The Encyclopedia of Founding

Twelve hundred entries from the golden age of cast metal — how bells are founded, why brass is not bronze, what a cupola melts and a core withstands — by Simpson Bolland, the trade's great teacher.

HomeS › Setting

Setting

This term is applied to metal as it passes from the fluid to the solid state. When the metal has concreted into a solid mass, it is termed "set" or "frozen," both of which terms are in the foundry synonyms for congelation. See CONGELATION; FREEZING.

← Semi-steelShackle →