Foundry Melting & Pouring

Knights Foundry melts ferrous alloys for scheduled production at its Wadeville, Gauteng facility using six melting furnaces with charge sizes from 500 kg to 5 tonnes. Melt chemistry is checked against the customer specification before release for pouring.

Melt Control Prepared against the production job

Each melt is charged to the scheduled job and specified material grade. Metallurgy then checks the chemistry with Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES).

Release & Traceability Poured only after specification release

Pouring starts only once the melt matches the required specification. The production record links the job through metallurgy approval, pouring and the finished casting.

Six-Furnace Melting Capacity

Charge capacity is spread across six furnaces, allowing production to be matched efficiently to both smaller batches and large industrial castings.

Furnace 1500 kg

Furnace 2600 kg

Furnace 3800 kg

Furnace 42 tonnes

Furnace 5500 kg

Furnace 65 tonnes

Melt Control & Specification Release

Chemistry control is part of the melting route, with the melt held until the required material specification is aligned for the production job.

Controlled Pouring & Casting

Once metallurgy has released the melt, approved molten metal is poured into the closed moulds. The casting method uses controlled feeding, solidification and metal-flow principles to support consistent production.