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PIG IRON [2 records]

Record 1 2016-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
OBS

pig: When the molten metal is tapped from the blast furnace, it flows along main open channels in the ground. These are called "sows" and the branch channels are called "pigs." Pig is applied as a name to the branch channel as well as to the metal itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
DEF

Lingot de fonte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colada y modelaje de metales
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Record 2 2016-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
  • Cast Iron
DEF

Crude iron that is the direct product of the blast furnace and is refined to produce steel, wrought iron, or ingot iron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
  • Fonte
CONT

On appelle fontes brutes les produits ferreux destinés à une transformation ultérieure, contenant généralement 1,9 % et plus de carbone, dans lesquels le fer est l'élément qui prédomine en poids.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fundición
  • Hierro fundido
DEF

Fundición de hierro que se obtiene en el alto horno y que constituye la materia prima de la industria del hierro y del acero.

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