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Interior View showing mechanised moulding shop
SC 787491
Description Interior View showing mechanised moulding shop
Date 30/4/1971
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 787491
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Muirhall Foundry, Muirhall Road, Larbert, Falkirk This shows large number of identical moulds made in greensand in moulding machines at the far end of the moulding shop and moved forward on roller runways, obviating much manual labour. This was the biggest shop of its kind in Scotland. This was one of the most advanced foundries in Scotland in 1971. It had three electric induction furnaces, and two cupolas. They used a range of moulding techniques, including snap-flask moulding, as seen here, carbon dioxide moulding and shell moulding. This foundry was established in 1920, and was in 1971 owned by Robert Taylor & Co (Iron founders) Ltd. It originally made 'Tayco' boilers, but switched during World War II to making bombs. By 1971 it was specialising in making engineering castings, many in special nickel alloys. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/71/36/22
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