Induction, resistance and gas furnaces
for aluminum alloys, steels and cast iron, copper and
magnesium ranging from a few grams to over one ton.
Melting under air, vacuum and protective atmospheres.
Mullers for green sand molds and mixers for no-bake sand
molds. This equipment enables us to cast most alloys
using various casting methods such as green sand,
no-bake sand, permanent mold, centrifugal, investment
and squeeze casting.
Activities
- Induction, resistance and gas melting and casting
of aluminum alloys
- Degassing aluminum (Foseco rotary system)
- Measuring gas content in aluminum
- Measuring metal cleanliness (Podfa-f)
- Induction melting and casting of copper-based
alloys
- Induction melting and casting of steels in air
- Induction melting and casting of steels under
protective gas
- Infra-red temperature measurements
- Real time measurement of carbon equivalent
(Electro-Nite)
- Melting and casting of magnesium alloys
- Recycling magnesium alloys
- Education - Undergraduate and Graduate
Areas of Specialization
- Evaluation of filter performance
- Measurement of cooling curves in sand and
permanent molds
- Heat transfer studies
- Melting of ferrous scrap for yield determination
- Recycling of type I and type II magnesium alloys
- Sample cutting, mechanical-chemical polishing of
castings
- Microstructure-processing studies
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