Technical Tips & White Papers
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For technical tips and a wide variety of other industry information that you may find helpful, please feel free to view the papers and presentations listed below. All documents on this page were written by experts on the staff of ASI International, Ltd.
Presentations
- Control of Slag and Insoluble Build-up in Melting Furnaces
- Foundry "X" reduces casting scrap from slag
and dross by 65% and saves over $500,000 annually - Use of Fluxes in Ductile Iron Melting, Holding and Pouring
By David C. Williams - Method to Improve Inoculant Efficiency
By R. L. (Rod) Naro - Improving Inoculation in Thin Section Ductile Iron Castings
By Marc King - Metallurgical Challenges in Today's Ferrous Foundries
By David C. Williams - Typical Case History using REDUX EF40L
Furnace & Ladle Articles - Tips on Reducing Slag Build-up
- Managing Coreless Induction Furnace Slag Build-Up( FM&T Ideabook 2024 )
(1312 kb) - Global Impact of Redux Fluxes to Reduce Slag Build-Up( FM&T Databook 2021 )
(878 kb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #1
(1.3 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #2
(727 kb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #3
(874 kb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #4
(722 kb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #5
(1.9 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #6
(1.1 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #7
(707 kb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #8
(1.6 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #9
(798 kb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #10
(775 kb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #11
(108 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #12
(1 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #13
(1.4 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #14
(1.1 mb) - Redux EF40L fluxes Case Study #15
(1.2 mb) - Economic Consequences of Insoluble Buildup on Coreless Melting Efficiency (Simple Solutions That Work! September, 2018)
(570 Kb) - Economic Consequences of Insoluble Buildup on Coreless Melting Efficiency (Long Version)
(799 Kb) - Coreless Furnace Fluxing Benefits for Ferrous Foundries (Simple Solutions That Work! April, 2017)
(1.4mb) - More Efficent Melting Using Mild Steel Fluxes (FM&T Metalcasting Idea Book 2017)
(2mb) - Mechanism and Reduction of Insoluble Slag or Dross for Cleaner Metal (Simple Solutions That Work! Sept, 2016)
(606 kb) - Improving Furnace Capacity in Ferrous Foundries
(196 kb)
Metallurgical Tips - technical papers dealing with reducing inoculation costs and improving metal structure
- New, Improved Method to Resuscitate Faded Ductile Iron (Simple Solutions That Work! April, 2019)
(1.8 Mb) - Why Custom Blended Gray and Ductile Iron Additives Outperform Traditional Inoculants (Simple Solutions That Work! April, 2018)
(3.81 Mb) - Custom-Blended Additives Outperform Traditional Inoculants (Reprinted by permission of Penton Media, Inc.)
(8mb) - Improved inoculation in today's iron foundries
(2mb) - Reduce ductile Iron processing costs through the use of Nodu-Bloc Iron Magnesium
(0.1mb) - Case histories of using NoduBloc as a cost saving replacement/supplement for magnesium ferrosilicon alloys
(30 kb) - A simplified method for manufacturing compacted graphite iron - using Resulf 30 to de-nodulize and convert ductile iron to compacted graphite iron
(580kb) - Reduce inoculation costs and chill in gray iron castings by using Inocu-Bloc tablets
(0.25mb) - Independent case study from Elkem detailing the successful substitution of NoduBloc for MgFeSi in ladle treatments of ductile iron
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Refractory Tips - articles on improving melting efficiency and extending refractory life
- Effect of Scrap Quality on Coreless Induction Melting Time and Efficiency ( FM&T Databook 2022 )
(1.5mb) - Refractory Expert joins staff of ASI International, Ltd.
(26kb) - Reduce Electrical costs and Improve Furnace Efficiency ( FM&T Databook 2009 )
(0.5mb) - Using Redux CF40 to improve cupola melting efficiency
(44kb) - Using Redux EF40LP fluxes to keep ladles clean and lengthen refractory life ( FM&T Databook 2007 )
(0.2mb) - Eliminate inductor clogging and extend the working life of channel holding furnaces
(0.5mb) - Northeast Ohio AFS Powerpoint presentation from September 2006 on various case histories of using Redux EF40L fluxes to extend refractory life and improve furnace efficiency
(0.5mb) - AFS Powerpoint presentation from April 2006 on successful case studies of using Redux EF40L fluxes in combating channel furnace buildup
(0.5mb) - Ductile Iron Society paper on using Redux EF40 fluxes to combat buildup in ladles, coreless, channel, and pressure pour furnaces, and fisher converters (7 case histories reviewed)
(0.2kb) - Mechanism and control of buildup phenomenon in channel induction and pressure pouring furnaces
(0.4mb) - Successful use of Redux EF40L in treatment ladle buildup from ductile iron - case study by Beijers Sweden and ASI International, Ltd.
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Casting Defects - reducing and eliminating casting defects associated with using phenolic urethane binders
- Elimination of Sub-Surface Pinhole Porosity Defects in Alloy Steels By Ferroselenium Additions (Simple Solutions That Work! September, 2019)
(822 Kb) - Use of Newly Designed Sodium-based Fluxes to Eliminate Casting Slag Defects and Inclusions
(147kb) - Improving Furnace Capacity in Ferrous Foundries
(179kb) - Battling the elusive lustrous carbon defect - article condensed from from Modern Castings Magazine, May 2003
(1.4mb) - Reducing lustrous carbon defect surface wrinkling, laminations and pockmarks from PUN binders
(4.84mb) - Sub-surface gas porosity defects – cause and prevention
(0.8mb) - The Sand Controversy - Does Core Sand Harm Your Green Sand?
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