Quality control | Zanardi Fonderie

Guaranteeing clients the constant quality of products is of primary importance.
Right from the start of the design of castings in spheroidal graphite iron (GJS), austempered ductile iron (ADI) and isothermal ductile iron (IDI), the staff at Zanardi Fonderie analyses all the product requirements submitted by the client, and once all the most critical aspects have been identified, defines all the quality controls necessary to certify the products, whether raw or machined.

Every day, we work in respect of the agreed parameters, from the inner and outer health of the product to dimensional inspections of both raw and machined surfaces.

For all cast parts in spheroidal graphite iron (GJS), austempered ductile iron (ADI) and isothermal ductile iron (IDI) produced by Zanardi Fonderie, complete certification of the material is provided according to agreements stipulated with the client. We are in fact equipped to carry out in-house mechanical tests, micrographic analysis, hardness tests and resilience tests up to -40 °C.

To guarantee constant control of our production quality, we use modern process control and thermal analysis software such as ITACAX™. We work with production specifications that are rigorously respected, monitoring the chemical analysis and spheroidization of the cast iron according to very specific and strict quality control plans.

On each batch, if provided for by the testing plan agreed upon with the client, we carry out statistical checks indicative of the entire series to guarantee its compliance with the client’s requirements.

Zanardi Fonderie has designated areas exclusively for the testing of manufactured cast iron castings, both raw and machined. This additional testing phase reinforces the value of the material’s certification issued by the laboratory, allowing us to provide the client with a complete assessment, both in terms of the internal health of the cast part (through X-rays and ultrasounds), external health (using a magnetoscope) and dimensions of both raw and machined components.

Dimensional inspections on cast parts are carried out using the following instruments:

In addition to the existing equipment for dimensional inspections on machined cast parts in our metrology labs, the machines recently installed in our machine shop (OKUMA B550 and OKUMA U4000 5-axis twin-spindle lathes) are both equipped with an in-line dimensional inspection workstation.

Zanardi Fonderie has an innate vocation for learning and innovation, manifested in its daily research activities constituting a central element of the company’s activities..

By investing in people’s skills and personal growth, in addition to modern and hi-tech instrumentation, we have laid the essential foundations in order to present ourselves to clients as a single point of contact for the design, production and certification of castings in spheroidal graphite iron (GJS), austempered ductile iron (ADI) and isothermal ductile iron (IDI).

Every financial contribution is intended for project and not for partner Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A.

Every financial contribution is intended for project and not for partner Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A.

Every financial contribution is intended for project and not for partner Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A.