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MOLTEN METAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smelting (Metal Processing)
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
CONT

Pouring gate or basin: the widened cup-shaped opening or depression into which the molten metal is first poured. It is located at the top of the assembly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fusion (Transformation des métaux)
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
CONT

Le métal en fusion versé dans le maître jet se répartit par les jets dans toutes les cavités qu'il remplit et dans lesquelles il se fige presque immédiatement.

Spanish

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