Foundry engineering involves designing and building structures to heat raw materials to high temperatures to create metal products. Foundries have large furnaces, mold building stations, and storage facilities. Foundry engineers also repair and improve existing foundries. They do not build metal forging machinery. From aluminum to steel, zinc to iron, the world’s metals are created […]
Smelting plants extract metal from ore through heating and a reducing agent. Early examples include the bloomery and blast furnace for iron smelting. The Bessemer process and basic oxygen steelmaking improved efficiency. Aluminum smelting plants use electrolysis. A smelting plant is an industrial location where metal for ore is mined. Common examples of metal smelting […]
Iron foundries produce iron castings and stamped items through a multi-step process of melting iron in furnaces, pouring it into molds, removing the casting, cleaning it, and removing imperfections. They can produce small to large products using various types of iron. Foundries use different types of furnaces and molds, including sand molds. Once cooled, the […]
The foundry industry involves mining, smelting, and recycling of metals. Raw castings are created and finished by other factories. Iron and steel are used to create strong components for various industries. Foundries compete based on their iron recipes, leading to competitive salaries but also health risks. The foundry industry consists of many stages from mining […]
