Ladle (metallurgy)

A ladle of molten iron being poured into an open hearth furnace for conversion into steel at Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., 1941
A gear driven ladle
Copper ladle transferring blister copper into furnace for fire refining to produce copper anodes.
Copper ladle transferring blister copper into furnace for fire refining to produce copper anodes.

In metallurgy, a ladle is a bucket-shaped container or vessel used to transport and pour out molten metals.[1] Ladles are often used in foundries and range in size from small hand-carried vessels that resemble a kitchen ladle and hold 20 kilograms (44 lb) to large steelmill ladles that hold up to 300 tonnes (295 long tons; 331 short tons). Many non-ferrous foundries also use ceramic crucibles for transporting and pouring molten metal and will also refer to these as ladles.

  1. ^ Pearce, Jacqui (2016-05-03). "Down at the old Ship and Ball — taverns, trade and daily life in the London Borough of Southwark". Post-Medieval Archaeology. 50 (2): 181–226. doi:10.1080/00794236.2016.1224478. ISSN 0079-4236.