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Infrastructure

Pig Iron Plant :

Pouring _Photo

Mini Blast Furnace (MBF) :
Mini Blast Furnaces : 250 cubic meter – 2 nos.
Capacity of liquid metal production : 240,000 tons per year
Pig Casting Machine : 2 nos.
Capacity : 76 MT per hour  
Spectro lab: Analysis of 18 elements in 60 seconds.


Power Generation :

Turbine Generators : 2 nos.
Capacity : 7 MW
Diesel Power Plant with capacity : 19 MW

Foundry Plant :

Melting :
ABB Make Holding / Melting Furnaces : 3 crucibles & 2 controls
Capacity : 30 tons holding capacity, each.
ABB make Press Pour Furnace with 7 tons holding capacity

Moulding_Photo

Mould Shop :
George Fischer makes high pressure moulding machine and auto mould handling system.
Type of moulding machine : Air Impact Plus
Speed : 70 moulds per hour
Box Size : 1250 X 900 X 400 / 400 mm.
Core setting mechanisms : 2 nos.
Sand Plant with capacity of 110 tons per hour with mold ability controller.

Core Shop :
Cold Box Core Shooters :
   Core Shooter capacity : 40 liters
    Number of core shooters : 20 nos.
Shell Core Shooters :
    Capacity : 40 liters, 20 liters and 15 liters
    Number of core shooters : 10 nos.

Casting cleaning :
George Fischer designed Special Purpose Shot Blast machine
Hanger type shot blast machine

Quality :
ARL Spectrometer
Chemical laboratory
Sand laboratory
Brinnel Hardness Tester
Universal testing machine
Casting sectioning machine
Microscope with photo & CCTV attachment

Pig Iron :
The specifications of the various grades of Pig Iron produced at KFIL are as follows

PIG IRON GRADES Carbon (%) Silicon (%) Manganese (%) Sulphur (%) Phosphorous (%)
Foundry Grade 3.80 – 4.20
3.80 – 4.20
3.80 – 4.20
2.00 – 2.50
1.80 – 1.99
1.51 – 1.79
0 50 – 0.90
0.50 – 0.90
0.50 – 0.90
0.06 Max
.06 Max
0.06 Max
0.09 Max
0.09 Max
0.09 Max
Basic Grade
3.80 – 4.20
3.80 – 4.20
3.80 – 4.20
< 1.00
1.00–1.25
1.26 – 1.50
0.40 – 0.80
0.40 – 0.80
0.40 – 0.80
0.08 Max
0.08 Max
0.80 Max
0.09 Max
0.09 Max
0.09 Max
S.G. Grade
3.80 – 4.20 1.50 – 2.10 0.30 Max 0.03 Max 0.08 Max

Foundry :
Grade Specifications :

India Standard IS 210-78 British Standard
BS: 1452-98
Japanese Standard
JIS: G-5501-89
German Standard
DIN: 1691-85
USA
Standard
ASTM 48-83
ISO
Standard
ISO: 185-88
FG200
180
FC 200
GG – 20
30A
200
FG220
220
FC 250
GG – 25
35A
250
FG260
260

GG – 30
40A
300
FG300
300
FC 300
GG – 30
45A
300

Other Quality parameters :

Wall Thickness : 3.5 mm (minimum)
Machining allowance : As per requirement. Tolerance +/- 0.50 mm
Surface finish : Between SN-9, 25-S & SN-9, 35-S of JIS: JIS B 0659
Weight variation : +/- 2.0% of specified weight
Microstructure : Uniform, fine, densely striated Pearlitic structure with Type “A”
Graphite upto 98% and ferrite 2%

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