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Shell Resin System
Solid Shell Resin (for hot coating)
FS-series of solid shell resins are specially formulated to facilitate easy mixing with sand particles by melt coating process to produce curable resin coated sand (RCS) in combination with Hexamine and a lubricant. RCS is widely used to manufacture cores and molds in metal casting industries in hot patterns. Forace has multiple grades of solid shell resin with differing properties for various applications:
- FS-2611 – Peel back resistant, anti-lumping
- FS-2603 – General purpose
- FS-3603 – High strength
- FS-2611 – Peel back resistant, anti-lumping
- FS- 2703 – Self-lubricating
- FS-2803 – Anti-Veining
- FS-2902 – Fast Curing
Liquid Shell Resin (for warm coating)
This is specially manufactured to produce molds & cores for high end use with high HTS particularly thin cores like water jacket, two wheeler cylinder head etc. At equal addition level this gives up to 20% more addition strength. Thus this resin can be used at a lower addition level and evaluation of gas will be lower. Forace has multiple grades of liquid shell resin with differing properties for various applications:
- General Purpose
- High Strength
- Fast Curing
- Peel Back Resistant
- Non- ferrous
Alkaline Phenolic No Bake Resin Ester System
This is a Two-part No-bake System comprising Resol-type Alkaline Phenolic Resin as Binder and Single or mixture of esters as the Hardener. The system is ideally suited for Steel, Iron and Aluminium castings. It exhibits excellent high temperature properties (superior thermal characteristics) resulting in a substantial reduction in casting defects like veining, scabbing, inclusions, hot tear, etc. Forace has multiple grades of Alkaline Phenolic No Bake Resin with differing properties for various applications.
- Fortech 300
- Fortech 300 High Performance (HP)
- Fortech 300 Anti Cracking (AC)
- Ecotech 777
Forfuran Acid Cured No Bake Resin System
FORFURAN Binders are Cold-Setting Two-part Resin Systems comprising Furfuryl Alcohol-based Resins as Binders and a single or a mixture of organo-inorganic acids as Hardners. The system suits Steel and Iron Castings. Castings made out of this system are fairly good.
Forace has multiple grades of Forfuran Acid Cured No Bake System with differing properties for various applications:
- Forfuran 400
- Forfuran 400 High Strength (HS)
- Forfuran 401
Phenolic Urethane Self-Setting Resin System
PUNB, popularly known as PEPSET is fastest among self- sets for mold making in foundries with series of unique features like unmatchable BL:ST ratio, excellent rigidity of molds at all stages right from stripping to closing, lowest sand to metal ratio among self – sets to mention few.
Forace has multiple grades of Pepset resin with differing properties for various applications:
- Forpep 800
- Forpep 801
CO2 Cured Alkaline Phenolic Resin System
Fortech 350 is a liquid binder for sand particles for making moulds and cores which are cured by passing CO2 gas. The binder (Phenol Formaldehyde Resin) when mixed with sand gives a free-flowing mix which becomes hard when CO2 gas is passed through the mass.
Forace has multiple grades of CO2 cured alkaline phenolic resin system with differing properties for various applications:
- Fortech 350
- Fortech 350 HS
Inorganic No Bake Resin System, Forsil 200/300
Forsil 200 can be used with continuous mixer to produce all sizes and shapes of castings of various metals CI/SG/Steel/NF. The sand can be reclaimed by mechanical attrition.
Two Part No Bake Acid Cured Resin System, Forez 302
The system is a two-part No-Bake system comprising Aqueous Resole type PF Resin as Binder and a single or mixture of organo-inorganic acids as Catalyst. The system, when mixed with sand, produces a flowable mix that cures at room temperature to produce good moulds and cores.
Phenolic Urethane Gassing Cold Box Resin System
The system is a three-part Foundry Binder System comprising solvent-based Phenolic Resin as Binder, an Isocyanate in solvent as Co-binder, and an aliphatic tertiary Amine as Catalyst. The process is popularly known as the Cold Box Process, as the curing of the mix takes place in a cold pattern through the passage of Amine vapour.
