They are alloying additions in Granular form made to cast Iron in pouring or transfer ladles. They are available in common alloying elements such as Silicon, Manganese, Chromium, phosphorus.

Advantages:

• Convenient to use
• Efficient dissolution ensures maximum pickup

It is a metal generating antipiping compound, suitable for hot topping of Iron and Steel casting.

Advantages:

• Increases the temperature of the feeder metal in the risers thereby improving their efficiency
• Prevents chilling of small risers

They are coal dust substitutes in powder form. They are recommended for clay bonded moulding sand system as an additive. Some grades can also be used as break down agent in sodium silicate system.

Advantages:

• Low ash in the product eliminates accumulation of fines
• Reduces addition of new sand into the system
• Ensure better shakeout and good casting surface finish
• Convenient to use

It is a core joining compound supplied in paste form and is recommended for joining cold to cold surfaces. Available in various pack sizes.

Advantages:

• Easy method of repairing and joining cores/moulds
• Provides strong bond with moisture resistance
• Economical – reduces core/mould scrap

Various Grades available are:

1. An exothermic cum insulating ladle covering Compound for G-I, SG Iron & steel.
   

   Advantage:

   • Apart from providing exothermicity the blanket of burnt compound provides an insulating cover to the ladle
2. A highly exothermic-cum-insulating anti piping compound. It is recommended for SG Iron and Steel casting.
   

   Advantage:

   • Prevents premature chilling in riser
   • Efficient feeding and insulation ensures sound casting
3. An exothermic antipiping compound used for Cast Iron and Steel Casting
   

   Advantage:

   • Apart from providing exothermicity to the riser the blanket of burnt compound provides an insulating cover to the riser

A self setting Bentonite - Cereal replacement moulding sand additive which is recommended for production of medium or small steel / G.I. castings and a powder accelerator for self- setting Sodium Silicate sand system, recommended for all types of foundry grade silicate are available.

Advantages:

• Promotes uniform mould density, strength and hardness
• Enables get scab resistance
• Increases green compression strength
• Eliminates use of CO₂ gas
• Ensure uniform strength pick up
• Improved flowability of the sand helps very good dimensional reproduction of pattern

The specially developed highly effective complex inoculants are suitable for both grey & ductile cast iron with high dissolution ratio. Inoculants with selective composition give a good inoculation effect in a wide field of application. They are available in various sizes.

Advantages:

• Improves machanability, metallurgical & mechanical properties of castings
• Greater resistance of fading helps in uniform effective inoculation
• Reduces defect like porosity caused due to nitrogen

It is a highly reactive metal refining flux supplied in powder form. It is a degassing cum deoxidizing flux recommended for Grey Iron & Steel.

Advantages:

• Effective degassing, de-oxidation, scavenging action
• Helps improve the quality of Iron & Steel melt
• Helps to reduce porosity defects
• Increases the metal fluidity and help in sound castings
• Reduces skull formation in the ladle

It is a shell Mold Joining Compound supplied in paste form. It is recommended for joining Hot to Hot surfaces.

Advantages:

• Easy method of Joining Shell Mold
• Provides strong bond

It is a compound used for reduction of Phosphorus in steel melt. It is supplied in powder form.

Advantages:

• Efficiently and rapidly reduces the phosphorus content
• Help to get better quality ingots / billets

It is a high refractory paste for use in application for filling of parting line etc.

Advantages:

• Easy to apply
• High refractoriness of the paste helps providing good resistance to Metallostatic pressure

De-gassers are compounds that generate gas in the melt and this action of the gasses is more effective in flushing out dissolved gases from the melt. Various grades are available which can be used for Aluminium and Magnesium base alloys, copper and nickel base alloys etc. and generate chlorine, inert gas etc. Some de-gassers have a grain-refining effect as well. All grades available in tablet form.

Advantages:

• Remove hydrogen gas from melt
• Remove non-metallic inclusions
• Eliminate gas porosity and casting leakage under pressure
• Ensure homogeneous alloy with improved mechanical properties
• Improve mechanical properties and produce sound castings
• Convenient to use compared to powder degassers

Various grades of de-oxidizing tubes are available for copper, high conductivity copper and copper alloys. Available in various tube sizes to suit quantity of metal to be treated.

Advantages:

• Reduces metallic oxides and thus eliminates causes of porosity in the casting
• Increases Fluidity of the metal
• Improves mechanical properties considerably and assists in the production of clean, sound pressure tight castings
• Convenient to use

Various grades of grain refiners are available for magnesium alloys, aluminium alloys, hyper-eutactic Aluminium-silicate alloys (15-25 % Si) etc. Phosphorus based grain refiners are also available. They are offered in tablet form and are available in various sizes.

Advantages:

• Liberation of Titanium and Boron from the tablet gives good nucleating action and grain refinement
• Improve mechanical properties like workability & machinability of castings
• Self sinking property of tablet eliminates plunging

Various Grades available in this category are covers and protective fluxes for copper, high conductivity copper, copper base alloys, zinc, copper zinc alloys, nickel, nickel alloys, aluminium, aluminium alloys, phospher bronze etc.

This series of fluxes are recommended for the following applications:

• To control oxidation and hydrogen pick-up
• For easy removal of dross
• As a cleaning flux to remove non-metallics
• To modify the alloy by introducing sodium to improve micro-structure
• Acts as an exothermic flux
• For reclaiming swarf and turnings
• For the removal of oxide build-up

Various grades of grain refiners are available for magnesium alloys, aluminium alloys, hyper-eutactic Aluminium-silicate alloys (15-25 % Si) etc. Phosphorus based grain refiners are also available. They are offered in tablet form and are available in various sizes.

Advantages:

• Liberation of Titanium and Boron from the tablet gives good nucleating action and grain refinement
• Improve mechanical properties like workability & machinability of castings
• Self sinking property of tablet eliminates plunging