Iron founder

An iron founder (also iron-founder or ironfounder) in its more general sense is a worker in molten ferrous metal, generally working within an iron foundry.[1] However, the term 'iron founder' is usually reserved for the owner or manager of an iron foundry, a person also known in Victorian England as a 'master'. Workers in a foundry are generically described as 'foundrymen'; however, the various craftsmen working in foundries, such as moulders and pattern makers, are often referred to by their specific trades.[2][3]

Historically the appellation "founder" was given to the supervisor of a blast furnace, and persons who made castings in iron or other heavy metal.[4] The term is also often applied to the company or works in which an iron foundry operates.

## See also

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* Foundry
* Casting (metalworking)
* Bellfounding
* Coremaking
* Foundry sand testing
* Smelting

## References

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1. ^ "The iron founder" supplement. A complete illustrated exposition of the art of casting in iron. Also, the founding of statues; the art of taking casts, pattern modelling; useful formulas and tables (1893)
2. ^ Dobraszczyk, P. (2014) Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain: Myth and Modernity ..., Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., pp. 29-32
3. ^ Holtzapffel, C. (1843) Turning and Mechanical Manipulation:..., Holtzapffel & Co., London, p. 327
4. ^ Edward Hazen, Reuben S. Gilbert, Abraham John Mason, John Ludlow Morton, Stephen H. Gimber, Raphael Hoyle, Charles Burton Uriah Hunt, 1837

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Casting

Processes|

* Centrifugal
* Continuous
* Die
* Evaporative-pattern
* Full mold
* Lost foam
* Investment (Lost wax)
* Permanent mold
* Plaster mold
* Sand
* Semi-solid metal
* Shaw process
* Shell molding
* Spin

Components|

* Chill
* Cope and drag
* Core
* Flask
* Molding sand
* Pattern
* Riser
* Sprue

Terminology|

* Casting defects
* Draft
* Dross
* Foundry
* Ingot
* Semi-finished casting products
* Slag

* Casting
* Fabrication
* Forming
* Jewellery
* Machining
* Metallurgy
* Smithing
* Tools and terminology
* Welding

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