High-Integrity Ingot
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What is Ingot?
Ingot is metal that is cast into a specific shape for further processing. They can be a pure metal or metal alloy, that is cast into a block or bar. MetalTek uses tight alloy control and argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) at multiple facilities to supply dozens of ferrous grades of high-integrity ingots to foundries worldwide.
Ingot services provided by MetalTek include:
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Standard 15-pound ingots
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Customer-specific shapes and sizes
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Toll melting
Toll melting allows customers to turn scrap into chemically certified, usable products. This helps to reduce raw material costs and promote sustainability. You can melt solids, turnings, powder, shavings, grindings, or scrap metals via toll melting.
MetalTek’s Sandusky International Division has ingot capacities of up to 20,000 lbs. (9072 kg) per heat for a 15-pound ingot. Sandusky is a leading global supplier of chemically certified ingot and toll melting services.
MetalTek can melt and refine customer-supplied metal to meet strict specifications, or melt and return metal with a known chemistry and low carbon.
Please get in touch with us to learn more about MetalTek's ingot capabilities.
The ingot casting process
The journey to creating precise custom tubing often begins with the production of high-quality metal ingots. An ingot is essentially a block or bar of metal, either a pure element or an alloy, cast into a specific shape for further processing. These ingots serve as the foundational material that will eventually be transformed into your custom tubing solution.
At MetalTek, we place a strong emphasis on producing high-integrity ingots. This involves strict control over the alloy composition and the use of advanced processes like Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD). AOD is a refining process that helps to remove impurities and ensures the metal meets exacting chemical specifications. This commitment to quality at the ingot stage is crucial for achieving the desired performance characteristics in the final tubing product.
Frequently Asked Questions
A metal ingot is a piece of pure metal or metal alloy that has been cast into a specific shape, typically a block or bar, for further processing. Think of it as a raw material form for creating other metal products.
MetalTek focuses on producing high-integrity ingots with tight alloy control and utilizes Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD) at multiple facilities. This ensures a high level of quality and specific chemical properties in the ingot, which is crucial for producing reliable downstream products like custom tubing.
MetalTek provides standard 15-pound ingots as well as the capability to produce customer-specific ingot shapes and sizes. They also offer toll melting services, which allow customers to turn their metal scrap into chemically certified, usable ingot products.
Toll melting is a service where MetalTek melts and refines metal supplied by a customer, such as solids, turnings, powder, shavings, grindings, or scrap metals. This process results in chemically certified ingots that the customer can then use in their own manufacturing processes, potentially reducing raw material costs and promoting sustainability.
MetalTek's Sandusky International Division has significant ingot production capacity, capable of producing up to 20,000 lbs (9072 kg) per heat for a standard 15-pound ingot. This makes them a leading global supplier of chemically certified ingots.
MetalTek employs tight alloy control and Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD) in their ingot production. They can also melt and refine customer-supplied metal to meet strict chemical specifications or melt and return metal with a known, low-carbon chemistry.
Yes, understanding the quality and capabilities of an ingot supplier like MetalTek is important. The integrity of the ingot directly impacts the quality of the metal used to produce custom tubing. Knowing that MetalTek offers custom shapes and toll melting could be beneficial if you have specific material requirements or want to utilize your own metal resources.
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