Fundición in english
Foundry
pronunciation: faʊndri part of speech: noun
pronunciation: faʊndri part of speech: noun
In gestures
fundición1 = casting ; smelting.
Example: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.Example: The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.more:
» de baja fundición = low-melt .
Example: Low-melt glue sticks are specially formulated for low temperature use, and are not suitable for use with hot-melt guns.» fundición de acero = steelmaking [steel making] .
Example: This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.» fundición de tipos = typefounding .
Example: International trade in cast type and in typefounding materials continued during this period, the chief exporters now being England and France = Durante todo este período siguió existiendo un mercado internacional de tipos fundidos y de materiales de fundición, siendo ahora los principales países exportadores Inglaterra y Francia.» horno de fundición = smelter .
Example: Until 1870, the rich ore was reduced in primitive smelters and the silver bullion transported by llamas 200 miles to Lima.» planta de fundición = smelting plant .
Example: Industry has used this standard when large installations have been required -- a smelting plant, a steel mill, etc.» punto de fundición = melting point .
Example: Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal which was hard enough to wear well yet had a low melting point.» taller de fundición = foundry .
Example: These foundries bought up the best available materials and employed the finest punchcutters.» taller de fundición de tipos = type-foundry .
Example: The factory included both a type-foundry and a bindery.fundición2 = smelter ; foundry.
Example: Until 1870, the rich ore was reduced in primitive smelters and the silver bullion transported by llamas 200 miles to Lima.Example: These foundries bought up the best available materials and employed the finest punchcutters.more:
» fundición siderúrgica = iron and steel foundry ; iron and steel mill ; iron and steel works .
Example: Historians know rather less about the experience of silicosis and respiratory disorders in such workplaces as iron and steel foundries, including those attached to automobile plants. Example: The main source of chromium pollution is local industry, especially iron and steel mills. Example: However the closing of the iron and steel works in the second half of the twentieth-century has seen the town become dangerously reliant on the single industry of submarine building.