Foundry
A foundry is a place where molten (melted) metals are poured into casts, to make metal things of a certain shape. Aluminum and cast iron are most commonly cast in foundries, but other metals, like bronze, can be cast as well. During casting, parts of different sizes and shapes can be made. Foundries also scrap used metals and recast them into more useful forms.
Foundry Media
A Foundryman, pictured by Daniel A. Wehrschmidt in 1899
Melting metal in a crucible for casting
A metal die casting robot in an industrial foundry
Bronze poured from a crucible into a mold, using the lost-wax casting process
A tank hull undergoing heat treatment
Modern foundry (c. 2000)
