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WE ONLY USE HIGH QUALITY DUCTILE IRON IN OUR PRODUCTS
WHY DUCTILE IRON?
Ductile iron is a family of cast graphitic irons which possess high strength, ductility and resistance to shock. Annealed cast ductile iron can be bent, twisted or deformed without fracturing. Its strength, toughness and ductility duplicate many grades of steel and far exceed those of standard gray irons. Yet it possesses the advantages of design flexibility and low cost casting procedures similar to gray iron.The difference between ductile iron and gray iron is in the graphite
DUCTILE IRON IS NOT A SINGLE MATERIAL BUT IS PART OF A GROUP OF MATERIALS WHICH CAN BE PRODUCED TO HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PROPERTIES THROUGH CONTROL OF THE MICROSTRUCTURE.
The common defining characteristic of this group of materials is the shape (morphology) of the graphite. In ductile irons, the graphite is in the form of nodules rather than flakes (as in
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