Forace has multiple grades of cold box resin system with differing properties for various applications:
- Forcold 700
- Forcold 700 HS
- Forcold 700 WR
Three Part No Bake Alkyd Resin System
Foralkyd system is a three-part self-setting sand binder system comparison of Foralkyd Part A as binder, Foralkyd Part B as accelerator and Foralkyd Part C as Co binder.
Hot Box Resin System for Ferrous & Non-Ferrous
This is a two-part system comprising of binder and catalyst used as sand binder system for making molds and cores by heat curing process in foundries to produce ferrous and non – ferrous castings. Binder is a low molecular weight polymer of Urea, Furfuryal alcohol and Formaldehyde and catalyst is aqueous solution of latent acids.
Forace has multiple grades of Hot Box Resin System with differing properties for various applications:
- Forbox 601
- Forbox 607
Zircon Water/Spirit based
Forace Zircon Coatings deliver exceptional protection and surface finish for steel castings, combining high-quality zircon with advanced suspension properties. The spirit-based variant, ideal for heavy to medium castings, ensures a dense, uniform layer through easy brushing, spraying, or flooding, preventing metal–mold reactions and penetration. The water-based variant offers excellent thixotropy, rapid drying from high solids content, and superior high-temperature performance, producing clean, smooth mold and core surfaces for flawless castings.
Forace has multiple grades of Zircon Water/Spirit based coating for various applications:
- Forcoat-210
- Forcoat-211
- Forcoat-212
- Forcoat-213
- Forcoat-214
- Forcoar 214 AIR for air drying application
- Forcoat-111
- Forcoat-113(M)
- Forcoat-111 S
- Forcoat 153
- Forcoat 1534
- Forcoat 242
- Forcoat 216
- Forcoat 2138
- Forcoat 116
- Forcoat ZPW
- Forcoat ZPT
Graphite Water/Spirit based
Forace Graphite coatings are specially formulated for iron casting moulds and cores, ensuring a smooth, defect-free surface. The spirit-based coating prevents sand burns, fusion, and metal penetration, delivering high-quality finishes. The water-based variant, supplied ready-to-use, is made with premium alumina-silicate and iron oxide, offering low reactivity to metal oxides and excellent high-temperature performance. Both coatings provide clean, smooth casting surfaces, enhancing foundry efficiency and product quality.
Forace has multiple grades of Graphite Water/Spirit based coating for various applications:
- Forcoat 231
- Forcoat 4P paste
- Forcoat 141
- Forcoat 3P paste
- Forcoat GPT
- Forcoat GPW
Alimino-Silicate Mix Refractory Water/Spirit based
Forace Alumino-Silica Mix Refractory is a ready-to-use, high-performance foundry dressing formulated with premium alumina silicate, iron oxide, and aliphatic alcohol as a thinner. Designed for iron casting applications, it delivers a smooth, defect-free surface by preventing sand fusion, metal penetration, and other casting flaws. Its water-based formulation ensures low reactivity to metal oxides and exceptional high-temperature performance, producing clean, smooth finishes on moulds and cores.
Forace has multiple grades of Alumino-Silicate Mix refractory Water/Spirit based coating for various applications:
- Forcoat 241
- Forcoat 243
- Forcoat 243 AIR for air drying application
- Forcoat 142 paste
- Forcoat 142
- Forcoat 143
- Forcoat 1434 paste
- Forcoat 142 PW
- Forcoat 143 PW
- Forcoat 1434 PW
Magnesite Spirit based
Forace Magnesite Spirit based coating is a solvent-based Ready-For-Use magnesite coating for foundry applications specially developed for preventing metal/mould reaction in castings of manganese steel.
Forace has multiple grades of Magnesite Spirit based coating for various applications:
- Forcoat 221
- Forcoat 221 LIQ
- Forcoat 221 XL
- Forcoat 221 XLM
- Forcoat MP
Graphite Water based for Metallic Trough
Forace Graphite water based coating in ready-for-use form for foundry applications. Being based on high quality alumina-silicate and iron oxide, it imparts low reactivity to metal oxides and excellent performance at high temperatures. Clean and smooth surface finish of casting is obtained when the product is used on moulds and cores.
