Our Quality:

Over the years, Friends Foundry has earned a reputation for their high standards of quality by working to CSAZ299.3 and ASME quality programs. They are now pursuing the ISO 9002 quality program to further enhance Friends Foundry’s ability to produce outstanding quality castings

In addition, both in-house expertise and select outsources are utilized for Non-Destructive Examination. These include radiography, ultrasonic inspection, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant testing, and theodolite dimensional verification.
Through it all, Outstanding quality castings strives for complete customer satisfaction at every phase of the process.

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Quality Standards:

GREY IRON : to BS EN 1561 : 1997

Equivalents

Equivalents

Grade

Minimum Tensile Strength
N/mm2
Maximum Tensile Strength
N/mm2
Typical Hardness
HB 10/300
(usual range)
BS 1452
1990
N/mm2

BS 1452
1961

EN-GJL-150

150

250 150-183 180 12
EN-GJL-200 200 300 159-194 220

14

EN-GJL-250 250 350 180-222 250

17

EN-GJL-300 300 400 200-280 300

20

 

Alloy / Common Name Specification Class Tensile Strength (min)
ASTM A48 20 20
ASTM A48 25 25
ASTM A48 30 30

 

15 580 132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ductile Iron Castings:

Specification

Type

Tensile (ksi) / Yield (ksi) / Elongation (%)

ASTM A536

60 – 40 – 18

60 / 40 / 18

ASTM A536

65 – 45 – 12

65 / 45 / 12

 

ASTM  A 536 DUCTILE IRON CASTINGS
Tensile Requirements

Grade
60/40/18

Grade
65/45/12
Grade
80/55/06
Grade
100/70/03

Grade
120/90/02

Tensile strength, min, psi

60 000

65 000 80 000 100 000

120 000

Tensile strength, min, MPa

414

448 552 689

827

Yield strength, min, psi

40 000

45 000 55 000 70 000

90 000

Yield strength, min, MPa

276

310 379 483

621

Elongation in 2 in. or 50 mm, min, %

18

12 6.0 3.0

2.0

Tensile Requirements for Special Applications

Grade
60/42/10

Grade
70/50/05

Grade
80/60/03

Tensile strength, min, psi

60 000 70 000 80 000
Tensile strength, min, MPa

415

485

555

Yield strength, min, psi

42 000

50 000

60 000

Yield strength, min, MPa

290

345

415

Elongation in 2 in. or 50 mm, min, %

10 5

3

 

10 580180

 

JAPAN SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE IRON CASTINGS
JIS G 5502-1995

Mechanical properties of separately cast test sample

Symbol of grade

Tensile strength N/mm2

Yield strength N/mm2

Elongation
%

(Information reference)

350 min.

Hardness HB

Matrix structure

FCD 350-22

220 min.

22 min.

150 max.

Ferrite

FCD 350-22L

FCD 400-18

400 min. 250 min. 18 min. 130 to 180

FCD 400-18L

FCD 400-15

15 min.

FCD 450-10

450 min.

280 min.

10 min.

140 to 210

FCD 500-7

500 min.

320 min.

7 min.

150 to 230

Ferrite + pearlite

FCD 600-3

600 min.

370 min.

3 min.

170 to 270

Pearlite + ferrite

FCD 700-2 700 min. 420 min. 2 min. 180 to 300

Pearlite

FCD 800-2 800 min. 480 min. 200 to 330

Pearlite or tempered structure