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Advanced Cast Products: Ductile Iron Specs-ASTM 897,ASTM A536,SAE J434
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ADI GRADE 1 ADI GRADE 2 ADI GRADE 3 ADI GRADE 4
ADI and Ductile Iron Specifications ADI and Its Advantages

The Austempering Process
ADI Specifications Machining
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Unnotched Hadness
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Minimum Minimum Minimum Charpy HBW
Tensile Yield Elongation Impact (3000kg Facilities/Capabilities
Grade (ksi) (ksi) % (ft-lb)* load) B.I.D. ADI & Ductile Iron Specs
110-70- About Us
110 70 11 80 241-302 3.5-3.9
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130-90- Home
130 90 9 75 269-341 3.3-37
09
150-110- 3.15-
150 110 7 60 302-375
07 3.5
175-125-
175 125 4 45 341-444 2.9-3.3
04
200-155-
200 155 2 25 388-477 2.8-3.1
02
230-185- 2.7-
230 185 1 15 402-512
01 3.05
*Four Charpy specimens are tested at 22 +/- 4°C.

The average of the highest three is reported.
ASTM 897-06 / ASTM 897M-06 Mechanical Property Requirements

Typical
Unnotched Hadness
Minimum Minimum Minimum Charpy HBW
Tensile Yield Elongation Impact (3000kg
Grade (MPa) (MPa) % (Joules) load) B.I.D.
750-500-
750 500 11 110 241-302 3.5-3.9
11
900-650-
900 650 9 100 269-341 3.3-37
09
1050-750- 3.15-
1050 750 7 80 302-375
07 3.5
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Advanced Cast Products: Ductile Iron Specs-ASTM 897,ASTM A536,SAE J434
1200-850-
1200 850 4 60 341-444 2.9-3.3
04
1400-
1400 1100 2 35 388-477 2.8-3.1
1100-02
1600- 2.7-
1600 1300 1 15 402-512
1300-01 3.05
Ductile Iron Specifications

ASTM A536-84
Min. Tensile Min. Yield %

Grade psi psi Elongation Heat Treatment
May require a full

60-40-18 60,000 40,000 18
anneal
65-45-12 65,000 45,000 12 N/A

80-55-06 80,000 55,000 6 N/A
100-70-
100,000 70,000 3 Usually normalized
03
SAE J434
Grade Brinell Hardness Number of Casting Heat Treatment
D-4018 170 Max. May be annealed

D-4512 156-217 N/A
D-5506 187-255 N/A
D-7003 241-302 May be normalized
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Advanced Cast Products: Advantages of Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI)
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ADI and Its Advantages ADI and Its Advantages

What is Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI)? Machining
Austempered ductile iron (ADI) is ductile cast iron, heat-treated using a Value Added Services
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tightly controlled process that produces a unique microstructure. ADI is
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available in six ASTM standard grades, covering a wide range of strength ADI & Ductile Iron Specs
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and hardness characteristics.
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Advantages of Austempered Ductile Iron:
ADI provides high strength, good fatigue properties, superior wear
qualities, excellent toughness, and cost-effectiveness.
Tensile and Yield Strength:
ADI's tensile and yield strengths are at least twice those of standard ductile
irons.
Fatigue Strength:
ADI's fatigue strength is typically 50% higher
than that of standard ductile irons. It can be
further increased by shot peening or fillet
rolling. The lower hardness grades of ADI
work well in structural applications.
Toughness:
ADI's excellent impact and fracture-toughness
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properties make it ideal for applications such
as ground-engaging tools.
Wear Characteristics:
The higher hardness grades of ADI are
excellent for wear applications. Unlike case-hardened materials, typically
the ADI is uniformly hardened throughout the part. Also, ADI work-hardens
when stressed. This produces a thin surface of very hard martensite where
wear resistance is most needed.
Cost-effectiveness:
ADI is usually 15% to 20% less costly than steel forgings or castings. It is
the most economical way of obtaining tensile, yield, or fatigue strength. ADI
often competes favorably with heat-treated and alloy steels for heavy-duty
applications where reliabilty is crucial. It is a useful upgrade from standard
grades of ductile iron. In some cases it replaces manganese steel and
nickel-chrome iron. Because of ADI's high strength-to-weight ratio, it has
even replaced aluminum where the design allows reduced section sizes.
Properties of ADI Compared to Steel:
ADI is much easier to cast than steel
ADI is approximately 9% lighter than steel
ADI has minimal draft requirements compared with steel
forgings
ADI loses less of its toughness than steel at sub-zero

temperatures
ADI work hardens when stressed
ADI has more damping capacity than steel

