"The iron founder" supplement. A complete illustrated exposition of the art of casting in iron. Comprising the erection and management of cupolas, reverberatory furnaces, blowers, dams, ladles, etc.; mixing cast iron; founding of chilled car-wheels; malleable iron castings; foundry equipments and appliances; gear moulding machines; moulding machines; burning, chilling, softening; annealing; pouring and feeding; foundry materials; advanced moulding; measurement of castings; wrought iron, steel, etc. Also, the founding of statues; the art of taking casts, pattern modelling; useful formulas and tables (1893)
Bolland, Simpson · New York, J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 155
138 THE IRON-FOUNDER SUPPLEMENT. again are revolved on chilled truck-wheels, the heads hav¬ ing guides turned thereon for the purpose, thus doing away with axis on the head altogether. A great saving of time is effected when two barrels are employed, as in this case one may he kept running whilst… … Fig. 52. where such a commodity is in constant demand. Old as this contrivance is, it is nevertheless a fact that in many foundries they are still pounding away on the chopping, bench, apparently ignorant of the existence of such a machine; others claim that hand-made loam is the best, but this…
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