The high carbon iron produced from the blast furnace and cast into 'pig'.
Iron produced in a blast furnace and poured into a container for further processing.
crude iron in a bar shape; direct product of a charcoal iron furnace
Refers to melted iron (containing carbon above 1.5%) produced in a blast furnace. Molten iron is poured through a trench before flowing into shallow earthen moulds arranged along the side of the trench. As this resembles newborn pigs suckling at their mother's side, the trench became known as the "sow" and the moulds as "pigs". At NatSteel Asia, pig iron is sometimes used as an alternative iron source to produce special grade steel which otherwise cannot be made from steel scrap which contains a higher proportion of impurities.
Cast iron made by the reduction of iron ore in the blast furnace. It contains a large quantity of carbon (above 1.5%). It derives its name from the fact that the channel or runner leading from the furnace branched out into side channels called sows, and then into smaller channels called pigs. Pig iron today is sold on chemical analysis.
crude iron tapped from a blast furnace
So called whether cast in metal molds to form pigs or kept molten awaiting transfer to the steelmaking furnaces. The term, "hot metal," is also applied to molten pig iron.
The direct metallic product, either solid or molten, of a blast furnace smelting iron ore.
Cast iron in crude blocks or ingots, otherwise known as pigs.
According to EN 10 001 an alloy of iron and more than 2% C. It may also contain other elements within certain limits. (Mn 30, Si 8 %, P 3 %, Cr 10 %, others 10 %). Pig iron is processed into steel or cast iron. Iron for steelmaking can be divided into low-phosphorus and high-phosphorus grades.
a cast ingot that can be refined by forging
The high carbon iron product obtained by the reduction of iron ores, typically in a blast furnace or an electric furnace, and cast into uniform shapes (pigs) having physical and chemical characteristics of the material, as foundry melting stock.
A crude, high-carbon iron that is produced by the blast furnace. Requires further refinement to become wrought iron or steel.
The product of the blast furnace. The term was derived from the method of casting the bars of the pig iron in depressions or moulds formed in the sand floor adjacent to the furnace. These were connected to a runner (known as a sow) and when filled with metal the runner and the numerous smaller moulds were supposed to resemble a litter of suckling pigs, hence the term pig iron.
The metallic product of the blast furnac,e containing over 90 % iron.
Crude, high-carbon iron produced by reduction of iron ore in a blast furnace.
Crude iron as it comes from the blast furnace, which is eventually refined into wrought iron, steel, or ingot iron.
Blocks of iron to a known metal chemical analysis used for melting, with suitable additions of scrap, etc., for the production of ferrous castings. See Ingot.
The name for the melted iron produced in a blast furnace, containing a large quantity of carbon (above 1.5%). Named long ago when molten iron was poured through a trench in the ground to flow into shallow earthen holes, the arrangement looked like newborn pigs suckling. The central channel became known as the "sow," and the molds were "pigs."