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SALT
The Austempering Process ADI and Its Advantages

Austempered ductile iron is produced by heat-treating cast ductile iron Machining
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to which small amounts of nickel, molybdenum, or copper have been
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added to improve hardenability. Specific properties are determined by the Facilities/Capabilities
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careful choice of heat treating parameters. Austempering involves the
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rejected into the austenite. The resulting microstructure of acicular ferrite
in carbon-enriched austenite is called ausferrite. Even though austenite in
austempered ductile iron is thermodynamically stable, it can undergo strain-
induced transformation to martensite when locally stressed. The result is
islands of hard martensite that enhance wear properties.
Advanced Cast Products uses salt baths for austenitizing, quenching, and
austempering in order to achieve close dimensional control. Times and
temperatures are tightly controlled throughout the entire process.
Steps in the ACP Austenitizing Process
1. Heat castings in a molten salt
bath to austenitizing
temperature.
2. Hold at austenitizing
temperature to dissolve carbon
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in austenite.
3. Quench quickly to avoid
pearlite.
4. Hold at austempering
temperature in molten salt bath for isothermal transformation
to ausferrite.
Consistent control of times and temperatures throughout the entire process
1. Initial austenitizing times and
temperatures (1550° to 1700°
F.) are controlled to ensure
formation of fine grain
austenite and uniform carbon
content in the matrix. The
precise temperature is grade
dependant.
2. Quench time must be
controlled within a few
seconds, to avoid formation of
pearlite around the carbon nodules, which would reduce
mechanical properties. Quench temperatures (450° to 750°
F.) must stay above the point of martensite formation
(except for ASTM A 897 Grade 5).
3. In the austempering step which follows austenitizing, the
temperature of the final salt bath must also be closely

controlled. The austempering step is also precisely time-
controlled, to avoid over- or under-processing. By the end of
this step, the desired ADI ausferrite structure has developed.

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Machining ADI and Its Advantages

ACP's 15,000-square-foot machining facility features fourteen state-of- Machining
the-art CNC machining centers.
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We have developed superior expertise in machining
austempered ductile iron.
We can custom-build dedicated machines for high-volume
applications.
Examples of our machining facilities:
Double spindle lathe
This lathe, shown in the left-hand picture above, produces parts that are
turned on both sides in one operation. Live tooling allows drilling of bolt
hole patterns away from the center line of the part.
Vertical machining center
This machine, shown in the picture second from the left at the top of the
page, economically provides a larger work envelope than is available on
our horizontal machining centers.
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Advanced Cast Products: Machining Ductile Iron & Austempered Ductile Iron
Horizontal machining centers
We have nine horizontal machining centers like the one pictured second
from right, above, which permit machining of multiple sides of a part in one
operation.
Custom-built machines
This multiple spindle drilling machine shown in the right-hand picture above
produces a number of bolt holes in one operation.
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Advanced Cast Products: Machining, Assembly, Painting, Shot Peening
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PRESSING ASSEMBLY SPECIAL PAINT SHOT PEENED PART
Value Added Services ADI and Its Advantages

For many applications, Advanced Cast Products can complete the entire Machining
production process in house, as required - casting, machining,
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austempering, shot peening, protective coating, and assembling. This all Facilities/Capabilities
adds up to tighter quality control, lowered costs, and shorter lead times.
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Examples of ACP's value added processes:
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This assembly starts with a ductile iron casting
made by our state-of-the-art Disamatic molding
center. The fork is then machined and assembled in
house. Machine fixture techniques are applied to
achieve critical tolerances.

