New Developments

Cast Hydraulic Fracturing Components cost less, last up to 6 times longer

Published on Friday, January 7th, 2011 and filed under New Developments.
Cast hydraulic fracturing tub

Penticton Foundry supplies ASTM A532 chrome iron frac’ing components that outlast fabricated components

Cr Iron Pump Box Spool Liner Inserts Solve Hydro Transport Wear Problem

Published on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and filed under Customer Success Stories, New Developments.
Cr Iron inserts in pump box

An oil sands customer had a problem with extreme high wear on pump spools in the hydrotransport line for oil sands. We worked with the customer to design a reusable spool that houses a 1 ¼” thick wall 27% chrome iron liner >650 Brinnell. Not only will the chrome iron liner wear longer than the [...]

Cyclofeeder Wear Liner

Published on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and filed under Customer Success Stories, New Products.
Cyclofeeder liner

An oil sand customer from Ft McMurray had a Cyclofeeder liner that required new wear liners. Routing Number SUNTRUST BANK They wanted a turnkey operation, they wanted the vessel completely lined and ready to install in their hydrotransport line for pumping oil sands. The vessels were 16’ in diameter and had to be lined with [...]

Frac Pump Sand Slinger

Published on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and filed under Customer Success Stories, New Developments.
Machine balanced sand slinger

One of our oil service companies used our Pliant 25 alloy to improve the wear life of their sand slingers. The slingers are a critical high wear component in hydraulic fracturing pumps. They’re used to mix sand in  the frac pumps. The slingers are over 600 Brinnell hardness and balanced to a G1 spec. Routing [...]

CADI feed chute liners

Published on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 and filed under New Developments, New Products.
chute-liner-1

CADI feed chute liners on a usage trial at a large Canadian copper mine. The purpose of the trial is to determine the castings ability to wear and absorb impact. Routing Number SUNTRUST BANK The trials are ongoing but at this point the CADI has performed beyond our expectations.

Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) gear segments

Published on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 and filed under New Developments, New Products.
gear-segments

Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) gear segments used in the mining industry. These gear segments are used in rail dumping assemblies that empty entire rail cars of ore. The alloy use for the gears has a tensile strength of 150,000 PSI a yield strength of 100,000 PSI with 7% elongation. The gears are 100% X ray [...]

Balanced Machined Impellers

Published on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 and filed under New Developments, New Products.
Machined-Impellers-2

Balanced Machined Impellers at >600BHN in ASTM A532 CLIII Type A. Routing Number SUNTRUST BANK A large OEM pump customer was closing their manufacturing facility. They chose Penticton Foundry to provide turn-key products. These 28% chrome white iron impellers are machined, heat treated, painted and balanced. (ASTM A532 CL3A)

Trunnion Liner

Published on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 and filed under New Developments, New Products.
trunnion-liner

a 5800 pound ASTM A532 CLIII Type A >650BHN fully machined casting made for a mine here in British Columbia. This mining customer had a shutdown situation and Penticton Foundry provided the replacement trunnion liner in record time. No other foundry in western Canada or the U.S. was able to quote the part except Penticton [...]