Forace has multiple grades of Graphite Water based coating for various applications:
- Forcoat 141 GWK
- Forcoat 141 GWK DC
- Forcoat 141 GPWK
Bismuth based, Forcoat 155
Forcoat-155 is a Bismuth base coating for the application on molds
and cores. It is ideal for grey cast iron to increase hardness on
casting surface on specific area.
Coating for full Mould Process, Forcoat TP
Forcoat-TP is a water-based coating specially developed for the
application on thermocol pattern. It is applicable to improve the
surface finish and maintain dimensional consistency of all iron grades
and aluminum casting.
Coating for Lost Form Process, Forcoat LFC
FORCOAT-LFC is a water-based powder coating specially developed for application on thermocol patterns. It is applicable for improving the surface finish and maintaining the dimensional consistency of all iron grades and aluminum castings. Since it is in powder form, the coating needs to be prepared for suitable application by mixing the powder with water using a high-shear mixer.
Coating for Vacuum Molding Process
A specially formulated refractory coating designed for the vacuum
molding process. It ensures smooth surface finish, excellent peel-off
properties, and improved dimensional accuracy, making it suitable for
a wide range of castings.
Forace has multiple grades of coating for vacuum molding process
with differing properties for various applications:
- Forcoat 221 (VM)
- Forcoat LFC (RFU)
- Forcoat LFC
Tellurium based, Forcoat 154
Forcoat-154 is a tellurium base coating for the application on moulds
and cores. It is ideal for grey cast iron to increase hardness on
casting surface and avoid shrinkage on casting.
Coating for Centrifugal Casting
Forace coating for Centrifugal Castings is a high-performance coating for centrifugal casings. It helps to maintain the desired metallography structure of the liners.
Forace has multiple grades of centrifugal casting coating for various applications:
- Forcoat 1425
- Forcoat 1427
Chillcoat, Forcoat 907
Forcoat 907 is a special coating to use over metal chill provided in mold to avoid shrinkage in casting.
Antiveining and Insulating
Forace Anti-Veining and Insulating Water base coating used for intricate castings providing very high level of cleanliness in deep pockets and intricate areas.
Forace has multiple grades of Anti-Veining and Insulating water-based coating for various applications:
- Forcoat 144
- Forcoat 144 plus
- Forcoat 144 AC
High Density Sleeves by Faprosid S.R.L, Italy
High Density Sleeves are required for making precision castings and for achieving high yield of molten metal. They are highly exothermic, with a fast primer and a long reaction time.
High Density Sleeves has multiple grades for various applications:
- Sleeves EXO30 L
- Sleeves EXO28 P
- Sleeves EXo25 B
- Sleeves EX030 MT
- Insulating Sleeves
Exothermic & Insulating Sleeves
Exothermic & Insulating Sleeves are specialized foundry products designed to control the solidification of molten metal in molds. Exothermic sleeves generate heat to prolong metal feeding, while insulating sleeves reduce heat loss, both ensuring sound, defect-free castings with improved yield.
Forace has multiple grades of Exothermic & Insulating sleeves for various applications:
- Forex 800 (XP) (Highly Exothermic Sleeves)
- Forex 400 (Exothermic Sleeves
- Forex 100 (Mildly Exothermic Sleeves)
- Forin 2001 (Insulating Sleeves)
- Forin 1001 (XP) (Highly Insulating Sleeves)
- Forpour (Exothermic and Insulating Sleeves)
Auxiliaries For Improving the Feeding Efficiency and Casting Quality
- Breaker Core
- Insulating Pads (Available in 20mm and 40 mm thickness)
- Forflux APC (Anti Piping Compound)
- Forsand AC
- Forsand GP
- Forsand LN
- Forsand NF
Thinners
Thinner is a coating diluent used for reducing coatings baume and viscosity to achieve coating application parameter.
Forace has multiple grades of Thinners for various applications:
- Forseal IP
- Forseal IP AIR
- Forthin 111
- Forthin FP
Pattern Cleaning Agents
Cleaning agent is a compound used to clean hard resin bounded sand deposition over core making patterns.
Forace has multiple grades of Pattern cleaning agents for various applications:
- Forclean P
- Forclean P Plus
Pattern Release Agents
Pattern Release Agents is facilitating to release mold and core from pattern smoothly. It can be applied by brush / spray as per the suitability.
