SFSA: Electronic Publications


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Supplement 2 - Summary of Standard Specifications for Steel Castings
s2.pdf
(552kB)
Booklet of data sheet charts listing standard specifications for more than 100 designated classes of steel castings. Revised 1999
Supplement 3 - Dimensional Tolerances
s3.pdf
(680kB)
Booklet with illustrations and tables of data providing guides to the computation of tolerances for steel casting dimensions. Revised 2003
Supplement 4 - Drafting Practices for Castings
s4.pdf
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Booklet with illustrations to assist the draftsman in communicating all information necessary for the patternmaker and the foundrymen in the successful production of castings. Revised 1985
Supplement 6 - Repair Welding and Fabrication Welding of Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Castings
s6.pdf
(6,111kB)
Booklet comprising authoritative manual on proven welding procedures, trade names of welding electrodes, properties of welds deposited according to American Welding Society classifications, etc., resulting from a research project conducted by Case Western Reserve University and sponsored by SFSA. Revised 1985
Supplement 7 - Welding of High Alloy Castings
s7.pdf
(725kB)
This supplement provides welding information and procedures for heat resistant and corrosion resistant cast steel alloys. Revised 2004
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Supplement 8 - High Alloy Data Sheets - Corrosion Series
s8.pdf
(1,351kB)
This supplement provides descriptions, heat treatment information, application information, design and service considerations, fabrication information and designations for corrosion resistant cast steel alloys. Revised 2004
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Supplement 9 - High Alloy Data Sheets - Heat Series
s9.pdf
(1,095kB)
This supplement provides descriptions, heat treatment information, application information, design and service considerations, fabrication information and designations for heat resistant cast steel alloys. Revised 2004
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Supplement 10 - A Glossary of Foundry Terms
s10.pdf
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This supplement was developed as a glossary of terms used in the Steel Castings Handbook - Fifth Edition published by Steel Founders' Society of America. It is not, therefore, intended to be an inclusive glossary of all foundry terms. Supplement 10, however, is useful on its own as a reference piece regardless of the Steel Castings Handbook and thus has been published as such. Revised 1985
Supplement 11 - Hardenability and Heat Treatment
s11.pdf
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A booklet showing step-by-step the process for determining the hardenability of a steel casting. The method of making needed calculations has been simplified by using tables rather than curves, and examples are given to show how these tables should be used. Computation of the ideal critical diameter, the end quench curve, and hardness traverse, and the percent of martensite present in various depths in a section of a steel casting requires only addition and interpolation from tables. Revised 1985
SFSA Project A95

Corrosion, Toughness, Weldability and Metallurgical Evaluation of Cast Duplex Stainless Steels

This report contains results of research performed under SFSA Project A95 at the University of Tennessee, and is available both as a .pdf file and as browsable web pages.
This paper was presented by Dr. Carl Lundin at the Stainless Steel World conference and is made available here with their permission. Their website is at www.stainless-steel-world.net.

a95-1.pdf
(5,127kB)
Complete report.
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Complete report split into web pages.

Test Coupons and Casting Properties
tc.pdf
(952kB)
Information gathered from several publications on the relationship between the properties of test coupons and the properties of castings.
Raw Materials Specifications
These specifications are out of print and are only available here. The visual quality of some of these documents may vary, but the information contained in them is believed to be accurate.

10-61.pdf(139kB)Gelatinized Cereal Binder
11-72.pdf(80kB)Zircon Sand and Flour
12-61.pdf(81kB)Washed and Dried Sand
13T-86.pdf(154kB)Western Bentonite
14-61.pdf(74kB)Crude Sand
15-81.pdf(71kB)Forsterite and/or Olivine Aggregate and Flour
16T-67.pdf(59kB)Chromite Sand and Flour
20-66.pdf(792kB)Cast Steel Abrasives
21-68.pdf(506kB)Malleable Iron Abrasives
30T-65.pdf(133kB)Moldable Exothermic Pad Materials
31T-65.pdf(148kB)Exothermic Materials for Molded Exothermic Sleeves
40T-78.pdf
(49kB)
Steel Castings for Controlled Quality Level, - General Industrial Steel Casting Grades for Valves - Visual Surface Inspection and Scheduled Radiographic Inspection
41T-81.pdf(96kB)Preformed Exothermic and Insulating Sleeves

Steel Casting Advantages
This 15 minute video is a good introduction to the steel casting process.

This video was produced by SFSA and the American Metalcasting Consortium, with funding provided by the American Metalcasting Consortium, which is sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency, Attn: DLSC-PRT, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6221

Limited numbers of VHS copies of this video are available from SFSA for military or educational users free of charge.

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Casting for a Career
This 11 minute video shows the many exciting opportunities available in a career in the metalcasting industry.

This video was produced by the Foundry Educational Foundation

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