EN 1563	Measure Unit	EN-GJS-350-22-LT	EN-GJS-400-18-LT	EN-GJS-400-18	EN-GJS-500-7	EN-GJS-600-3	EN-GJS-700-2	EN-GJS-800-2
Item according to DIN EN 1563	Measure Unit	EN-JS 1015	EN-JS 1025	EN-JS 1020	EN-JS 1050	EN-JS 1060	EN-JS 1070	EN-JS 1080
Tensile Strength	Rm min.MPA	350	400	400	500	600	700	800
2% Yield Strength	Rp0.2 min.MPA	220	240	250	320	370	420 2)	480 2)
Elongation	A %	22,0	18,0	18,0	7,0	3,0	2,0	2,0
Hardness	HB	110-150	120-160	140-190	170-220	200-250	230-280	250-330
Structures		mainly ferritic	mainly ferritic	mainly ferritic	ferritic + pearlite	ferritic + pearlite	mainly pearlite	all pearlite
Shear Stress	σaB MPa	315	360	360	450	540	630	720
Torsion	TtB MPa	315	360	360	450	540	630	720
Modules of elasticity	E GPa	170	170	170	175	175	175	175
Poisson number	v –	0,280	0,280	0,280	0,280	0,280	0,280	0,280
Compressive Strength	σdB MPa	–	700	700	800	870	1000	1150
Frature Toughness	Klc MPa ·√m	31	30	30	25	20	15	14
Density	g/cm3	7,1	7,1	7,1	7,1	7,2	7,2	7,2

Shell molding casting process is also called pre-coated resin sand casting process, hot shell molding castings or core casting process. The main molding material is the pre-coated phenolic resin sand, which is more expensive than green sand and furan resin sand. Moreover, this sand can not be recycle used.

Furan resin self-hardening sand casting process (nobake process) uses the furan resin coated sand to form the casting mold. After mixing the original sand (or reclaimed sand), liquid furan resin and liquid catalyst evenly, and filling them into the core box (or sand box), and then tighten it to harden into a mold or mold in the core box (or sand box) at room temperature. Then the casting mould or casting core were formed, which is called self-hardening cold-core box molding (core), or self-hardening method (core).

Because the mold is formed at room temperature and no need to heat, the self-hardening sand casting is also called no-bake casting process. The self-hardening method can be divided into acid-catalyzed furan resin and phenolic resin sand self-hardening method, urethane resin sand self-hardening method and phenolic monoester self-hardening method.

As a self-hardening cold box binder sand, furan resin sand is the earliest and currently most widely used synthetic binder sand in Chinese foundry. The amount of resin added in molding sand is generally 0.7% to 1.0%, and the amount of added resin in core sand is generally 0.9% to 1.1%. The content of free aldehyde in furan resin is below 0.3%, and some factories have dropped to below 0.1%. In the foundries in China, the furan resin self-hardening sand has reached the international level regardless of the production process and the surface quality of the castings.

Ductile cast iron, which is also called nodular cast iron, spheriodal graphite cast iron or just SG iron for short, represent a group of cast iron. Nodular cast iron obtains nodular graphite through spheroidization and inoculation treatment, which effectively improves the mechanical properties of the cast iron, especially the plasticity and toughness, so as to obtain higher strength than carbon steel.

Ductile iron castings have better shock absorption performance than carbon steel, while carbon steel castings have much better weldability. And to some extent, the ductile iorn castings could have some performances of resistanting wear and rust. So the ductile iron casting could be used for some pump housings or water supply systems. However, we still need to make precautions for protecting them from wearing and rust.

Ductile iron is not a single material but is part of a group of materials which can be produced to have a wide range of properties through control of the microstructure. The common defining characteristic of this group of materials is the shape of the graphite. In ductile irons, the graphite is in the form of nodules rather than flakes as it is in grey iron. The sharp shape of the flakes of graphite create stress concentration points within the metal matrix and the rounded shape of the nodules less so, thus inhibiting the creation of cracks and providing the enhanced ductility that gives the alloy its name. So generally speaking, if the ductile iron could meet your requirements, the ductile iron could be your first choice, instead of carbon steel for your castings.

Resin Coated Sand Casting Metal and Alloys
Metal & Alloys	Popular Grade
Gray Cast Iron	GG10~GG40; GJL-100 ~ GJL-350;
Ductile (Nodular) Cast Iron	GGG40 ~ GGG80; GJS-400-18, GJS-40-15, GJS-450-10, GJS-500-7, GJS-600-3, GJS-700-2, GJS-800-2
Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI)	EN-GJS-800-8, EN-GJS-1000-5, EN-GJS-1200-2
Carbon Steel	C20, C25, C30, C45
Alloy Steel	20Mn, 45Mn, ZG20Cr, 40Cr, 20Mn5, 16CrMo4, 42CrMo, 40CrV, 20CrNiMo, GCr15, 9Mn2V
Stainless Steel	Ferritic Stainless Steel, Martensitic Stainless Steel, Austenitic Stainless Steel, Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steel, Duplex Stainless Steel
Aluminium Alloys	ASTM A356, ASTM A413, ASTM A360
Brass / Copper-based Alloys	C21000, C23000, C27000, C34500, C37710, C86500, C87600, C87400, C87800, C52100, C51100
Standard: ASTM, SAE, AISI, GOST, DIN, EN, ISO, and GB

The Advantages of Furan Resin Coated Sand Self-hardening Molding Casting:
1) Improve the dimensional accuracy of castings and the surface roughness.
2) The hardening of the mold (core) sand does not require drying, which can save energy, and inexpensive wood or plastic core boxes and templates can also be used.
3) Self-hardnening molding sand is easy to compact and collapse, easy to clean up castings, and old sand can be recycled and reused, which greatly reduces the labor intensity of core making, modeling, sand falling, cleaning and other links, and it is easy to realize mechanization or automation.
4) The mass fraction of resin in sand is only 0.8%~2.0%, and the comprehensive cost of raw materials is low.

Because the self-hardening method has many of the above-mentioned unique advantages, the self-hardening method is not only used for core making, but also used for casting moulding. It is especially suitable for single piece and small batch production, and can produce cast iron, cast steel and non-ferrous alloy castings. Some Chinese foundries have completely replaced clay dry sand molds, cement sand molds, and partially replaced water glass sand molds.