Forace has multiple grades of pattern release agents for various applications:
- Forstrip GSNB
- Forstrip ALN
- Forstrip CB Plus
- Forel W
- Forel S
Core Joining Paste
Core joining paste is a special type of adhesive used for joining cores and molds.
Forace has multiple grades of core joining paste for various applications:
- Forfix 1A
- Forfix 2A
- Forfix 3A
- Forfix 4A
Core Repair Paste
Forseal CT is a water-based paste for core repairing compound. It acts as a sealing compound for foundry applications. Being based on high quality refractory material, it exhibits excellent performance at high temperatures, and it evolves minimum gas.
Collapsible Agent for Silicate
Fornock C is a reddish-brown solution formulated to work as a breakdown agent for mould and cores made by sodium silicate.
Anti Piping Compound
Forace Forflux is a powder form exothermic cum insulating anti-piping compound. It is recommended for Cast Iron, SG Iron and Steel Casting. Forflux ignition and exothermic action keeps riser molten to ensure efficient feeding.
Mould Sealing Rope
Forseal RC is a refractory and plasticizer base sealing compound for foundry application. It gives flawless sealing of the parting line.
Forace has multiple grades of Mould sealing rope depending upon dia of rope:
- 4mm
- 6mm
- 9mm
- 12mm
Surface Hardener for Green Sand Mould
Forseal M is a moderately dark colored liquid formulated for Foundry applications to increase surface hardness and to protect the surface from atmospheric degradation of moulds made of Green Sand. It is also used on No-bake Moulds/Cores in rare cases.
Ceramic Sand
Ceramic sand reduces the consumption by 40 % due to lower specific gravity or bulk density. It prevents the sand expansion defects, metal penetration, reduces core weight and improves the flowability of moulding sand.
Chromite Sand
Forace is providing various grain sizes suiting customer’s applications. In areas where high refractoriness is needed and silica cannot withstand the metal temperature. Chromite sand avoids Sand expansion defect due to high rate of expansion in Silica.
Slag Coagulant, Perlite ore
Silicon Carbide Foam filter
SiC foam filter help to enhance quality of castings and reduce cost. SiC filter is designed for filtering ductile iron, grey iron and copper alloy castings. It simplifies pouring system and increase the ratio of the mould.
Zirconia Foam Filters from Drache, Germany
The world’s largest manufacturers of Zirconia Foam Filters for molten metal filtration. It reduces the risk of erosion and minimizes the re-oxidations of metals. Zirconia filters removes both big and small inclusions.
Additive For Thermal Reclamation Of Alkaline Phenolic No Bake Resins
Foreth 100 is the additive for the thermal reclamation of APNB bonded sand. The additive is slurry form is injection into thermal reclamation chamber where it comes in contact with broken sand particles in fluidized bed.
Anti-Veining Sand Additives by John Winters & Co. Ltd., U.K.
Anti-Veining additive are powered sand additives specifically developed to eliminate expansion defects caused by silica sand and eliminate veining in most severe cases. Anti-Veining Sand additives increases flowability of mixed sand improving core definition.
Anti-Veining Additives has multiple grades for various applications:
- Af2Mg
- Af7
- 194D
- 182B
Sand Additives (SphereOX) of Chesapeake Specialty Products, USA
Forace is providing the best sand additive for No-Bake Moulds and Cores, Resin Coated Shell Sand and Cold box. SphereOX maintains tensile strengths while significantly reducing amount of resin (Cost savings from 17-34% can be expected). SphereOX is the cost effective additive which used to eliminates Veins, penetration, pinholes, Burn-in and Lustrous Carbon defects. SphereOX improves quality and lowers scrap for gas and penetration.
Furnance & Refractory Cleaning Flux Of ASI International, USA, Redux EF 40L
Redux is used to eliminate the slag build up on the ladle and furnace walls. Redux is used as a cleansing flux for all type of Electric Furnace and Ladles for Iron and Steel. Redux is an Eco-Friendly and non-fluorine based and gives long life of Refractories. Redux is available in Briquette and Powder form.
High Technology Foundry Equipments from MCM Foundry, Italy
MCM Foundry are leaders in Foundry Equipment solutions after IMF SRL and are
Manufacturer of machines and complete No Bake plants for foundries.
