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East Jordan Iron Works is a leader in the manufacturing and distribution of USA
made construction castings for use in road building, underground, and utility
construction. We truly “Cover the Infrastructure® ” in the United
States. These castings include: City and State Standard Manhole Frames and Covers
for Storm and Sanitary Manholes, Classic and Custom Manhole Covers, Utility Construction
Castings, Airport & Port Authority Castings, and Design Specific Castings
EJIW supplies construction castings to many US Cities,Townships, Counties
and States. We produce construction castings to ASTM, AASHTO, Federal Government,
and customer specifications. We take great pride in producing the standard
construction castings for many cities in the United States.
: This specification is applicable for gray and ductile
iron construction castings. All castings shall be manufactured in the United
States of America. All manufacturers shall be approved suppliers and be able
to demonstrate that there is an acceptable quality control program at the producing
foundry, prior to supplying castings.
: Gray iron castings for heavy duty applications
shall be manufactured from iron conforming to ASTM A48, Class 35B of AASHTO
M306, or as requested by the purchaser. Gray iron castings for sidewalk or
pedestrian applications shall be manufactured from iron conforming to ASTM
A48, Class 30B or 35B, or as requested by the purchaser. Ductile iron castings
shall conform to ASTM A536. The iron material used in products provided shall
have a minimum recycled material content of 75%. The recycled materials shall
consist of post-consumer material.
: Castings shall be of uniform quality, free
from sand holes, gas holes, shrinkage, cracks and other surface defects.
Castings shall be ground smooth and well cleaned by shot blasting. For traffic
service castings, bearing surfaces between manhole rings and covers or grates
and frames shall be cast or machined with such precision to prevent rocking.
As-cast dimensions may vary within accepted foundry tolerances as outlined
in the Iron Castings Handbook published by the American Foundry Society.
Nominally, casting dimensional tolerances shall be +/- 1/16" per foot.
All published casting weights are average and approximate values and shall
vary +/- 5%. Castings shall be furnished painted or unpainted as specified
by the purchaser.
Traffic service castings shall have
a first article proof load test conducted and the results of that proof load
shall be made available to the purchaser upon request. The proof load shall
be conducted in accordance with the method and procedure that is outlined
in AASHTO M306. The casting shall be tested on a suitable and calibrated
load testing machine and the casting shall hold a 40,000 pound proof load
for one minute without experiencing any cracks or detrimental permanent deformation.
: Inspections shall be in accordance with AASHTO
M306. Results of these tests shall be furnished to the purchaser upon request.
The heat or production date and product numbers shall be cast on the casting.
This information shall be used for casting traceability and testing.
: A foundry certification
shall be furnished to the purchaser stating that samples representing each
lot have been tested, inspected, and are in accordance with this specification.
: Each casting shall be identifiable and show, at
a minimum, the following: name of the producing foundry, country of manufacture
(such as “Made in USA”), ASTM material designation, recycle symbol,
individual part number, cast or heat date. Castings shall include all lettering
as shown on the specification drawings.
: Random checks on the castings may be conducted
by the purchaser. These random checks shall be conducted in accordance with
AASHTO M306.
: Test results for each lot of castings shall be maintained
by the foundry for a minimum of seven years and shall be made available to the
purchaser upon request.
By law, American-made iron foundry products must be used on all federal transportation
projects and state and local government projects that use federal transportation
dollars. Products covered by the law include manhole frame and covers, catch
basin frames and grates, iron and steel inlet grating, and various miscellaneous
iron products. For more information on ISTEA requirements, marking requirements
for foreign castings, or Buy America legislation, please contact your nearest
EJIW location.
Product drawings are available for all EJIW products, including thousands of
manhole cover designs. These drawings can be emailed directly to you to incorporate
into your plan details. Drawing requests are handled on an individual basis,
please call 800-626-4653 or contact us at ejiwsales@ejiw.com
East Jordan Iron Works, Inc.
Toll Free: (800) 626-4653
E-mail: ejiwsales@ejiw.com
Web site: http://www.ejiw.com
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