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Cast products such as excavator bucket teeth have to withstand significant mechanical stress. With its austenitic structure and unrivalled hardness, it is only natural that foundries turn to highly abrasion-resistant manganese steel for such products. 

The requirements

Excavator bucket teeth castings do not involve complex geometries, but they do impose complex requirements on foundries throughout the casting process.
Excavator bucket teeth are produced using the Cold-Box process and stack moulding techniques, which means that it is important to guarantee the optimum supply of carbon and nitrogen to allow the desired microstructure to form.

 

The challenges

The casting process creates strong odours and smoke, which can lead to odour nuisance both in the foundry and the surrounding area.

The solution

By using a silicate Cold-Box binder system from HA, emissions and odours can be reduced to a tolerable level and the forced closure of foundries averted.
The HA Cold-Box binder system contains silicate containing solvents and replaces hydrocarbons with Si compounds.

As a result, BTX emissions, smoke and odour emissions are substantially reduced during casting. And, due to its low C content, the sand used in the casting process has properties almost equal to those of new sand.

Would you like to learn more about our Cold-Box solutions?
Our Cold-Box team will be happy to assist you at any time.

Cast products such as excavator bucket teeth have to withstand significant mechanical stress. With its austenitic structure and unrivalled hardness, it is only natural that foundries turn to highly abrasion-resistant manganese steel for such products. 

The requirements

Excavator bucket teeth castings do not involve complex geometries, but they do impose complex requirements on foundries throughout the casting process.
Excavator bucket teeth are produced using the Cold-Box process and stack moulding techniques, which means that it is important to guarantee the optimum supply of carbon and nitrogen to allow the desired microstructure to form.

 

The challenges

The casting process creates strong odours and smoke, which can lead to odour nuisance both in the foundry and the surrounding area.

The solution

By using a silicate Cold-Box binder system from HA, emissions and odours can be reduced to a tolerable level and the forced closure of foundries averted.
The HA Cold-Box binder system contains silicate containing solvents and replaces hydrocarbons with Si compounds.

As a result, BTX emissions, smoke and odour emissions are substantially reduced during casting. And, due to its low C content, the sand used in the casting process has properties almost equal to those of new sand.

Would you like to learn more about our Cold-Box solutions?
Our Cold-Box team will be happy to assist you at any time.