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Definition of Catalan forge

Catalan forge
Catalan Cat"a*lan, a. Of or pertaining to Catalonia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. Catalan furnace, Catalan forge (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore. It was formerly much used, esp. in Catalonia, and is still used in some parts of the United States and elsewhere.

Meaning of Catalan forge from wikipedia

- dated to 700 BCE. Bloomeries survived in Spain and southern France as Catalan forges into the mid-19th century, and in Austria as the Stückofen [fr] to 1775...
- and the USA. The presence of a trompe is a signature attribute of a Catalan forge, a type of bloomery furnace. Trompes can be enormous. At Canadian Hydro...
- steelmaking processes, thus excluding bloomeries (including the Catalan forge), finery forges, and puddling furnaces from its application. The open-hearth...
- oxygen steelmaking Bessemer process Blast furnaceproduced cast iron Catalan forge, open hearth furnace, bloomeryproduced wrought iron Cementation process...
- Processes that historically competed with blast furnaces, such as the Catalan forge, have been ****imilated into this reaction. But modern direct reduction...
- beginning of the 18th century, and near Garstang until about 1770. The Catalan Forge was a variety of powered bloomery. Bloomeries with hot blast were used...
- century, the Catalan forge was already a largely obsolete smelting technology—the hot-blast furnace had been invented in 1828—but a Catalan forge was relatively...
- collections relating to shepherds, farmers, craftsmen, religion, and the Catalan forge that produced wrought iron and firearms for the Ripoll region. The new...
- reduces and melts iron. Elaborate low furnaces, such as the tatara or the Catalan forge, survived until the early 19th century. Compared with the indirect process...
- process of ironmaking. It survived in Spain and southern France as Catalan Forges to the mid 19th century, in Austria as the stuckofen to 1775,: 100–101 ...