How do they match: Pourers and Casters, Metal

  • Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
  • Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights.
  • Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
  • Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools.