The catalan forge process Authors Marc Martínez-Estrada Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Núria Salán Ballesteros Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Keywords: artisanal, Catalan, forge, smelting, method. Abstract The Catalan forge was a special smelting process derived from the artisanal forge and could be distinguished from the latter by certain characteristics and its final product. The Catalan forge process originated in Catalonia and it was used in mountainousregions where its prime material was readily available. This prime material, e.g. iron oxide, and the forge’s equipment, including its furnace, differed from those marking the traditional forge and entailed a series a changes. Thanks to the high quality of its production, the Catalan forge method became known worldwide. Indeed, smiths from all around the globe tried to use it in order to obtain a similar product. The aim of this paper is to describe the Catalan forge process for obtaining quality ferrous alloys, as seen from the standpoint of today’s technology. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biographies Marc Martínez-Estrada, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica. Escola Superior d’Enginyeries Industrial, Aeroespacial i Audiovisual de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Terrassa, Espanya. Núria Salán Ballesteros, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica. Escola Superior d’Enginyeries Industrial, Aeroespacial i Audiovisual de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Terrassa, Espanya. Downloads PDF (Català) How to Cite Martínez-Estrada, M., & Salán Ballesteros, N. (2022). The catalan forge process. Revista De Tecnologia, (10), 20–25. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/RTEC/article/view/150081 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue No. 10 (2022) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal Revista de Tecnologia, authors accept the following terms: Authors assign to Societat Catalana de Tecnologia (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista de Tecnologia. Authors answer to Societat Catalana de Tecnologia for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles. Societat Catalana de Tecnologia declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it. The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
