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Refractory Coatings

Improved Casting Quality - Reduced Cleaning Costs

Refractory Coating Products

HA-International provides a complete range of refractory coatings to meet all of your foundry needs. Refractory coatings are used on molds and cores to enhance the surface finish of the casting and reduce casting defects which occur at the sand-metal interface.


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Mold Lite Plus

HAI's alcohol based refractory coating product line, Mold Lite Plus, is designed for large scale iron and steel castings and is designed for use with all No Bake resin systems.

The Mold Lite Plus product line incorporates newer, more cost effective refractories in its formulations.

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Dura Kote

HAI's water based refractory coating product line, Dura Kote, is designed for large scale iron and steel castings and is designed for use with all No Bake resin systems.

The Dura Kote product line incorporates newer, more cost effective refractories in its formulations.

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Techni Kote

Designed specifically for dip applications, Techni Kote water based coatings provide improved coating efficiency and casting quality.

A reduction in overall operational expenses is achieved due to lower scrap rates, increased coating mileage, elimination of sand additives, and reduced cleaning room costs.

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Poly-Shield

Explicitly designed for the Lost Foam process. The product offering handles various jobs in both aluminum and iron. The coating binds very well to the foam and provides a solid layer of protection once dry. The coating rheology allows for easy dip application with excellent and even coverage to eliminate metal penetration and casting defects.

Centrikoat

Centrikoat is HAI's water-based product offer for centrifugal operations. This offering can handle an array of alloys like iron, steel, stainless steel, and yellow metals. HAI's latest addition to this offering is the Centrikoat 9363. This coating is specifically designed to target a super smooth finish on pipes.

Jetkote

HAI's newest product line, Jetkote, is designed for use with additive manufacturing in aluminum, iron, and steel applications. These products help in not only in reducing casting defects but they also help in achieving a super smooth casting finish.

Specialty

HAI also has a great lineup of specialty coating that can bridge the gap to flawless castings. These specialty products include chill coatings that promote a chilling effect to control metal hardness and top and penetrative coatings that can target casting defects localized to a single area. There are many more products that we offer so please contact us for more details.

How Coatings Are Made

View our Refractory Coatings Video about the Six Sigma improvements HAI has made in the manufacturing of Refractory Coatings to maintain our leadership position in the foundry industry.


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How to Mix Coatings

Click on the following links for instructions on mixing our Refractory Coatings products.


Premix Instructions

Water-Based Premix Coatings

Alcohol-Based Premix Coatings


Paste Instructions:

Water-Based Paste Coatings

Alcohol-Based Paste Coatings

Learn about Refractory Coatings

A good refractory coating can bring significant value to your operation through improved surface finish or reduced cleaning costs. Refractory coatings are a complex mixture of ingredients in which each plays a part in the final product's application characteristics, stability, surface finish, resistance to cast defects, and cost. Be sure to contact your HAI sales representative to determine which coating best fits your foundry's needs.

To learn more about refractory coatings, download our complete Refractory Coating Overview.

For additional product information, contact Daniel Cygal at Daniel.cygal@ha-group.com.