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Esterer Gießerei - Duplex stainless steel
Wiki – Casting technique
The Esterer glossary
Not every visitor of our website is so deeply involved in the foundry-sector as we are. With our internet presence we have strived to present our company and our services in a generally understandable language.
If you wish to get a more thorough insight and knowledge about our fascinating world of fire and iron, we prepared a glossary of the most important expressions with detailed descriptions of them.
Do you have further questions? Then contact us! We will be happy to offer our adivce.
| Technical terms from A to F | Technical terms from G to L |
| Air quenching and tempering | Galvanising |
| Annealing | Glass bead blasting |
| Austenite | Graphite |
| Bainite | Hardness |
| Bainitise | Hardening |
| Blasting | heavy-duty casting |
| Carbide | heat-treatable cast steel |
| Cementite | heat-resistant cast steel |
| Chrome plating | Lamellar graphite cast iron |
| Corundum blasting | |
| Ductility | |
| Eutectoid | |
| Ferrite |
