Foundry Tools
Map your melt shop to the catalogue, find what fixes a melt problem, and convert the units on a spec sheet.
From Scrap to Shipped Ingot
Pick your plant type, adjust the stages you run, and get the catalogue items for each one. Add them to one quote list and we tailor the proposal to your process.
What Is Going Wrong in Your Melt?
Pick the symptom. You get the technical guide that explains it and the items that address it.
Gas porosity in castings
Read the guide
- Aluminum Degassing: Methods Compared and How to Check the Result
- Graphite Rotors for Aluminum Degassing: Selection, Service Life and Sourcing
Items that address it
Ask our team about this problemInclusions and oxide films
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- Ceramic Foam Filter for Aluminum: PPI, Priming and Filter Box Practice
- Aluminum Flux Guide: Cover, Cleaning, Drossing and Demagging
Items that address it
Ask our team about this problemToo much dross, high melt loss
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- How to Reduce Aluminum Dross in Melting and Holding Furnaces
- Aluminum Chip Recycling: Pretreatment, Melting and Real Yield
Items that address it
- HM-10Dross Skimming Arm
- HM-06Rotary Tilting Melting Furnace
- CO-06Fluxes and Demagging Agents
- HM-12Chip and Swarf Pretreatment Line
Coarse grain or poor Si modification
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Items that address it
Ask our team about this problemCrucibles cracking or wearing fast
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Items that address it
Ask our team about this problemRefractory wear, corundum, metal penetration
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Items that address it
Ask our team about this problemMelt temperature drifting
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- Molten Aluminum Thermocouple: Types, Tubes, Placement and Checks
- Aluminum Melting Furnace Types: Which One Fits Your Charge and Output
Items that address it
Ask our team about this problemMetal sticking to tools, molds or plunger
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- Boron Nitride Coating for Molten Aluminum: Where and How to Apply It
- Die Casting Plunger Tip: BeCu vs Steel, Wear, Lubrication and Safety
Items that address it
- CO-09Boron Nitride Coating
- CO-14Die Release Agents and Plunger Lubricants
- CO-15Ingot Mold Coating
- AC-03Beryllium Copper Plunger Tips
Foundry Unit Converter
Spec sheets come in °F, pounds and SCFH; plants run in °C, tonnes and Nm³/h. Type in any field and the rest update.
Normal conditions: Nm³ and NL at 0 °C and 1.01325 bar; SCF at 60 °F and 14.696 psia. Pressure is gauge or absolute as you enter it.