Sustainable
Casting
CANMET-MTL's
Sustainable Casting Program is committed to increasing the competitiveness
of Canada's foundry industry - comprising some 340 small- to medium-sized
enterprises - and to improving its environmental performance. Facilities
include a wide range of melting and heat treatment furnaces, moulding
machines, and testing equipment. In addition, CANMET-MTL can conduct
on-site technical and energy audits, helping to fine tune such operations
as melting, moulding and quality control while cutting costs through
the reduction of energy requirements.
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Hamilton
Porcelains Limited and CANMET-MTL have engaged in co-operative
research on molten metal filtration since the early 1990s. The
technical data generated at CANMET-MTL have played a major role
in the company's marketing effort, allowing it to more than
double sales of its Flow-Rite foundry filters in just four years.
The filters eliminate dross and reduce inclusion levels in castings
of ductile iron, copper, aluminum and steel. Filtration improves
product quality and reduces scrap rates. |
The overall
program objectives are to:
- provide
technology to support the Canadian foundry industry;
- reduce the
environmental impact of foundry operations;
- identify
and develop more efficient and effective aluminum casting procedures
for the automotive industry.
CANMET-MTL
provides expertise in the following areas:
- permanent
mould casting
- gating and
risering design
- clean steel
technology
- evaporative
pattern casting
- vacuum pouring
- ductile
iron technology
- melting
energy and technical audits in foundries
- molten metal
filtration
- sand control
and recycling
We offer our
clients access to new casting technology and products to help them
meet environmental and health requirements. We can improve productivity
and competitiveness; make suggestions for reducing energy costs
and disposal costs through waste reduction and recycling; provide
on-site technical and energy audits; and assist with standards,
technical training, production know-how, and production control
procedures.
For further
information contact:
Mahi Sahoo
Telephone: (613) 992-5475
Fax: (613) 992-8735
E-mail: msahoo@nrcan.gc.ca
Research
Programs
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