Cast iron surface plate measuring tools mostly use gray cast iron or nodular cast iron for casting. Gray cast iron should be used to obtain qualified casting blanks. Through many links such as sand grinding-modeling-smelting-pouring-finishing-viewing, the quality of the castings must be controlled well.

Cast iron surface plate is an indispensable basic tool in mechanical manufacturing, and often used for various inspection tasks.

Gray cast iron has good shock absorption. Use gray cast iron to make base or frame of CNC machine, such as dynamometer cast iron lathe plates, they can effectively absorb the energy of machine vibration

Casting mesh burr is one of the fault of cast iron T slots plate that we should consider, six methods can help us to avoid them.

The cast iron platform is difficult to cast without stiffeners (Reinforcing ribs). The stiffeners can act as the internal runner of the cast iron platform to help fill the mold cavity and help the molten iron inject into the support section of the cast iron platform.

The welded cast iron platform undergoes three times of inspections, casting, machining and finished product. The casting inspection mainly check appearance specifications, technical requirements, and whether the cast iron platform has sand holes, pores, cracks, sand inclusions, shrinkage porosity and machining errors.