NIBF CASTINGS
 Design
Flexibility |
| NIBF Castings give freedom of design not
economically practicable with fabrications. Our Castings allow each specific customer's
requirements to be cast-in, thus ensuring cost-effective performance from the final
product. Strength where it's needed. weight savings where it counts, durability where it
matters !
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| Uniform
Quality |
| NIBF is fully accredited and registered under
the ISO 9002 :1994. That means constant inbuilt quality guaranteed by state of the
art spectro meter metal analysis and quality controlled / quality assured manufacturing
procedures. Accurately constituted metal exactly to specification and cast in the right
mould -
that's what NIBF is all about !
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| "AS
CAST" Suitability |
| NIBF Castings can be designed with cast-in
features that would normally be a post production operation on welded fabrications. Unless
there is a wide variation in metal thicknesses, the NIBF casting does not require the heat
treatment normally required to relieve the stresses set by welding steel bits and pieces
together. With castings we don't have the worries of stress set up by the jigs or clamps
or the sequence in which welds are made. |
| Machinability
- without excess ! |
| The NIBF casting can provide you with the
material hardness you specify plus a machining allowance to give you less waste and lower
"floor to floor" machining times. Excessive machining allowances to cope with
the distortion experienced in so many welded fabrications are eliminated by the uniformity
of NIBF's quality controlled castings.
Countersunk holes, slots, chamfers, round corners, etc. come with the casting, exactly
to specification, time after time !
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| Six or
six thousand - They're all the same |
| With craftsman produced patterns, NIBF's casting
techniques guarantee products with minimal variations, time after time. Repeat orders for
previously cast times are guaranteed to match the specification of the original item in
all respects. However, if it's a one-off or shot-run item required to custom
specification, NIBF have perfected the use of polystyrene pattern making techniques. This
new development provides the cost-effectiveness not previously available to facilitate
economical, short run production. |
"CAST-IN" QUALITY
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At NIBF we analyse each material batch and constantly monitor
our final casting quality via regular soectro analysis. This way we know that each batch
meets specification. Variation in material composition to meet a particular performance
criteria can be accurately formulated to give a custom casting to meet specific operating
conditions. |
"CASTINGS Vs
FABRICATIONS
| Our controlled production of ductile iron castings provides industry with
a satisfactory alternative to steel fabrication without the hassles of labour intensive
assembly and welding. As the charts below show, the material characteristics of ductile
iron in terms of tensile strength and elongation are akin to those of steel. However,
the machinability of ductile iron plus the flexibility that casting allows in design
elements, makes ductile iron the material for widespread industrial applications.
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MATERIAL SELECTION - The
key to casting performance
At NIBF we've been producing quality castings since 1935.
Since then we have always kept abreast with technology to such a degree
that we were one of the first foundries to become accredited under the Standards Australia
Supplier Assessment Scheme.
Our vast experience and up to date technology enables us to confidently
advise our clients on material selection to suit their needs.
We know the best metal to suit your application and can then guarantee to
supply the end product to specification.
Metal Grades and
Specifications
Casting Products
| Castings for
General Industry . . . From the
early days of NIBF when the company's founder Bernardt Schmidt was recognised as being a
reliable supply source of castings for the sugar mills in the area, the demand for
castings for general industry has grown to become a major segment of our production. NIBF
castings are in everyday use in sugar mills, power stations, coal washing plants, metal
refineries and factories through out Australia and the Pacific Basin.
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| Castings to
custom specifications . . . As times
change so has the requirements of industry. New processes require higher grade metals,
formulated to cope with abrasive, corrosive medias and increased operating temperatures.
NIBF have kept our manufacturing techniques up to date with overseas forays and installed
equipment in the plant to monitor production of quality consistent high grade, iron-alloy
castings. NIBF can add "custom made" to the castings we produce.
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| Castings for the
water and waste water industry . These days
NIBF's innovative, deep socket ductile iron "Griptite" and "Nortite"
pipeline components are household names to these engaged in the water and waste water
industry. "Maxiflo" hydrants, "Multifit" joints, "Adapta"
flanges and a whole range of water supply fittings provide local government authorities
with reliability of performance and continuity of supply so necessary in this vital
segment of our everyday life. |
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