Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Casting a billet from an electric furnace. Modern electric furnaces have helped considerably in speeding the production of brass and other copper alloys for national defense. Here the molten metal is poured or cast from the tilted furnace into a cylindrical mold to form a billet. The billet later is worked into rods, tubes, wires or special shapes for a variety of defense uses. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio. Sourced from the Library of Congress.
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