Why should pig iron be used in casting?
Not necessarily is iron, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper can be cast iron, is cheaper, and better properties of cast out, for example, is not easy to rust, high strength, easy processing and so on, and is the only iron iron cast out, it is not necessarily the raw pig iron, plus some other material
Popular name is called pig iron, in fact, is a kind of cast iron without treatment, after casting, in iron elements to add other elements to improve casting performanceIt mainly improves the fluidity, reduces the melting point and reduces the shrinkage.Usually pure iron and cast iron at the eutectic point (about 4.7% carbon content) can be used for castingThere are many kinds of cast iron, usually grey cast iron, ductile iron and vermicular graphite iron......
1, in the absence of special requirements, the most important thing is that the price is cheap.2, pig iron castings quenching process requirements are not high. You can do it by hand.3, pig iron casting hardness is very large, can meet many requirements.4, pig iron castings, high temperature resistance is relatively strong. Like stoves are pig iron castings.5, pig iron casting plasticity is very bad, but in some experiments, but use this weakness to improve the sensitivity of the experiment.Wait
Cast iron is generally called pig iron, but casting is not merely iron casting.For example, injection molding, die casting, and so on, in fact, cast iron, cast steel, cast aluminum, plastic and so on, can be used in the form of casting processing molding
