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100-70-03 Product Brief
100-70-03 Product Brief
100-70-03 is a pearlitic structure that maximizes strength and wear characteristics in a non-alloyed as-cast ductile iron.
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201 Type 1 Ni-Resist Product Brief
201 Type 1 Ni-Resist Product Brief
Dura-Bar 201 Type 1 Ni-Resist is suitable for corrosive environments in sour oil wells, salts, salt water acids, and alkalies.
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60-40-18 Product Brief
60-40-18 Product Brief
60-40-18 has the most ductility out of the ductile iron of Dura-Bar. Annealed Dura-Bar is NACE complicant.
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65-45-12 Product Brief
65-45-12 Product Brief
65-45-12 Ferritic Ductile Iron is the most machinable grade of Dura-Bar, providing excellent machinability and great surface finishes.
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65-45-12X Product Brief
65-45-12X Product Brief
65-45-12X is an all purpose grade of ductile iron that is an alternative to low-medium carbon steels for applications needing fatigue strength and ductility.
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80-55-06 Product Brief
80-55-06 Product Brief
80-55-06 provides higher wear resistance and strength when compared to a ferrite grade of ductile iron.
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80-55-06X Product Brief
80-55-06X Product Brief
80-55-06X tends to be a good fit in applications where considerations to wear resistance and surface finish are required.
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ABS Certificate
ABS Certificate
American Bureau of Shipping approved casting facility for gray and ductile iron castings
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Applications Guide
Applications Guide
The Dura-Bar Applications Guide contains information on: the benefits of Dura-Bar over steel, castings and aluminum, high pressure rating of 6,500psi, over 100 photos of parts made from Dura-Bar including example conversions, and mechanical property comparisons to steel.
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ASTM A48 Gray Iron Grades
ASTM A48 Gray Iron Grades
ASTM A48 is the most popular gray iron casting specification and classifies castings to various grades by their tensile strength.
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ASTM A536 Ductile Iron Grades
ASTM A536 Ductile Iron Grades
Several grades of Dura-Bar ductile iron conform to ASTM A536, and are excellent alternatives to low-medium carbon steel grades.
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Doubles Down on Oil & Gas
Doubles Down on Oil & Gas
Read all about Dura-Bar’s growth and expansion into oil & gas applications in the July 2018 edition of Gas Compression Magazine.
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Dura-Bar 65-45-12 vs 8620 Steel
Dura-Bar Density
Dura-Bar Density
Article with density calculations showing how the weight difference between Dura-Bar and steel can mean cost savings in shipping as well as weight reduction of the part itself.
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Dura-Bar Ductile Shear Strength
Dura-Bar Ductile Shear Strength
Ductile iron shear strength is a higher percentage of tensile than that of steel, which can be critical in specific applications. Compare mechanical properties of Dura-Bar to several grades of steel.
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Dura-Bar Ductile vs Carbon Steel
Dura-Bar Ductile vs Carbon Steel
Dura-Bar ductile iron has a number of cost saving advantages over low-medium carbon steels, including machinability and our Zero Defect Guarantee. Compare Dura-Bar ductile grades to 5 grades of carbon steel.
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Dura-Bar for Frac Pump Plunger
Dura-Bar for Frac Pump Plunger
Thousands of frac pump plungers made from Dura-Bar are currently in service. There are mechanical property and machining advantages resulting in a lower total cost over steel.
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Dura-Bar for Oil and Gas
Dura-Bar for Oil and Gas
Dura-Bar is an ideal alternative to steel for many oil and gas applications, providing machinability and coatability as just some of the advantages.
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Dura-Bar Gray Iron Grades
Dura-Bar Gray Iron Grades
Dura-Bar gray iron grades contain flake graphite in matrices ranging from pearlite to pearlite plus ferrite. Various mechanical properties including strength, heat treat response, machinability and vibration damping mean there are options for applications with very specific requirements.
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Dura-Bar Responds Well to Surface Treatments
Dura-Bar Responds Well to Surface Treatments
Dura-Bar can be coated like steel. There are several specific types of surface treatments that can be applied to Dura-Bar.
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Dura-Bar Vibration Damping
Dura-Bar Vibration Damping
Vibration damping results from graphite. Compare amplitudes to see the better damping capacity of iron over steel, and an example application benefiting from less noise.
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Dura-Bar vs. Castings
Dura-Bar vs. Castings
There are many advantages of Dura-Bar over castings, due to the continuous casting process resulting in a consistent material.
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Dura-Bar Zero Defect Guarantee
Dura-Bar Responds Well to Surface Treatments
Dura-Bar provides a Zero Defect Guarantee against foundry defects. It provides for the replacement of defective material and reimbursement of your cost of machining.
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Dura-Bar's Top 4 Machining Tips
Dura-Bar's Top 4 Machining Tips
Dura-Bar's superior machinability is due to the graphite acting as a natural chip-breaker. Recommendations including inserts and speeds/feeds will help users get the most cost savings out of Dura-Bar.
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Dura-Tube Flyer
Dura-Tube Flyer
Save time and money with Dura-Tube®, produced using either a continuously cast or trepanned process, now available in a variety of sizes and grades.
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Dura-Tube Product Brief
Dura-Tube Product Brief
Dura-Tube® is a suite of products, produced either through a proprietary continuous cast or trepanned process.
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G2 Gray Iron Product Brief
G2 Gray Iron Product Brief
Dura-Bar G2 is a pearlitic gray iron containing Type A graphite. Our continuous cast bars made to this robust specification are a good fit for a variety of applications, due to its good machinability, wear resistance and vibration damping properties. G2 is built around ASTM A48 Class 40 gray iron, which is validated from a separately cast bar. To learn more, download the G2 Gray Iron Grade Product Brief.
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