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 Alloys
An alloy is a combination of two or more elements, where the resulting material has metallic properties. Our iron and steel foundry is prepared to meet the casting needs of various industries, including power generation, valves, pumps, mining and material handling. The company is able to pour almost any steel alloy or iron, including carbon steel, low alloy high alloy, heat resistant steel, stainless steel and nickel-based steel and gray, ductile and abrasion resistant irons.
Engineering alloys include cast irons and steels, aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys, titanium alloys, nickel alloys, zinc alloys and copper alloys. For example, brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Alloys are usually less malleable and ductile than pure metals and tend to have lower melting points. They do, however, have other properties, which make them more useful than pure metals. Melting the different metals in the alloy together makes an alloy. The amounts of each metal used are usually quite important.
The ability to withstand a wide variety of severe operating conditions makes the alloys vitally important to all the modern industries requiring alloys in their daily production. Many metals and alloys have high densities and are used in applications, which require a high mass-to-volume ratio.
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