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5 August 2009

James Brand talks to Exec Digital Magazine

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20 April 2009

Hannover Messe 2009

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1 December 2008

New shape produced at UCB UK

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Oil and Gas Production

United Cast Bar supplies Unibar material into the oil and gas production sector for various applications:

Unibar is suitable for a wide range of metal forming applications; from Foundry Core Boxes, Rolls and Rollers for the paper and Float Glass industry through to Front End Segment Rollers for Continuous Casting Lines. Unibar ADI is the primary material suitable for these applications.

Unibar ADI is an Austempered Ductile Iron that offers a unique combination of toughness and wear resistance. Strengths of over 1500 MPa (216,000 psi) can be developed that are equal to that of high tensile steels, whilst retaining the beneficial properties of Unibar continuously cast iron, such as excellent machinability, vibration and noise damping capacity, 10% weight reduction and high wear resistance due to the self lubricating network of graphite.
Advantages over Steel:
  • Improved machinability
  • Extended tool life
  • 50% faster turning times
  • 25% faster grinding times
  • High wear resistance
  • Excellent noise and vibration damping
  • 10% weight reduction against Steel
  • Superb corrosion resistance
  • No stress relieving required
Advantages over Traditional Sand Castings:
  • Absence of porosity
  • Absence of shrinkage
  • Absence of sand inclusions

Design and Production
  • Elimination of costly patterns
  • Elimination of mismatch and cast dimensional problems
  • Availability from stock
  • Limited storage required
  • Versatility for varied design
  • Excellent noise and vibration damping
  • Elimination of burrs on internal machined faces