The term puddling has several alternate connotations. It has different meanings in biology, mining, metallurgy and engineering.
In Biology, puddling is a term descriptive of the behaviour of butterflies, in particular when they obtain nutrients from moist places like mud, carrion or dung. In order to do this they first stick their proboscis which is their sucking mouthpart in to a moist area then slowly draw up the water.
In metallurgy puddling is an obsolete technique of making iron or steel. It gained prominence during the Industrial Revolution in England. In this process molten iron was stirred with rods in a reverbratory furnace. Later however this process was employed to make high quality steel with the right amount of carbon.
In engineering puddling is the art of lining a channel with clay. The clay is generally waterproof and has to be tamped down with an instrument called a punner,
In Biology, puddling is a term descriptive of the behaviour of butterflies, in particular when they obtain nutrients from moist places like mud, carrion or dung. In order to do this they first stick their proboscis which is their sucking mouthpart in to a moist area then slowly draw up the water.
In metallurgy puddling is an obsolete technique of making iron or steel. It gained prominence during the Industrial Revolution in England. In this process molten iron was stirred with rods in a reverbratory furnace. Later however this process was employed to make high quality steel with the right amount of carbon.
In engineering puddling is the art of lining a channel with clay. The clay is generally waterproof and has to be tamped down with an instrument called a punner,