What did Cast Iron Recycling look like?

Scrap iron fragments are collected, charged into a cupola furnace for remelting, and then cast into new objects.

How did Cast Iron Recycling work?

Collect scrap iron → clean rust → charge into cupola furnace → add charcoal to melt → add flux to remove impurities → molten iron poured into new molds → recast.

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Cast Iron Recycling

Remelting scrap iron for recasting, reducing smelting energy and ore consumption. An early metal recycling technology.

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Scientific Principle

Metal remelting: a physical process — scrap iron is remelted; the melting point does not change with recycling. Resource recovery.

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Cast Iron Recycling

Scientific Principle

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