The catalogue

Six products, engineered for ferrous foundries.

Every grade below is manufactured in-house, released through our molten-metal laboratory, and run daily on the group's own moulding lines before it runs on yours.

Magnakol Magnacarb Magnex Magnin Magpour Magnaseed

Green sand · additive

MAGNAKOLLustrous carbon additive

The surface finish of a green sand casting is made at the metal–sand interface. MAGNAKOL's high thermal stability generates lustrous carbon with minimum burnout across the full depth of the mould — so the mould peels cleanly off the casting, at lower addition levels than conventional additives.

High thermal stability — optimum lustrous carbon generation with minimum burnout, uniformly through the mould.
Clean peel-off — excellent as-cast surface finish; less shot blasting and grinding downstream.
Lower addition levels — process consistency at reduced consumption versus comparable additives.

At a glance

Packaging50 kg HDPE bags
Shelf life12 months
StorageCool · ventilated · covered
StackingMax 5 layers

Green sand · engineered blend

MAGNACARBTailor-made coal blend with sodium bentonite

No two sand systems behave alike. MAGNACARB is blended to your system — coal dust pre-mixed with sodium bentonite in ratios tuned to your green sand properties — so compactability, green strength and gas evolution stay inside the window your line was set up for.

Tuned, not off-the-shelf — the blend follows your sand lab data, not a generic datasheet.
Close green sand control — one consistent addition instead of two variable ones.
Fewer sand-related defects — steadier moisture and gas behaviour at the mould face.

At a glance

BaseCoal dust + Na-bentonite
FormulationPer your sand system
ApplicationGreen sand moulding

Risering · exothermic

MAGNEXExothermic sleeves

MAGNEX sleeves ignite on contact with molten metal and burn above 1500 °C, holding the riser liquid roughly 2.5× longer than a sand riser. The casting feeds fully, shrinkage porosity moves into the riser, and yield per mould rises — with no carburization or contamination of the melt.

High calorific value with good heat-insulating properties — heat where the feed metal is.
Smaller risers, same feed — modulus extension lets you cut riser volume and pour less waste metal.
Every moulding practice — machine, hand, shell, high-pressure and automatic lines.

Specifications

Bulk density0.55–0.58 g/cm³
Reaction temp> 1500 °C
Solidification time~2.5× vs sand riser
MEF1.4 – 1.8
MetalsIron & steel castings

Risering · insulating

MAGNINInsulating sleeves (MAGNIN-S)

Accurately formed, low-density insulating sleeves for insert or ram-up application in iron, steel and non-ferrous castings. Where an exothermic reaction would risk contamination — stainless and non-ferrous work especially — MAGNIN extends solidification 2–2.5× purely by insulation, chemically inert and clean.

Non-contaminating — safe for stainless steel and non-ferrous alloys; chemically inert in the mould.
Uniform walls, high permeability — low hygroscopicity and consistent thermal behaviour, sleeve after sleeve.
Strong in handling — less breakage during moulding; more moulds per heat.

High-density sleeve variants are also produced for applications needing extra mechanical strength — ask our team.

Specifications

Density0.5 ± 0.1 g/cc
Diameters25 – 500 mm
Increments12.5 mm steps
DesignsOpen & blind
Solidification time2–2.5× vs sand riser

Pouring · feeding + filtration

MAGPOURDirect-pouring sleeves with ceramic foam filter

MAGPOUR combines an insulating riser body with a ceramic foam filter in one piece — you pour directly into the riser. Slag and inclusions stop at the filter, the riser does the feeding, and the entire gating system's worth of non-productive metal is simply never poured.

Feed and filter in one — clean metal into the cavity, feeding from directly above it.
Higher yield — no sprue, runner or gate metal to melt, pour, cut and re-melt.
Fewer shrinkage defects — hottest metal sits in the riser, right where feeding needs it.
Steel, ferrous & non-ferrous — filter grades matched to alloy and pour weight.

At a glance

BodyInsulating riser sleeve
FilterCeramic foam, built in
FunctionPour + feed + filter
FoundriesSteel · ferrous · non-ferrous

Melt treatment · inoculants

MAGNASEEDInoculants for grey & SG iron

Traditionally, foundries juggled separate inoculating agents — ferrosilicon, graphite, calcium, barium, rare earths. MAGNASEED balances them in one formulation per grade, seeding the melt with uniform nucleation sites for chill reduction, better machinability and mechanical properties that repeat, ladle after ladle.

One balanced addition — consistent results without multi-agent guesswork.
Grade per problem — barium for fading resistance, strontium for chill in thin sections, cerium for SG iron.
12-month shelf life — sized and packed for ladle, stream or in-mould practice.

At a glance

ForGrey & SG iron
GradesBa · Sr-75 · Ce · FeSi
Shelf life12 months
GradeKey compositionSizeBest for
MAGNASEED BaSi 64–74% · Ba 1.5–1.8%1.0–6.0 mmFading resistance in heavier sections
MAGNASEED Sr-75Si 70–75% · Sr 0.7–1.2%2.0–5.0 mmChill reduction in thin-wall grey iron
MAGNASEED CeSi 70–76% · Ce 1.5–2.0%1.0–3.0 mmSG iron · nodule count
MAGNASEED 1(S)Ferrosilicon · Si 67% min0.75–2.5 mmGeneral-purpose inoculation

Detailed data sheets and trial quantities available on request — write to enquiry@magnaferrochem.com.

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