Cylinder and Structural Shell Components

Name: Cylinder and Structural Shell Components
Brand: Eurona

Tubular bodies and shell structures

Product Overview

What This Part Is And Why It Is Made This Way

Cylindrical iron castings combine a thin shell with heavy flanges at the ends, and the two sections cool at different rates. Controlling that difference is what keeps the bore round and the flanges flat.

Cylinder and shell parts are cast in grey or ductile iron and machined on the bore and the end faces.

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Key Benefits

What You Get From This Route

Benefit 01

Moulding route chosen for uniform cooling across changing sections.

Benefit 02

Bore and end faces machined in one setup to hold squareness.

Benefit 03

Weight range to 2000 kg covers large shell bodies in one piece.

Application Scenarios

Cylinder bodies and liners
Structural shell housings
Drum and roller bodies
Enclosed machinery shells

Who It Is For

Equipment builders with cylindrical housings
Buyers replacing fabricated shell assemblies
Maintenance teams sourcing cylinder replacements

Technical Features

Grey iron and ductile iron grades
Green sand, resin sand and shell processes
Machined bore and end faces
Weight 0.2 kg - 2000 kg

Problems It Solves

What Buyers Run Into Without This Specification

The bore goes oval where the flange meets the shell.
End faces are not square to the bore and assembly binds.
A fabricated shell needs stress relief and still moves during machining.

Specifications

Published Material Weight And Process Data

Figures below are the published capability for cast iron. Part specific values — tolerance on individual features, finish, packing — are confirmed at drawing review and marked TBC until then.

Grey Iron	EN-GJL-150 / 200 / 250 / 300
Ductile Iron	EN-GJS-400 / 450 / 500 / 600 / 700 / 800
ADI	ADI800-10 / ADI1200-3
Weight Range	0.2 kg - 2000 kg
Process	Green sand process; resin sand process; shell process
Selection Basis	Grade and moulding route matched to customer drawing and application scenario
Part Specific Tolerance	TBC — confirmed against the customer drawing
Minimum Order Quantity	TBC — depends on the process route selected
Lead Time	TBC — confirmed with the production base at quotation

Manufacturing And Quality Control

How The Part Is Made And Checked

Green Sand — High volume production of repeat parts at the lowest tooling cost.
Resin Sand — Larger parts and complex cavities where dimensional stability matters more than cycle time.
Shell Process — Better surface and dimensional accuracy for mid size batches.

Quality management is based on ISO 9001 and covers supplier management, raw material inspection, production process control and final inspection. Inspection results are archived and traceable.

Customisation And Comparison

Options And Alternatives

Parts are produced to the customer drawing rather than to a fixed catalogue item, so material grade, machining scope, surface treatment and packing are all specified per order. Machining, dimensional control, surface treatment and necessary pre-assembly can be added to the same supply route.

Where another process family would suit the part better — for example a forging in place of a casting for a shock loaded connector — that comparison is raised during drawing review rather than after tooling is committed.

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Use Guide

How To Specify This Part

Specify squareness of the end faces to the bore as an explicit tolerance. On cylindrical castings this relationship, rather than the individual dimensions, is what determines whether the part assembles.

Send the drawing with material, quantity, quality standard and target delivery date.
State the inspection class and the zones it applies to, rather than a general note.
Confirm the packing requirement and the lifting equipment available at the destination.