Interior View showing men pouring large mould
SC 787492
Description Interior View showing men pouring large mould
Date 30/4/1971
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 787492
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Muirhall Foundry, Muirhall Road, Larbert, Falkirk This shows a large mould being poured from a ladle suspended on an overhead crane. The man standing on the drum is tilting the ladle, to ensure an even rate of pour, and the man in the centre is controlling the overhead crane, to compensate for the increasing tilt of the ladle. The metal being poured into this mould is spherical graphite (SG) iron, made by adding, in this case, magnesium to molten 'grey' iron. This results in the carbon in the casting being deposited as spheres, rather than as flakes, making the casting much less brittle. 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 It originally made 'Tayco' boilers, but switched during World War II to making bombs.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 H35/71/36/24
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