"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 200
POURING, FLO WING- OFF, AND FEEDING. 183 to those shown at Figs. 95 and 96 be made. Leader A, Fig. 95, is intended to be formed by a pattern set in position, and horn gates B leading therefrom to the mould C. The main runner, shown by broken lines at D, can be set at any part of the leader which… … Fig. 95. Fig. 96. work is desired, is to have the leader extend past the end gate, as seen at E, Fig. 95 : this allows of the first rush of iron, with its accompanying dirt, finding a lodgment there, the casting being, of course, benefited just that much. The mode of preparation for this green-sand…
Iron founding
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