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In 1970 a foundry was established in Port Hedland. [1] In December 1974 the company changed its name to Bradken. [4] By 1978 Bradken was controlled by Australian National Industries (ANI) and Comeng. In 1982 ANI became the sole shareholder. In October 1990, the head office moved from Alexandra to Mayfield West. In 1995 the business was ...
The foundry also made anvils from ductile iron. [34] Wundowie Foundry Pty Ltd was founded in 1985, and was privately owned. [35] New furnaces were installed in 1991 for the production of steel castings. [34] In 2004–05, a consortium of managers bought the foundry and reassured the community that the operation was secure. [35]
The CFA first met on April 27, 1949. Todd Belfield of Cochran Foundry was the organization's first chairman. Membership reached a high in 1974-75 with 110 sustaining companies and 379 associate members. CFA held regular meetings which focused on educating the people working in member foundries on "how-to" of foundry operations.
The structure of an anvil. The anvil serves as a workbench to the blacksmith, where the metal to be forged is worked. Anvils may seem clunky and heavy, but they are a highly refined tool carefully shaped to suit a blacksmith's needs. Anvils are made of cast or wrought iron with a tool steel face welded on or of a single piece of cast or forged ...
William Foster then proceeded to start small scale manufacturing of mill machinery and threshing machinery. The mill was converted to an iron foundry by 1856, thus becoming the original Wellington Foundry. By 1899 the works had moved to the Wellington foundry in New Boultham and the original works were then occupied by William Rainforth.
The "black" in "blacksmith" refers to the black firescale [citation needed], a layer of oxides that forms on the surface of the metal during heating.The origin of smith is the Old English word smið meaning "blacksmith", originating from the Proto-Germanic *smiþaz meaning "skilled worker".
Single-horn anvil A blacksmith working iron with a hammer and anvil A blacksmith working with a sledgehammer, assistant (striker) and Lokomo anvil in Finland. An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
General Steel Castings Corp.'s logo (Also used to represent the Castings Division of General Steel Industries, Inc.) The General Steel Castings Corporation was a steel casting corporation in the United States established in 1928 [1] by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company, and American Steel Foundries.