Steam Turbine Packing Head. Material: carbon steel GS-17 Cr Mo V5 11. Weight: 4.000 Kg.
Diffusor shaft. Material: carbon steel ASTM-A216 WCC, casted in segments. Weight: 65.000 Kg.
Capacity:
The foundry can produce over 15.000 ton per year of parts made of gray and nodular cast iron, besides alloyed cast steel or carbon steel of the most different especifications.
Maximum Size Casting by Voith:
Stainless carborn steel: from 500kg to 35 ton.
Nodular cast iron: from 200kg to 85 ton.
Gray cast iron: from 200kg to 85 ton.
Structure:
High technology equipment, several kinds of software and laboratories with modern facilities complement the resources that contribute to assure the quality standard that lead the Voith Foundry to international recognition. Among its main resources, the following can be highlighted:
Sand Regenaration System;
Melting and Pouring - five induction furnaces and one ASM (Argon Secondary Metallurgy) steel converter.
Quality Control:
Magmasoft - software of filling solidification, simulation and stress analysis
Chemical Analysis Laboratory - Espectrometry
Mechanical tests laboratories
Tridimensional Control Machines
Non-destructive tests
Optical emission spectrometry for material analysis.
Simulation of Francis Runner solidification made by MAGMASOFT.