Transmission shifter fork
This 12 piece assembly starts with two machined
ductile iron castings and includes a composite insert
sleeve, forged bolt, spring, roller, locking nut, copper
holder and various screws and washers.
Truck door hinge assembly
ACP can provide powder coating, e-coating, zinc
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dichromate coating, cadmium coatings, galvanizing
and primer coat painting.
Custom-coated parts
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Advanced Cast Products: Design Support-Ductile Iron & ADI Castings
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CORNER SIMULATION MOLD FILL SHRINK POTENTIAL FILLET EFFECTS
Technical Support ADI and Its Advantages

ACP offers help to our customers who are designing new ductile iron Machining
parts, or are considering converting to castings from other manufacturing
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processes such as forging, metal fabrication, flame cutting, or powdered Facilities/Capabilities
metal.
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Examples of ACP technical support:
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ACP's know-how in casting design can help to minimize
weight, increase strength, or improve wear characteristics.
Some assemblies can be consolidated into single castings.
We have AutoCad capability for two-dimensional drawings.
With our Pro/Engineer program, we can translate IGES or
STEP files for three-dimensional modeling. We also use
Pro/Mechanica software for FEA stress analysis.
Our solidification and fluid flow analysis software predicts
possible design-related problems involving internal
soundness. These programs help us recommend design
modifications to improve casting quality, reduce costs, and
shorten the time between your initial order and full
production.
ACP has three full-time metallurgists. We offer support to
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Advanced Cast Products: Design Support-Ductile Iron & ADI Castings
design engineers on metallurgical issues such as material
selection. We have special expertise with conversions to
austempered ductile iron (ADI).
Our machining facility has extensive experience with the
unique requirements for machining austempered ductile iron.
We can assist in designing for optimal machining
performance with ADI.
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Advanced Cast Products: Facilities-Equipment-Capabilities
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Advanced Cast Products Meadville Plant
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New Molding line - fully operational after October 1, 2008
Metals Poured
Ductile Iron - All standard SAE and ASTM grades
Austempered ductile iron - ASTM A897A/A897M-06
Casting Weight Range
0.5-65 pounds
Molding Facilities
Disamatic Match 130 molding center (20 x 24 plates)
Disamatic 2110 molding center (16 x 20 plates), 7-ton
Autopour metal pouring system
Two Hunter HMP-10 Automatics (14 x 19 plates)
Two pallet line squeezers for low volume production
Two manual cope-and-drag molding lines
Melting Equipment
Three 12-ton Ajax coreless induction furnaces
Coremaking Facilities
Shell and cold box coremaking
Heat Treating Facilities
In-house austempering, plus annealing and normalizing
Machining Facilities
Multiple on-site Mori-Seki CNC machining centers, including single and
double spindle lathes, horizontal and vertical machining centers, drills,
custom built machines and assembly services
Assembly, Painting and Coating
We offer assembly services, primer painting, E-coating, powder coating,
chrome plating, galvanizing and shot peening.
Pattern Shop
New patterns are produced in-house and selected pattern

shops.
We have in-house pattern maintenance repair facilities and
full CAD capabilities.
ACP Plant
250,000 square feet
Quality Assurance
ISO/TS-16949 Certified, March 2008
Statistical quality control for melting, molding, sand control,
Brinell and scrap
Laboratory Facilities
Zeiss Prismo and Mitutoyo coordinate measuring machines
LECO GDS-400A spectrometer
320 KV radiography
Riehle and Tinius Olsen tensile testing machines
Nikon Epihot TME - the primary of several microscopes for
metallography
Shimazdu micro-hardness tester
Several Brinell machines
Miscellaneous ultrasonic, magnetic-particle and eddy-current
testing equipment

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Advanced Cast Products: Providing Reliable Ductile Iron Components
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Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to obtain reliable Machining
ductile iron components. We accomplish this by offering a blend of
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your design engineers with help to translate their concepts into the most Home
cost effective castings from a manufacturing standpoint. Computer
modeling is used to analyze stress concentrations and to simulate mold
filling and the effects of design changes.
We have consolidated several manufacturing processes under the same
roof in order to reduce your cost of freight and to bring together total
responsibility for quality which might otherwise be in split among the several
different companies.
Advanced Cast Products can provide you with most grades of standard
ductile iron and austempered ductile iron. ACP operates Disamatic, Hunter
automatic, Osborne manual and squeezer molding lines. In-house
austempering assures quality ADI parts. If you want completely finished
parts, we have a versatile machining facility which uses up-to-date CNC
machine tools. We also do assembly of parts and can provide components
in a variety of paints and coatings.
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Advanced Cast Products is a subsidiary of Neenah Foundry Company.
Neenah, a large foundry in Neenah, Wisconsin, has four subsidiary
foundries producing high and medium-volume gray and ductile iron
industrial and municipal castings. A fifth subsidiary manufactures industrial
forgings.
Neenah Foundry Company Family of Companies

