Malleable Iron Property Casting Quality

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Qingdao Casting Quality Industrial Co., Ltd.

Malleable Iron Property.


Malleable Cast Iron is the traditional material for manufacturing pipe fittings whose characteristics make it as
ideal choice. It is an iron-carbon alloy which combines the outstanding properties of cast iron and steel to
produce a material which can still be cast but has improved strength and ductility. It also allows the produc-
tion of complex shapes combined with a thin wall section.

In its cast state it is very hard and brittle and unsuitable for most engi-
neering applications. A controlled heat treatment process (annealing) is
applied to the cast material which changes the structure and reduces the
carbon content. The resulting microstructure gives a material which is
less hard, no longer brittle and now has good malleable and ductile prop-
erties while retaining a sufficiently high strength.

Types
There are two distinct types of malleable cast iron which are dependent
mainly on the annealing method used. Their names result from the differ-
ent visual appearances at the fracture surfaces: Whiteheart malleable
iron and Blackheart malleable iron.
Blackheart malleable iron is usually annealed in an inert atmosphere (protective gas or vacuum) and has a
uniform microstructure. The higher carbon content is everly distributed throughout the structure.

Material grade and properties:


Within the material types, a number of different grades are possible. The grades are defined by:

Material type: blackheart and whiteheart

Minimum tensile strength (MPa)

Percentage elongation of a standard test piece.

Materials compare:

Tensile
Yield Strength Elongation
strength Hardness
Standard Grade
(HB)
(MPa) (%)
(MPa)
KTH300-6 300 - 6
GB 9440-
KTH330-8 330 - 8 150
88
KTH350-10 350 200 10 Professional Supplier of Casting Parts In China

NBR FMP-30006 300 - 6


149
6590 FMP-35012 350 200 12

EN-GJMB-300-6 300 - 6 150


EN1562
EN-GJMB-350-10 350 200 10 150

B30-06 300 - 6
ISO 5922
B32-12 320 190 12 150
BS 6681
B35-06 350 200 10

DIN 1692 GTS-35-10 350 200 10 150


ASTM A197 275 200 5(50mm) -

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