TB Wood’s ISO 9001 registered foundry and machining operations can produce parts that are 5 to 10,000 pounds per cast part. But that’s not all.
Testing and control of metal and molding sand is essential to the quality and performance of commercial castings. Here at TB Wood’s, our quality control procedures (including CMM, gage calibration, and solidification modeling), and our proven delivery system enable us to satisfy most casting requirements quickly and efficiently, on-time and on-budget.
In other words, you can count on our engineers and technicians to utilize solidification modeling and sand and metallurgical testing procedures to ensure your castings meet stringent quality standards.
Testing and control of molding sand is essential to the production of quality gray and ductile iron castings. TB Wood’s engineers and technicians utilize the following tests and procedures to meet our stringent quality standards:
- Green Strength
- Methylene Blue
- Compactability
- Moisture
- Grain Fineness
- Permeability
- Automatic Bond Determinator
- Computerized SPC
TBW tests for the following characteristics on NO-BAKE sand:
- LOI
- Tensile
- pH
- Sieve Analysis (GFN)
- Acid Demand Value
- Moisture
- Spectrometer
- Computerized SPC
- Hardness Testing
- Microstructure Analysis
- In-house Testing of Mechanical Properties