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 to the actual smelting of the metal and iron. While most of the materials used in the foundry industry are mined from the earth in the form of ores and ores that are heated and liquefied, many recycled iron and steel products are also heated and liquefied before being poured into molds and made into new steel and iron bars. This type of recycling brings wrecking yards, auto salvage yards, and neighborhood recycling programs into the foundry industry. Trucking and railroad services are also involved in the process of creating new steel from old and discarded steel scrap, as they transport the raw materials to the smelter where the scrap is processed into new steel.
While the foundry industry isn’t responsible for creating many finished items, it is responsible for creating the raw castings that are finished by other factories. Once the raw materials have been heated to a liquid state and poured into moulds, the foundry industry process often requires the use of large mallets to pound the hot iron bars into a specific size and shape. Many different types of steel and types of iron are created by mixing and adding certain ores to the molten iron while it is still in the large cauldrons.
Steel is produced by the foundry industry for use in other industries to create steel stampings, forgings, and other types of very strong components. Iron is poured into molds and cast into many different shapes and configurations, most of which require final machining to complete the creative process. In some applications, the iron ingots are produced by the smelter and the ingots are shipped to the makers who heat and cast the iron into specific items.
Iron is subject to particular recipes that each foundry adheres to, making one foundry preferred over another by some customers who use the iron to fabricate a particular component or part. This type of singling out of the iron produced gives rise to competition within the foundry industry. This also leads to very competitive salaries for those tasked with mixing the materials to create the superior iron product. Due in part to the heat and smoke that is produced during the act of smelting materials to make iron and steel, there are various diseases which are found only within the foundry industry and are often very serious if not contracted in the initial stages.
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