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Cast Industries,
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Advanced Cast Products: Austempered Ductile Iron Castings (ADI)
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CASTING AUSTEMPERING MACHINING ASSEMBLY
ADI and Its Advantages

Your single source for ductile iron, austempered ductile
iron, finished, machined, painted, and assembled cast Machining
products. Value Added Services
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Advanced Cast Products is a ductile iron foundry with a programmed Facilities/Capabilities
Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) heat treating line, and an up-to-date CNC
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complete the entire production process in-house, including: casting,
machining, austempering, shot peening, protective coating, and
assembling. We also provide design engineering technical support. Our
primary markets are heavy truck, construction equipment, railroad and
mining parts.
Although we cast most grades of ductile iron, since 1983 one of our areas
of expertise has been Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI). ADI is a range of
heat treated ductile cast irons with high strength, excellent toughness, good
fatigue properties, and superior wear characteristics. If strength is a
consideration, ADI is one of the most cost-effective materials. Its tensile
and yield strengths are at least twice that of standard ductile irons, making
ADI a good replacement for structural steels, particularly forgings, and
materials that are used in wear applications.
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Description of the Austempering Process and the controls we use to
consistently exceed specification minimums.
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Information as to how Advanced Cast Products provides its customers with
machined parts, using state-of-the-art CNC machining centers. Learn how
our in-house machining services can save you time, money and
aggravation.
Examples of how our integrated facility can lower costs, shorten lead times
and tighten quality parameters by consolidating our customer's
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machining, austempering, shot peening, protective coating and assembly.
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Explains the tools used by our Product Design Engineering Group to assist
customers who are considering converting to castings from other
manufacturing processes. Example: from a forged steel part to a stronger,
more cost effective austempered ductile iron one.
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Summary of the minimum mechanical property requirements as specified
by ASTM and SAE for Austempered Ductile Iron Castings and for standard
grades of ductile irons, which we also produce.
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18700 Mill Street

ADI GRADE 1 ADI GRADE 2 ADI GRADE 3 ADI GRADE 4

ADI and Ductile Iron Specifications ADI and Its Advantages

*Four Charpy specimens are tested at 22 +/- 4°C.

ASTM 897-06 / ASTM 897M-06 Mechanical Property Requirements

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Ductile Iron Specifications

Min. Tensile Min. Yield %

May require a full

65-45-12 65,000 45,000 12 N/A

Grade Brinell Hardness Number of Casting Heat Treatment

D-4018 170 Max. May be annealed

D-7003 241-302 May be normalized

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FATIGUE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS IMPACT DATA YIELD STRENGTH

ADI and Its Advantages ADI and Its Advantages

ADI provides high strength, good fatigue properties, superior wear

qualities, excellent toughness, and cost-effectiveness.

Tensile and Yield Strength:

ADI's fatigue strength is typically 50% higher

than that of standard ductile irons. It can be

further increased by shot peening or fillet

rolling. The lower hardness grades of ADI

work well in structural applications.

ADI's excellent impact and fracture-toughness

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properties make it ideal for applications such

The higher hardness grades of ADI are

excellent for wear applications. Unlike case-hardened materials, typically

wear resistance is most needed.

applications where reliabilty is crucial. It is a useful upgrade from standard

grades of ductile iron. In some cases it replaces manganese steel and

nickel-chrome iron. Because of ADI's high strength-to-weight ratio, it has

Properties of ADI Compared to Steel:

ADI is much easier to cast than steel

ADI is approximately 9% lighter than steel

ADI has minimal draft requirements compared with steel

ADI loses less of its toughness than steel at sub-zero

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ADI work hardens when stressed

ADI has more damping capacity than steel

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PARAMETER INPUTS WAITING FOR ROBOT BASKETS IN MOLTEN BRINELL CHECK

The Austempering Process ADI and Its Advantages

in carbon-enriched austenite is called ausferrite. Even though austenite in

austempered ductile iron is thermodynamically stable, it can undergo strain-

induced transformation to martensite when locally stressed. The result is

islands of hard martensite that enhance wear properties.

austempering in order to achieve close dimensional control. Times and

temperatures are tightly controlled throughout the entire process.

Steps in the ACP Austenitizing Process

1. Heat castings in a molten salt

temperature to dissolve carbon

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3. Quench quickly to avoid

temperature in molten salt bath for isothermal transformation

Consistent control of times and temperatures throughout the entire process

1. Initial austenitizing times and

temperatures (1550° to 1700°