Cavenaghi S.p.A.
Founded by Giovanni Cavenaghi in 1959 to support foundries with products and processes which have often turned out to be revolutionary, today Cavenaghi, with its plant in Lainate, offers chemical foundry products which are considered a benchmark for quality and reliability:
no-bake systems, heat-curing systems, gas-curing systems and coatings for cores and moulds.
Organised to respond with flexibility and speed to the needs and demands of the international market, the Cavenaghi production plant includes nine resin reactors and five organic acid and acetic ester reactors, all managed by a high-level computerised control system to optimise the qualitative consistency of its products.
A total and integrated management system has been adopted by Cavenaghi in order to satisfy the three following aspects: Quality, Safety and Environment. The Quality Management System has complied with the ISO 9001 Norm since 1995; the Safety Management System complies with the EC rule no. 96/82 and the Italian Rule dated 9th August 2000 “Guidelines for the implementation of the Safety Managament System”.
This involves not only safety aspects, but also health preservation and protection of the environment for both the Cavenaghi manufacturing plant and the surrounding area. The Environmental Management System fulfils the requirements of the Standard ISO 14001.
This ecological vocation allows Cavenaghi to be naturally involved in the search for solutions to customers’ environmental problems, enabling it to offer the most appropriate and environmentally-friendly products.
As an example of the possibility to get excellent results from a intentionally controlled dimension, Cavenaghi is one of the most expressive entities of the foundry suppliers: a Company in the position to link its story with the evolution of foundry technologies
MANUFACTURING PROGRAM:
NO-BAKE SYSTEMS
GIOCATM NB Furan no-bake resins.
GIOCASETTM NB 2500 No toxic furan no-bake resins (less than 25% free furfuryl alcohol), phenol and formaldehyde free.
COROFENTM Phenolic no-bake resins cured with an acid hardener.
COROFENTM F Phenolic no-bake resins requiring a low sulphonic acid addition (to reduce the sulphur content in the sand).
ALCAFENTM Alkaline-phenolic no-bake resins cured with sulphur free hardeners.
RAPIDURTM Phenolic-urethane no-bake resins, used as a three parts fast curing system.
RAPIDURTMAL Polyol-urethane no-bake resins, used as a two parts or a three parts fast curing system.
KOLD SET Alkyd no-bake resins used as a two parts or a three parts system.
HARDENERS Organic acids and esters, etc. specifically designed for the no-bake systems.
GAS CURING SYSTEMS
GIOCATM CB Phenolic-urethane resins cured by a vaporized tertiary amine.
ALCAFENTM CB Alkaline-phenolic resins cured by a vaporized ester.
EPOSETTM Cold box resins to be cured by gaseous sulphur dioxide.
HEAT CURING SYSTEMS
GIOCATM HB Furan, phenolic and furan-phenolic resins for the hot box process.
GIOCATM WB Furan resins for the warm box process.
GIOCATM TS Furan and phenolic resins for the thermoshock process.
GIOCATM SM Liquid phenolic resins for the shell moulding process precoated sand.
CORE AND MOULD COATINGS
IDROLACTM Water based refractory coatings.
PIROLACTM Alcohol based refractory coatings.
PIROSOLTM Alcohol based thinners for Pirolac coatings.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
ISOTOLTM Parting, release and cleaning liquid agents for patterns, core-boxes and mixers.
UNIVERSAL GLUE Self drying inorganic glue.
SPESEAL Mould seals.
