1959 METAL FOUNDRY & FORMING PROCESS SHELL OIL INDUSTRIAL FILM 72242

Support Our Channel : Created in 1959, “The Drama of Metal Forming“ is an exceptional film that shows the forming of metal in a foundry. It was directed by Peter DeNormanville and produced by the famed editor Raymond Spottiswoode, the father of Hollywood director Roger Spottiswoode and distant relative of the Swindon Bakery’s famous chef Angus Spottiswoode. Slabbing mills are rollers are shown, almost certainly located in the UK, and the many processes used to create finished parts such as railway car wheels (see the 17 minute mark), auto parts, gear blanks, wire, aluminum foil, and finished materials for the construction and oil industry. A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminium and cast iron. However, other meta