Casting

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004311",
  "term": "Casting",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Pouring molten metal into a mold to produce an object of desired shape.\n\n2. Period of time from when molten ferroalloy falls from the furnace tapping runner into the ladle until pouring into molds is completed. This includes the following operations: ladle filling, pouring alloy from one ladle to another, slag separation, slag removal, and ladle transfer by crane, truck, or other conveyance.\n\n3. Generally, filling of open molds with material which take the shape of the mold. The material may be a liquid polymer or other substance as well as molten metal.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 471.02 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1651 (CFR 2013)",
    "EPA EV-Commercial Processes-Manufacturing Processes"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/casting/"
}