Aitor Loizaga
“The optimization of foundry processess needs of a global vision of the process, where hundreds of correlated parameters affect the end result and the overall efficiency. However, any improvement process should be targeted by specific improvement objectives.”
Iron Foundry Technologies
The Iron Casting team develops #new materials, #control systems, technologies and processes that allow the manufacture of components with #enhanced properties and more #efficient industrial manufacturing processes. To this end, aspects such as: #metallurgical quality, #yield improvement, #savings in costs and raw materials, manufacturing technologies and #4.0 Industry or the #lead time of production and the feasability of new designs.
COLDMOLD – Accelerated cooling of large components
Manufacturing processes COLDMOLD® Accelerated cooling for large castings. Speed up your production process up to
Application of Thermal Analysis to the metallurgical control of the casting process
Through these lines we will discuss the various functionalities of the thermal analysis tool Thermolan®
Effect of cobalt on the mechanical properties of high silicon spheroidal graphite castings
In order to optimize the mechanical properties of spheroidal graphite cast iron, different alloying elements
AZTERLAN at GIFA 2023
LIVE THE EXPERIENCE AT GIFA 2023 The AI driven IMMERSIVE FOUNDRY Meet us at Hall
Successive steps of growth of compacted graphite in cast irons
Holding during 8 hours a melt prepared for casting SGI leads to fading of the
Is Thermal Analysis Able to Provide Carbon and Silicon Contents of Cast Irons?
The determination of silicon and carbon contents by thermal analysis is based on the recording
Guideline to improve machinability in ductile iron casting
open resource GUIDELINES FOR MACHINABILITY IMPROVEMENT IN DUCTILE IRON A helpful resource to address machnability
A Smart Digital Twin to Stabilize Return Sand Temperature without Using Coolers
In order to ensure the optimal state of recovered molding sand inside a foundry, it
Influence of the Holding Time in the Heating/Pouring Unit on the Metallurgical Quality of Spheroidal Graphite Iron
The final metallurgical quality of a ductile iron is determined by the components of the
New ductile cast iron digital grades for automotive components
This research paper demonstrate that new cast iron grade materials can be developed aided by
Evolution of the manufacturing control and quality prediction system through thermal analysis
A common issue in foundry process is that with the same or very similar chemical
The effect of the substitution of Silicon by Aluminum on the properties of lamellar graphite iron
In cast iron, silicon and aluminum are elements that promote graphite precipitation and strengthen the