MCM are also providing spare parts for existing IMF machines and plants.
MCM has installed their several machines successfully in India.
Designing and manufacturing of machines and complete plants for no bake
foundries.
Engineering and feasibility studies for new foundries.
Technical assistance and maintenance services for existing foundries.
Forace Group is an exclusive partner for India market with MCM Foundry, Italy for
their Foundry Equipment Solutions.
MCM Foundry Provides
- Designing and manufacturing of machines and plants for No-Bake
foundry for foundry 4.0 - Refurbishing of second-hand machines and plants
- Spare parts for existing machines and plants
- Technology and process consulting for foundries
- Engineering of new projects
Product Range
- Single arm mixers (capacity from 1 to 20 MT/h)
- Double Arm Articulated Mixers (capacity from 10 to 100 MT/h)
- Vibrating tables for sand compaction
- Moulding lines
- Manipulators for flask and/or mould handling
- Shake out grids
- Sand reclamation systems
- Sand pneumatic transport systems
- Special machines
Fluxes are special blends of typically solid, inorganic compounds designed for degassing, demagging, cleaning, grain refining, and/or chemistry modification of molten aluminium alloys and other purposes. Fluxes are usually added during the melting, holding or degassing of aluminium to furnaces, crucibles, ladles, or other aluminium vessels. Flux raw-material quality, addition method and product form can all affect efficiency. A flux recipe varies depending on its purpose and other process variables, such as alloy and temperature.
Powder Flux
Forace Powder fluxes are affordable blends of salts designed to improve molten aluminium alloy cleanliness, reduce dross metal content, sustain furnace cleanliness and generate high-quality casts.
Forace has multiple grades of powder fluxes with differing properties for various applications:
- Forflux APC (Anti-piping compound)
- Forcoverall 11 (Covering & Drossing)
- Forcoveral-36 (High temperature modifying flux)
- Forcoverall-88 (Reclaiming of chips)
- Forbaral-4 (Coverflux for copper & bronze)
- Forbaral-4 REP (Coverflux for copper base alloys)
- Forace MGR -1 (Low temperature cleaning)
- Forace MGR -2 (Low temperature cleaning)
Granulated Flux
Forace Granulated Flux is an environmentally friendly range of fluxes used for molten metal treatment of aluminium and aluminium alloys. Powder fluxes possess certain disadvantages such as dusting during application, toxic fume emissions. This causes health hazard to the workers and environmental problems. The powder fluxes also pose a problem of inconsistent efficiency due to the morphology of the powder. To overcome these disadvantages, dust free granulated fluxes have been developed.
Forace has multiple grades of granulated fluxes with differing properties for various applications:
- Forace GR-510 (Low temperature)
- Forace GR-520 LT (Low temperature)
- Forace GR-520 (Medium to low temperature)
- Forace GR-2516 (Covering, drossing and cleaning)
- Formagremover GR (Magremover)
Shell Resin System
- Solid Shell Resin (for hot coating), FS-2602
- Liquid Shell Resin (for warm coating), Forshell-900
Furan Resin
Forfuran binders are cold-setting two-part resin systems comprising furfuryl alcohol-based resins as binders and a single or a mixture of organo-inorganic acids as hardners. The system suits steel and iron castings.
Forace has multiple grades of furan resin with differing properties for various applications:
- Forfuran 401 (Nill Nitrogen)
- Forfuran 400
Hot Box System
Forbox 601 is a two-part system comprising of binder and catalyst used as sand binder system for making molds and cores by heat curing process in foundries to produce ferrous and non – ferrous castings.
Alkaline Phenolic Resin
Fortech 300 is a two-part no-bake system comprising resol-type alkaline phenolic resin as binder and single or mixture of esters as the hardener. The system is ideally suited for steel, iron and aluminium castings. It exhibits excellent high temperature properties (superior thermal characteristics) resulting in a substantial reduction in casting defects like veining, scabbing, inclusions, hot tear, etc.
A range of degassing and degassing cum grain refining agent for the removal of hydrogen from the melt of Aluminum and Aluminum alloys.
