• How Converting Weldments to Castings Can Improve Your Manufacturing Business

    A hot new trend has come to the manufacturing industry. Converting weldments to castings is one bandwagon manufacturers need to hop on. More manufacturing companies are producing whole ductile iron castings rather than filling their time with welding individual pieces together to create useful units for consumers. The casting process is packed with benefits for manufacturing companies and those industries they serve across the globe. These are just a few of the many benefits that…

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    ADI (Austempered Ductile Iron)

    ADI – Austempered Ductile Iron – what is it? Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) is a specialty heat treated material that takes advantage of the near-net shape technology and low cost manufacturability of ductile iron castings to make a high strength, low cost, and even excellent abrasion-resistant material. Cost Savings The material has become a viable replacement for costly forgings, steel weldments and assemblies. For producing ADI, it is all about having the right chemistry and…

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    Donsco’s Green Commitment: Upgrades Wrightsville Foundry Compressed Air System

    Donsco is always seeking ways to be green; one way is reducing our energy usage. Donsco recently replaced a 300 horsepower fixed speed, single stage compressor with a 55-300 horsepower variable speed drive (VSD) compressor. An intelligent flow control valve was also installed to buffer fluctuations between the air supply and plant air demand. Through the installation of an intelligent flow control valve, compressed air storage tanks are refilled in the most energy efficient manner…

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    Ductile Disa

    Donsco now offers ductile iron at its Wrightsville Foundry facility. The Wrightsville Foundry which operates two Disamatic 2013A molding machines pours several grades of ductile iron including 65-45-12, 80-55-06, 100-70-03 and many grades of ADI. The ability to pour ductile iron on our Disa lines could not have come at a better time due to a shortage of capacity situation in the ductile Disa market driven by the resurgence of the auto industry. This capacity…

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