Abstract
There are about 250 foundries casting bronze in the United Kingdom, but the bulk of the production is carried out by probably no more than 50 or 60. This study has revealed marked differences in the patterns of production between the UK and other European countries which may have a significant effect on the competitiveness of the UK industry in the market after 1992. Already valuable markets are probably being lost and the matter should receive early consideration. The total energy bill for the sector is of the order of 10M pounds a year and this is thought to represent about 6% of the estimated value of the production of raw castings. This is a much smaller proportion of the value of the finished components made from the castings. Few foundries monitor the energy consumption of individual stages of production. The evidence suggests that about two thirds of this energy is spent on melting metal as, normally, the weight of metal melted is at least twice that of the castings produced. There is scope for reducing energy use by changes in practice and particularly by raising the yield of good castings manufactured as a proportion of metal melted. This report
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Mantle, E C
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- Association of Bronze and Brass Founders (GB)
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Mantle, E C.
Bronze founding: a review of the industry and its energy requirements.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1991.
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Mantle, E C.
Bronze founding: a review of the industry and its energy requirements.
United Kingdom.
Mantle, E C.
1991.
"Bronze founding: a review of the industry and its energy requirements."
United Kingdom.
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abstractNote = {There are about 250 foundries casting bronze in the United Kingdom, but the bulk of the production is carried out by probably no more than 50 or 60. This study has revealed marked differences in the patterns of production between the UK and other European countries which may have a significant effect on the competitiveness of the UK industry in the market after 1992. Already valuable markets are probably being lost and the matter should receive early consideration. The total energy bill for the sector is of the order of 10M pounds a year and this is thought to represent about 6% of the estimated value of the production of raw castings. This is a much smaller proportion of the value of the finished components made from the castings. Few foundries monitor the energy consumption of individual stages of production. The evidence suggests that about two thirds of this energy is spent on melting metal as, normally, the weight of metal melted is at least twice that of the castings produced. There is scope for reducing energy use by changes in practice and particularly by raising the yield of good castings manufactured as a proportion of metal melted. This report includes proposals for improvements leading to reductions in energy consumption. Suggestions are also made for effecting a change in technology towards that used in other European countries as this has the greatest potential for energy efficiency. (author).}
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title = {Bronze founding: a review of the industry and its energy requirements}
author = {Mantle, E C}
abstractNote = {There are about 250 foundries casting bronze in the United Kingdom, but the bulk of the production is carried out by probably no more than 50 or 60. This study has revealed marked differences in the patterns of production between the UK and other European countries which may have a significant effect on the competitiveness of the UK industry in the market after 1992. Already valuable markets are probably being lost and the matter should receive early consideration. The total energy bill for the sector is of the order of 10M pounds a year and this is thought to represent about 6% of the estimated value of the production of raw castings. This is a much smaller proportion of the value of the finished components made from the castings. Few foundries monitor the energy consumption of individual stages of production. The evidence suggests that about two thirds of this energy is spent on melting metal as, normally, the weight of metal melted is at least twice that of the castings produced. There is scope for reducing energy use by changes in practice and particularly by raising the yield of good castings manufactured as a proportion of metal melted. This report includes proposals for improvements leading to reductions in energy consumption. Suggestions are also made for effecting a change in technology towards that used in other European countries as this has the greatest potential for energy efficiency. (author).}
issue = {no. 2}
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year = {1991}
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