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  2. Core (manufacturing) - Wikipedia

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    To increase the strength of cores internal wires and rods can be added. To enhance collapsibility, straw can be added to the middle of the core or a hollow core can be used. This attribute is especially important for steel casting because a large amount of shrinkage occurs. [4] Except for very small cores, all cores require vent holes to ...

  3. Category:Watch manufacturing companies - Wikipedia

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    Companies designing and assembling watches with movements made by third parties should be in Category:Watch brands. Companies who have discontinued manufacturing watches should also be placed in Category:Defunct watchmaking companies. Individuals (dead or alive) engaged in making watches should be in Category:Watchmakers (people).

  4. Goodwin plc - Wikipedia

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    It established a foundry as well as a fabrication plant. The fabrication plant carried out machining , fabrication and assembly work on the castings produced by the foundry. The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1958, [ 2 ] and it remains one of the 10 oldest companies listed there.

  5. Steel mill - Wikipedia

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    Integrated steel mill in the Netherlands.The two large towers are blast furnaces.. A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.It may be an integrated steel works carrying out all steps of steelmaking from smelting iron ore to rolled product, but may also be a plant where steel semi-finished casting products are made from molten pig iron or from scrap.

  6. Pattern (casting) - Wikipedia

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    For the production of gray iron, ductile iron and steel castings, sand casting remains the most widely used process. For aluminum castings, sand casting represents about 12% of the total tonnage by weight (surpassed only by die casting at 57%, and semi-permanent and permanent mold at 19%; based on 2006 shipments). The exact process and pattern ...

  7. Bessemer process - Wikipedia

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    Bessemer converter, schematic diagram. The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron. The oxidation also ...

  8. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.

  9. Ladle (metallurgy) - Wikipedia

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    However, in most foundries, the foundry ladle refers to a steel vessel that has a lifting bail fitted so that the vessel can be carried by an overhead crane or monorail system and is also fitted with a mechanical means for rotating the vessel, usually in the form of a gearbox. The gearbox can either be manually operated or powered operation.