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A Design Study in Ductile Iron - Dotson Company Pivot Frame

Option A -- Hub Down 

In Option A, the heavy section hub is positioned low in the drag section of the mold in the mold and the riser (which also acts as a pouring inlet) is over the frame, which sits high in the cope section of the mold.

This design leaves the heavy hub section isolated and remote from the riser. This works against directional solidification and may produce shrinkage porosity in the hub.

The "hub down"  is not a good approach for producing the desired directional solidification. 
Go back and select another approach.


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Last Modified:September, 2005 by STG

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