Robert Forester Mushet

Robert Forester Mushet ( born April 8, 1811 in Coleford, Forest of Dean ( district ), Gloucestershire; † 19 January 1891 in Coleford ) was a British metallurgist. He introduced some significant improvements in the production and processing of steel.

Life

Robert Mushet was born in 1811 as the youngest of eight children of Agnes Wilson and the well-known metallurgist and entrepreneur David Mushet. His middle name Forester, which he received after his birthplace (Forest of Dean ), he used rarely. In 1845 he took over from his father, the head of the Dark Hill Iron Works. In 1876 he received the award named after Henry Bessemer Bessemer Gold Medal. He died in 1891 at the age of 79 years, leaving a wife, a daughter, Mary, and two sons, Henry Charles Brooklyn and Edward Maxwell.

Services

In 1848 he began to experiment with mirror iron. In 1856 he received a steel sample which was produced by the method of Henry Bessemer in that the time still could not provide useful quality. The combination eventually led to a substantial improvement in the Bessemer - Mushet process and the industrial use of manganese.

Mushet 1857 was the first railroad tracks made ​​of steel instead of cast iron produced, which led to a substantial extension of the shelf life.

He improved in 1861 the cast steel with a hot topping process, which he called Dozzle.

In 1868 he invented Robert Mushet 's Special Steel ( RMS), the first tool steel. This alloy also contained tungsten.