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With its wide range of mechanical properties, gray iron is suitable for many engineering applications, especially where intricacy of design is required. Gray iron provides advantages in the areas of cost, excellent machineability damping or dampening capacity (which is essentially the ability to absorb vibrations), good wear characteristics (self lubricating), compressive strength, and low shrinkage. Gray iron castings are used a wide range of applications - including general machinery, stock fittings, valve bodies, and railroad accessories |