new developments at penticton foundry

New products

Trunnion Liner, a 5800 pound ASTM A532 CLIII Type A >650BHN fully machined casting made for a mine here in British Columbia. The mining customer had a shutdown situation and we provided the replacement part in record time. No one in western Canada or U.S. was able to quote the part except Penticton Foundry

Balanced Machined Impellers at >600BHN in ASTM A532 CLIII Type A. Large OEM customer was closing their foundry and machine shop and was looking for a supplier to provide turn key product. These are machined, heat treated, painted and balanced impellers in ASTM A532 CLIII A chrome white iron.

Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) gear segments used in the mining industry. These gear segments are used in rail tipping assemblies that empty entire rail cars of ore. The alloy use for the gears has a tensile strength of 150,000 PSI a yield strength of 100,000 PSI with 7% elongation. The gears are 100% X ray inspected. ADI is chosen for this tough application due to the strength of the alloy and the surface hardening effect on the gears. The top .0015” of the gear tooth will harden to nearly 600BHN when subjected to impact.

CADI feed chute liners. These liners are on a usage trial at a large Canadian copper mine. The purpose of the trial is to determine the castings ability to wear and absorb impact. The trials are ongoing but at this point the CADI has performed beyond our expectations.