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A Design Study in Ductile Iron

 Pivot Plate Frame for the Pouring Chute  on a Cement Mixer Truck

Design Study Outline
Introduction
Design for Performance
     Ductile Iron Alloy Grade Selection
     Finite Element Analysis 

Design for Production
     Molding Method
     Directional Solidification

     Core Design
Final Design and Pouring 

Quality Assurance
Lessons Learned and Summary

Key Words = metal casting, ductile iron, Dotson Company, green sand, A536

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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:September, 2005 by STG		 In cooperation with
 The Dotson Company.