• The Andoria-Mot foundry produces mostly castings made of GG 20 and GG 25 cast iron;
• The metallurgical process of producing grey cast iron is based on the duplex method (pig iron melted first in a cupola furnace, and subsequently in an induction furnace);
• Spheroidal graphite iron and special cast iron are processed using PIT 1000 and PIT 2000 crucible induction furnaces;
• Casting mould preparation is a manual process based around an automatic Heinrich Wagner Sinto moulding line;
• Cores are produced using the Hot Box and Cold Box methods;
• The patterns for casting are made of wood, resin and metal; castings can also be produced using models supplied by the customer;
• The foundry also offers heat treatment of the castings using stress relief annealing.

The foundry has:

• moulding and core material laboratory;
• quantometric laboratory for analysing the chemical composition of cast iron and the charge materials;
• chemical, strength and metallographic laboratories;
• mould forms for light castings produced by Gisag – dimensions of the moulding boxes: 500 x 450 x (160/160) mm;
• mould forms for medium-sized castings, compatible with a sand-slinger – dimensions of the moulding boxes: 100 x 800 x (250/350) mm;
• HWS moulding line with a capacity of 40 moulds per hour – dimensions of the moulding boxes: 1050 x 800 x 320 mm.

The foundry specialises in the production of castings for the automotive industry, e.g. cylinders, blocks and cylinder heads, flywheels, collectors, toothed gears, flywheel casings, water and oil pump casings, etc.

The plant also offers castings not related to the automotive industry, weighing up to 250 kg.

The foundry holds an integrated environmental permit with a 10 year validity period, beginning 1 May 2007.
 

 

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