کارخانه ذوب فلز

Also known as forge

thumb|300px|The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, by [[Peder Severin Krøyer, 1885]] thumbnail|A Foundryman, pictured by Daniel A. Wehrschmidt in 1899 A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminium and cast iron. However, other metals, such as bronze, brass, steel, magnesium, and zinc, are also used to produce castings in foundries. In this process, parts of desired shapes and size