Iranian Company Developing Innovative Casting Methods
“The company’s main field of activity is the use of modern casting methods,” Seyed Mehdi Sadeqi, a board member of the knowledge-based ‘Vira’ company, told ANA.
He referred to the advanced casting methods, including the Lawson method, and said, “These modern methods can have better efficiency than traditional methods. The use of these technologies mechanizes the production process, which reduces the need for human labor and increases the quality of products. Also, waste is significantly reduced.”
“One of the great advantages of these modern methods is the mechanization of the process, which directly increases productivity and reduces costs. Also, these methods produce less waste, and for this reason, the final quality of the products is higher,” Sadeqi said.
In a relevant development in June, Iranian experts at the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research of Tehran broke the monopoly of making the large copper casting wheel production, which was previously in the hands of two German and French companies.
“The research and technology center for processing special metal materials of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research of Tehran was able to make the casting wheel by obtaining technical know-how and all necessary approvals,” said Nader Al-e Ebrahim, the supervisor of the research and technology center for processing special metal materials of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research of Tehran.
Noting that the two German companies of KME and the French Lebronze had managed to register the copper-chromium-zirconium alloys used in the form of copper crystallizer under the names ELBRODUR and CRM16E respectively, in their name, he said, “The Iranian researchers succeeded in producing a large copper casting wheel for continuous metal casting and broke this monopoly.”
“This center has acquired the technical know-how to make all the master alloys needed to make this product, which was previously imported, so not only the process of making the large copper casting wheel for continuous metal casting, but also all its raw materials are made in this center. Copper-chromium-zirconium alloy is a composite material that is used to make copper casting wheel parts,” Al-e Ebrahim said.
“This alloy is a combination of copper, chromium and zirconium and has unique features like resistance to oxidation,” he added.
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