foundries
Molten metal workshops
Foundries is the plural of foundry, a facility where metal is melted and cast into shapes.
The term applies to operations ranging from small artisan shops to massive industrial plants producing engine blocks or steel beams.
The old foundries along the river have been converted to lofts.
In tech usage, semiconductor foundries manufacture computer chips: Taiwan's foundries produce most of the world's advanced processors.
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
- slagIndustrial metalworking byproduct
- fluxContinuous change or flow
ladle · cupola · refractory · ingot · billet · bloomery · roasting · calcining
Form-giving container
- pouringFlowing in volume
- lost-waxCasting using melted model
- patternmakingCreating garment construction templates
- coreCentral essential portion
riser · gate · sprue · flask · parting · draft · shrinkage · chill
Industrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
automation · engineering · fabrication · assembly · robotics · conveyor · mass-production · workshop
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
flux · ladle · cupola · refractory · ingot · billet · bloomery · roasting · calcining · sintering
mold
Form-giving container
- pouringFlowing in volume
- lost-waxCasting using melted model
- patternmakingCreating garment construction templates
core · riser · gate · sprue · flask · parting · draft · shrinkage · chill · ramming
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- productionMaking or generating something
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
machinery · automation · engineering · fabrication · assembly · robotics · conveyor · mass-production · workshop · tooling
alloying
Mixing metals together
- metallurgyScience of extracting metals
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- quenchingRapid cooling process
annealing · machining · grinding · polishing · welding · brazing · finishing · deburring · inspection · tolerances
- heavy industrysteel mills, steel production, steel industry, steelmaking, smelters
- Industrial Imagerymachinery, factories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- American manufacturingfactory output, assembly plants, steel mills, textile mills, industrial output
- factoriesfactory, manufacturing plant, assembly plant, car factory, plants
- old industriesblacksmithing, ironworks, sawmills, gristmills, tanneries
foundriesscrapyards
Places for discarded vehicles
salvage yards · junkyards · mines · smelters · refineries
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