Silicon Inoculant

Silicon Inoculant are added in liquid cast iron in order to provide the best and consistent characteristics in the final casting. They are used to control matrix structure and avoid casting defects.

Inoculants can be found under several grain size distributions to satisfy the location of the inoculants addition within the foundry process. those locations of inoculants addition are known as in furnace, in ladle, in stream or in mould.

Inoculants are Ferrosilicon based alloys. Ferropem products differ from each other and the foundry-man, assisted by a Ferropem technical expert, will make a selection depending of the chosen application and the present foundry process. All elements which are aluminum, barium, bismuth, calcium, carbon, strontium, zirconium or rare earth can be added in exact amount into the base liquid iron in order to provoke and certify the final casting matrix structure.