puddling furnace — noun : a small reverberatory furnace in which iron is puddled * * * puddling furnace, a furnace for converting pig iron into wrought iron … Useful english dictionary
Puddling (metallurgy) — Puddling was an Industrial Revolution means of making iron and steel. In the original puddling technique, molten iron in a reverberatory furnace was stirred with rods, which were consumed in the process. Later, it was also used to produce a good… … Wikipedia
Puddling — Pud dling, n. 1. (Hydraul. Engin.) (a) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Furnace (disambiguation) — * Furnaces as a general subject. *Furnaces used in smelters, including: * Blast furnace * Steelmaking furnaces, including: ** Puddling furnace ** Reverberatory furnace ** Bessemer converter ** Open hearth furnace ** Basic oxygen furnace **… … Wikipedia
Furnace — For other uses, see Furnace (disambiguation). Industrial Furnace from 1907 A furnace is a device used for heating. The name derives from Latin fornax, oven. In American English and Canadian English, the term furnace on its own is generally used… … Wikipedia
puddling — /pud ling/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that puddles. 2. Metall. the act or process of melting pig iron in a reverberatory furnace (puddling furnace) and converting it into wrought iron. 3. the act or method of making puddle. 4. puddle… … Universalium
puddling — noun Date: 1839 the process of converting pig iron into wrought iron or rarely steel by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances … New Collegiate Dictionary
puddling process — Method of converting pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances (see oxidation reduction). Invented by Henry Cort in 1784 (superseding the finery process), it was … Universalium
puddling — noun chiefly historical stir (molten iron) with iron oxide in a furnace, to produce wrought iron by oxidizing carbon. → puddle … English new terms dictionary
puddling — pud•dling [[t]ˈpʌd lɪŋ[/t]] n. mel the process of melting pig iron in a reverberatory furnace(pud′dling fur nace)and converting it into wrought iron … From formal English to slang
