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A Design Study in Austempered Ductile Iron

Drive Wheel for the Tracks
on a Compact Utility Loader

Design Study Outline
Introduction
Design for Performance
     Austempered Ductile Iron Considerations
     Alloy Grade Selection
     Radii and Fillets
Design for Production
     Molding Method
     Cores versus Machining

     Riser Design
 Machine and Heat Treat

Quality Assurance
Lessons Learned and Summary

Key Words = metal casting, austempered ductile iron, ADI, Smith Foundry, green sand

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Acknowledgment   --
The metalcasting design studies are a joint effort of the
American Foundry Society and the Steel Founders' Society of America.
Project funding was provided by the American Metalcasting Consortium Project, which
is sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency, Attn: DLSC-T, Ft. Belvoir, VA, 22060-6221
Copyright 2005  by the American Foundry Society.  All rights reserved.
Address Comments to: jss@afsinc.org. Last Modified:May, 2005 by STG		 In cooperation with
 Smith Foundry Co.