The ductile iron honor roll.(Cover Story)

From: Modern Casting | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: Muratore, Eugene C.; Lessiter, Michael J. | Copyright information

Key Contributors to the Metal's Advancement

Following is a glimpse of the people who took Keith Millis' lab discovery and turned it into a reality on foundry floors everywhere.

Many "novel" inventions often become relegated to bookshelves, earning a place as no more than a "paper discovery." While Keith Millis, Albert Gagnebin and Norman Pilling planted the seeds for ductile iron, it was nurtured along by countless foundrymen and suppliers who made it possible for t...

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