foundry casting work
1Foundry — A foundry is a factory which produces metal castings from either ferrous or non ferrous alloys. Metals are turned into parts by melting the metal into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and then removing the mold material or casting. The most …
2Casting (metalworking) — Casting iron in a sand mold In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which… …
3foundry — [foun′drē] n. pl. foundries [see FOUND3 & ERY] 1. the act, process, or work of melting and molding metals; casting 2. metal castings 3. a place where metal is cast …
4Lost-wax casting — A model of an apple in wax …
5Sand casting — Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand as the mold material. It is relatively cheap and sufficiently refractory even for steel foundry use. A suitable bonding agent (usually clay)… …
6Saracen Foundry — The Saracen Foundry was the better known name for the Possilpark, Glasgow based foundry company W MacFarlane Co. Ltd, founded and owned by Walter MacFarlane. Macfarlane s was the most important manufacturer of ornamental ironwork in Scotland.… …
7Lost-foam casting — (LFC) is a type of investment casting process that uses foam patterns as the investment. This method takes advantage of the properties of foam to simply and cheaply form castings that would be difficult or impossible, using normal cope and drag… …
8Atlantic Foundry Company — The Atlantic Foundry Company was an Akron, Ohio based iron casting manufacturer that operated from 1905 to 1989. The company was founded by Charles Reymann Sr., a French immigrant from Alsace Lorraine, and was privately owned and operated by the… …
9Monument aux morts (Aisne) — There are several hundred individual monument aux morts (war memorials) in the Aisne, in the region of Picardy, and this article describes some of them, with information on the sculptors, marbriers or foundries involved. This continues the… …
10Matthew Murray — For other people named Matthew Murray, see Matthew Murray (disambiguation). Matthew Murray Matthew Murray (1765 1826) Born 1765 Newcastle upon Tyne …
