Puddling (metallurgy)
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Puddling is the process of converting pig iron to bar iron in a coal fired reverberatory furnace. It was developed in England during the 1780s. The molten pig iron was stirred in a reverberatory furna
Schematic drawing of a puddling furnace
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Finery forge
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A finery forge is a forge used to produce wrought iron from pig iron by decarburization in a process called "fining" which involved liquifying cast iron in a fining hearth and removing carbon from the
Puddling (metallurgy)
…without charcoal, puddling was by far the most successful, and replaced the earlier potting and stamping processes, as well as the much older charcoal finery and bloomery processes. This enabled a great expansion of iron production to take place in Great Britain, and shortly afterwards, in North America…
Hearth (left) and trip hammer (centre) in a finery forge. In the back room (right) is a large pile of charcoal.
Interior of the preserved Walloon forge in Österbybruk, Uppland
Exterior of the remnants of a Basque forge
Mosser found near Newland Furnace