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Foundry vs Forging - What's the difference?

foundry | forging |

As nouns the difference between foundry and forging

is that foundry is a facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc while forging is a component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).

As a verb forging is

present participle of lang=en.

foundry

English

Noun

(wikipedia foundry) (foundries)
  • A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry , etc.
  • The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.

    • Related terms

    * type foundry

    forging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).
  • * 1896 , United States, Annual report of the Secretary of War