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Lost Foam Cast Grey Iron wheel in China

Fly foundry supplies lost foam cast grey iron wheel in China for many years. 

Grey cast iron, also called as gray cast iron, is a kind of iron specifications used to cast different machinery components.  Different to ductile iron castings, lost foam cast grey iron castings are with lower strength, lower plasticity, higher brittleness and good weakening shake properties. So, lost foam cast grey iron castings are widely used to produce productswith lower strength requirements, but with high requirements on stress, such as wheels, valve, pump body, seating housing, etc. 

Production Technics for Cast Grey Iron Wheel

In Fly foundry, cast grey iron wheels are made in lost foam casting process and sand casting process. For grey iron wheels with higher surface and accurancy requirements, we choose lost foam casting technics to produce them for customers. It's a kind of investment casting in China. For simple and low quality requirements products, we use sand casting to produce the grey iron wheels. It saves costs for customers. Production technics is determined by customers or based on our proposal. 

Material Specification for Lost Foam Cast Grey Iron Wheel

Grey iron grade 200(HT200), grade 250(HT250) and grade 300(HT300) are the commonly used grey iron for casting in Fly foundry. Choosing of cast grey iron grades is based on quality requirement on specific wheels. Production costs differ little between each grade.  

Application of Lost Foam Cast Grey Iron Wheel

These cast grey iron wheels made by lost foam casting process are widely used in the transmission system, such as elevators, trucks, material handling equipments, etc. 

Fly foundry quotes and produce such lost foam cast grey iron wheels according to drawings or samples from customers. If your have such RFQ's, please contact us. We will offer you our best prices and services.