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Engine Blocks,
Cast Iron Industrial Machinery 40,000psi High Low* Low Low Forms can be made to cast any form desired.
and Equipment
Engine blocks, Forging Has a low shrink ratio, excellent dampening
Gray High Low Low Low
presses properties, and elasticity
Railcar wheels, Chilled cast iron is produced by rapidly cooling
Chilled Crushing rolls, stamping Low Low Low Low molten cast iron, making the surface very hard and
dies brittle
Structural Weldments (I-
Carbon beams, Angle Iron, C.S. comes in many grades that give it unique
79,800psi Medium** High Low High
Steel Channel), Automotive chemical properties and physical characteristics
Frames
Gears, Shafts, Axles, Responds well to heat treating, flame hardening and
1045 bar Medium High Low High
Bolts, Studs induction hardening
Bridges, Buildings, Structural quality carbon steel used in welded,
A36 plate General structural Medium High Low High bolted, or riveted construction of bridges and
applications buildings
* Cast iron can be successfully welded under carefully controlled conditions. The main problem with welding cast iron is that the cast and the
material being used to weld have different properties and will cool at different rates, causing separation.
** Carbon steel is readily machined but different grades and alloys give different machining results, for example you can buy lead impregnated
steel that machines very easily, but loses strength due to the mild properties of lead.
*** There is a process for thermally fusing plastics but it is not a common process that anyone could perform.