QSTEEL is excited to announce the near completion of a state of the art 15,000 tonne per annum manganese foundry.

　　The 30,000 sqm facility is being built in the Government sponsored Ningxiang National Economic and Technological Development Zone in Hunan Province, China.

　　The design of the new foundry includes innovative Manufacturing, Recycling and Energy Efficiency features from which world class mining duty manganese crusher liners will be produced whilst maintaining tough environmental and safety standards. The new foundry will open its doors to visitors in April 2020.

 

 

 

 

YR New Materials and Foundry


YR is a specialized foundry that designs and manufactures wear resistant products and wear packages using a range of alloys that include high chrome, medium chrome, martensitic, ni-hard, chrome moly and ceramic reinforcement materials. Products can be manufactured include homogenous, bi-metal and composite technologies.

Guangzhou WearGuards Equipment (WearGuards)


WearGuards is a specialized procurement, engineering, quality control and logistics service company that connects buyers with manufacturers of crushing equipment and consumable parts.

WearGuards has a 3000m2 inspection, testing and logistics facility in Guangzhou where all products are first delivered for independent inspection and testing before being containerised for shipping to different parts of the world.

WearGuards offers the following services;　

　Procurement
　Quality assurance and process control at the manufacturing facility
　Drafting and design
　Casting simulation
　Independent inspection and testing, including reviewing manufacturers documentation
　Repairs, painting and labelling
　Licensed export and import services
　Storage, lifting, container loading and trucking

WearGuards employs 41 people and processes in excess of 6000 individual liners each year.

 

QSTEEL Material Research and Development Centre (QMRD)


To stay abreast of the latest wear technologies, QSTEEL established a Materials Research and Development facility in 2015. This facility operates within the YR Foundry facility and works closely with the testing laboratories at DM Foundry and the WearGuards QC centre in Guangzhou.

The primary focus of the R&D centre is to optimise the performance of the range of alloys produced by QSTEEL foundries. All aspects of casting are explored, from chemistry and pouring temperatures right through to the heat treatment process. Key testing and lab equipment includes;

　Electron microscope
　Electron microprobe
　Abrasion testing apparatus
　Impact testing apparatus
　Tensile testing apparatus
　Micro hardness instrument
　Experimental heat treatment oven
　Casting simulation software