Alfer process
The Alfer process describes a technique in which an aluminum alloy ("Al") is cast around parts made of iron ( Latin: ferrum → "Fer"). It is used, among other things, in the manufacture of gray cast iron bearing surface liners for engine cylinders .
source
- Meyer's New Lexicon in eight volumes. VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1964/65; Volume 1, page 165