Forace has multiple grades of degassing & grain refining tablets with differing properties for various applications:
- Forgrainrefiner-2 (Magnesium alloy based only sodium free grain refining)
- Fordegasser-190 (Degassing and grain refining scavenging gas AL chloride)
- Fordegasser-200 (Degassing maximum scavenging AL chloride)
- Forgasfree-5/10/20 (Degassing tablets for copper and brass)
- Fordegasser-CF/N2 (Chlorine free degassing tablet)
- Fordegasser-N2/CF (Degassing tablets for copper and brass)
- Formagremoval GR/tablet (Magnesium removal)
It is a clear transparent liquid based on aliphatic hydrocarbon and lubricating agents for use in foundry stripping agents to remove cores and moulds from hot patterns in shell / hot box process.
Forace has multiple grades of core releases with differing properties for various applications:
- Forel S
- Forel W
Forsand NF/AL covers a range of Resin-coated sand produced from well-graded sand of high refractory and Shell resin of high quality and several additives as performance boosters. Developed for Aluminium, Brass, and Copper casting, offering excellent collapsibility.
It is formulated with heat-resistant minerals and binders, designed to be applied on moulds and cores in foundry processes. They improve surface finish, prevent metal penetration, reduce defects, and extend mould/core life. Suitable for high-temperature casting applications, these coatings enhance product quality and dimensional accuracy.
Forace has multiple grades of refractory coatings with differing properties for various applications:
- Forcoat 113M (Zirconia based)
- Forcoat 231 (Graphite/ thinner based)
- Forcoat 142 (Mix refractory)
- Forcoat NFLD (Ladle coat for cast iron)
- Forcoat NFLD-G (Ladle coat for steel)
- Forlube DL 6120 SW
- Forlube DL 6122 SW
- Forlube DL 6126 SW
- Forlube DL 6128 SW
- Forlube DL 6130 SW
- Forlube DL 6120 SWX
- Forlube DL 6122 SWX
- Forlube DL 6126 SWX
- Forlube DL 6128 SWX
John Winter Long Life Dytek range of insulated coatings are specifically designed to:
Dytek range of insulated coatings are for use in low pressure and gravity die casting applications.
Helps to increase productivity and reduce the downtime.
Give a “Longer Life” (LL) protection of the die – more shots per application
Provide insulation enabling control of cooling and solidification – reduced porosity
Lubricate enabling easier release of the casting from the die – less damage to die.
Provide a smooth surface – producing a high quality surface finish
Textured to enable enhanced metal flow reducing cold shuts and entrapped gas.
John Winter has multiple grades for various applications:
| Sno. | Dytek | Application |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | Textured Insulated coating designed to promote metal flow and reduce entrapped air. Ideal for the production of thin and flat surfaced castings. |
| 2 | G | Graphitic based coating used to enable release of the casting from the die. Designed to be applied on top of insulated coating. |
| 3 | T LL and T ES | Titanium Oxide coating produces a very smooth surface. Predominantly used in the production of alloy wheels on top die faces which produce the visible part of the wheel. |
| 4 | V | Highly insulating textured coating for the production of thin sectioned castings. |
| 5 | SI | Smooth Low-cost general-purpose coating. |
| 6 | D | Two part smooth insulating coating exhibiting excellent durability ideal for high volume general purpose castings. |
| 7 | Zr | Zircon / Red iron oxide primer used to protect the dies and help with the adhesion of insulated top coating. The red colour enables visual confirmation when the top coating has worn. |
| 8 | BN H2O-B | Boron Nitride Coating |
SiC foam filter help to enhance quality of castings and reduce cost. SiC filter is designed for filtering ductile iron, grey iron and copper alloy castings. It simplifies pouring system and increase the ratio of the mould.
- Forcoat NF-11 RL (Graphite water based)
- Forcoat NF-101 (Zircon water based)
- Forcoat NF-ALN (Aluminum thinner base)
- Forcoat NF-ALN (paste) (Chill paint for aluminum casting)
- Forcoat NF-1434 SPL (Texture coating)
- Forcoat NF-GL (Plunger coating)
- Forcoat NF-GL-G (Plunger coating graphite free)
- Forcoat NF-60 (Insulating coating)
- Forcoat NG-14 SPL (General purpose)
- Forcoat NG-140 SPL (Insulating long life)
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