ADI and ist historical development
A material's success story!- 1930 initial experimets with heat-treated cast iron
- 1937 documentation of the non-ferrous structire in grey cast iron (GJL)
- 1948 Millis: discovery and patenting of spheroidal cast iron (GJS)
- 1952 first sources of ADI
- 1960 General motors starts ADI gear programme
Initial industrial application of ADI:
- 1970 Crankshafts for the compressor in refrigerating equipment
- 1977 ring gears and pinions incar rear axle gears
- 1979 differential gearbox housings for all-wheel-drive light trucks
- 1980 crankshaft for Ford L4 engine
- 1984 toothed steering gear for commercial vehicle diesel engines
- 1990 truck spring hangers, stub axles and wheel hubs
- 1995 Fixing arm for Ford Mustang spring system
- 2002 wheel housing for VW Phaeton
- 1980 Start of systematic research into ADI
- 1990 Standardisation to ASTM in the USA
- 1997 Standardisation to EN- 1564 in Europe
The development at HUBO::
- 1987 First encounter with the material ADI at the Finnish meehanite foundry, Höyfors
- 1990 First manufacture of ADI cast parts to test out the material
- 1997 Setting up of a quality assurance system with subsequent certification
- 1998 Start of series production after creation of DIN standard
- 2003 Production of aprox. 1,000 t ADI cast components which were sold exclusively at the subsidiary company, ADI Treatments Ltd in the UK.
- 2004 ADI Treatmeant Ltd sells 8,000 t of ADI components on the European market!
- 2005 increase in capacity at ADI Traetment through the installation of a third furnace to approx. 12,000 t per annum. 12000 J/.
- 2007 Hulvershorn builds a second foundry in Bocholt ( Germany)