👉 The term "meltages" is a technical term used in the automotive industry to refer to the rate of change or increase in the volume of materials (usually metal) required for manufacturing an object, usually by melting and forming it into a finished product. This process involves heating up the material until the temperature reaches its melting point, then cooling the mixture back down to form the desired shape. Meltages are typically expressed as a percentage of the total weight or volume of the material that needs to