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Foundry, the Glossary

A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings.^[1]

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Alloy

An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Aluminium alloy inclusions

An inclusion is a solid particle in liquid aluminium alloy.

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Annealing (materials science)

In metallurgy and materials science, annealing is a heat treatment that alters the physical and sometimes chemical properties of a material to increase its ductility and reduce its hardness, making it more workable.

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Bandsaw

A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a power saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material.

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Bellfounding

Bellfounding is the casting and tuning of large bronze bells in a foundry for use such as in churches, clock towers and public buildings, either to signify the time or an event, or as a musical carillon or chime.

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Brass

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

Butterworth–Heinemann is a British publishing company specialised in professional information and learning materials for higher education and professional training, in printed and electronic forms.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Case-hardening

Case-hardening or carburization is the process of introducing carbon to the surface of a low carbon iron or much more commonly low carbon steel object in order to enable the surface to be hardened.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%. Foundry and Cast iron are metalworking.

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Casting

Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify.

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Ceramic mold casting

Ceramic mold casting, also known ambiguously as ceramic molding, is a group of metal casting processes that use ceramics as the mold material.

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Coke (fuel)

Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content.

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Core (manufacturing)

A core is a device used in casting and moulding processes to produce internal cavities and reentrant angles (an interior angle that is greater than 180°).

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Crucible

A crucible is a container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures.

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Cupola furnace

A cupola or cupola furnace is a melting device used in foundries that can be used to melt cast iron, Ni-resist iron and some bronzes. Foundry and cupola furnace are metalworking.

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Die casting

Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity.

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Draft (engineering)

In engineering, draft is the amount of taper for molded or cast parts perpendicular to the parting line.

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Electric arc furnace

An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats material by means of an electric arc.

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Energy

Energy is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Factory

A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. Foundry and factory are industrial buildings and structures.

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Ferroalloy

Ferroalloy refers to various alloys of iron with a high proportion of one or more other elements such as manganese (Mn), aluminium (Al), or silicon (Si).

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In metallurgy, a flux is a chemical reducing agent, flowing agent, or purifying agent.

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Forging

Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces.

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Foundry sand testing

Foundry sand testing is a process used to determine if the foundry sand has the correct properties for a certain casting process.

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Freezing

Freezing is a phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point.

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Grinding machine

A grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is a power tool (or machine tool) used for grinding.

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Heat treating

Heat treating (or heat treatment) is a group of industrial, thermal and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. Foundry and heat treating are metalworking.

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Induction furnace

An induction furnace is an electrical furnace in which the heat is applied by induction heating of metal.

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Investment casting

Investment casting is an industrial process based on lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques.

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Ironworks

An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made.

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In metallurgy, a ladle is a bucket-shaped container or vessel used to transport and pour out molten metals.

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Loam molding

Loam molding was formerly used for making cast iron or bronze cannon and is still used for casting large bells.

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Lost-foam casting

Lost-foam casting (LFC) is a type of evaporative-pattern casting process that is similar to investment casting except foam is used for the pattern instead of wax.

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Machining

Machining is a manufacturing process where a desired shape or part is created using the controlled removal of material, most often metal, from a larger piece of raw material by cutting. Foundry and Machining are metalworking.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

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In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape.

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Casting process simulation is a computational technique used in industry and metallurgy to model and analyze the metal-casting process. Foundry and metal casting simulation are foundries and metalworking.

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A metallurgical furnace, often simply referred to as a furnace when the context is known, is an industrial furnace used to heat, melt, or otherwise process metals.

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Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals in order to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures.

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Milling (machining)

Milling is the process of machining using rotary cutters to remove material by advancing a cutter into a workpiece. Foundry and Milling (machining) are metalworking.

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Molding (process)

Molding (American English) or moulding (British and Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using a rigid frame called a mold or matrix.

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Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

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Numerical analysis

Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation (as opposed to symbolic manipulations) for the problems of mathematical analysis (as distinguished from discrete mathematics).

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Numerical control

In machining, numerical control, also called computer numerical control (CNC), is the automated control of tools by means of a computer.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxy-fuel welding and cutting

Principle of burn cutting Oxy-fuel welding (commonly called oxyacetylene welding, oxy welding, or gas welding in the United States) and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases (or liquid fuels such as gasoline or petrol, diesel, biodiesel, kerosene, etc) and oxygen to weld or cut metals.

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Parting line

A parting line, in industrial casting of molds, is the border line between the two halves of the mold (known as the “core” and the “cavity.”), which draft direction change at here.

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Pattern (casting)

In casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to form the sand mould cavity into which molten metal is poured during the casting process.

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Porosity sealing

Porosity sealing is done through the process of vacuum impregnation.

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Precipitation hardening

Precipitation hardening, also called age hardening or particle hardening, is a heat treatment technique used to increase the yield strength of malleable materials, including most structural alloys of aluminium, magnesium, nickel, titanium, and some steels, stainless steels, and duplex stainless steel.

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Punching

Punching is a forming process that uses a punch press to force a tool, called a punch, through the workpiece to create a hole via shearing.

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Quenching

In materials science, quenching is the rapid cooling of a workpiece in water, gas, oil, polymer, air, or other fluids to obtain certain material properties.

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Refining

Refining (also perhaps called by the mathematical term affining) is the process of purification of a (1) substance or a (2) form.

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Reverberatory furnace

A reverberatory furnace is a metallurgical or process furnace that isolates the material being processed from contact with the fuel, but not from contact with combustion gases.

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Riser (casting)

A riser, also known as a feeder, is a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage.

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Sand casting

Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand—known as casting sand—as the mold material.

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Sandblasting

Sandblasting, sometimes known as abrasive blasting, is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a smooth surface, shape a surface or remove surface contaminants.

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Sandpaper

Sheets of sandpaper with different grit sizes (40 (coarse), 80, 150, 240, 600 (fine)) Sandpaper, also known as glasspaper or as coated abrasive, is a type of material that consists of sheets of paper or cloth with an abrasive substance glued to one face.

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Semi-finished casting products

Semi-finished casting products are intermediate castings produced in a steel mill that need further processing before being finished goods.

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Shot peening

Shot peening is a cold working process used to produce a compressive residual stress layer and modify the mechanical properties of metals and composites. Foundry and Shot peening are metalworking.

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Smelting

Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product. Foundry and Smelting are Firing techniques.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.

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Tempering is a process of heat treating, which is used to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys.

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Thermal stress

In mechanics and thermodynamics, thermal stress is mechanical stress created by any change in temperature of a material.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Welding

Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing fusion.

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Zinc

Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.

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70s

The 70s was a decade that ran from January 1, AD 70, to December 31, AD 79.

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80s

The 80s was a decade that ran from January 1, AD 80, to December 31, AD 89.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundry

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