iron casting
Poured metal product
Iron casting is an object made by pouring molten iron into a mold and letting it solidify.
The process produces everything from engine blocks to decorative fences to cookware.
Cast iron is valued for its durability, heat retention, and ability to form intricate shapes: The old factory still had its original iron castings in the railings.
- pattern makingCreating reproducible design guides
- ladlesDeep spoons for serving
- lost waxCasting via melted model
- moldsHollow shaping containers
- cruciblesHeat-proof smelting containers
furnaces · molten metal · pipes · manhole covers · foundry · engine blocks · microstructure · statues · railings · cookware · cast steel · blast furnace · wrought · radiator · heat · blacksmith · brittle · rust
manufacturing process
iron castingforged iron
Hammer-shaped heated metal
iron forging · forging · machining · wrought iron · hand forging