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Steel mill heavy equipment

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slagpot sez:

"I find that more & more equipment is going to remote control in steel mills."

Remote control is becoming more and more popular worldwide in mills. And other hazardous worksites. IME, remote control is actually specified more outside of the US than within the US, but that is slowly starting to change.
 
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Dan Da Man

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Hi CPS I know you assisted me on uploading these images...how do you remove them I have asked for help from the forum with no response...I need to remove my pictures ASAP..
Please can you help
 
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We have moved on and now were lost....
Dan Da Man said:
Hi CPS I know you assisted me on uploading these images...how do you remove them I have asked for help from the forum with no response...I need to remove my pictures ASAP..
Please can you help
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The only way to remove a picture is to ask one of the moderators but you better have a good reason....................................
 
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Dan Da Man said:
Hi CPS I know you assisted me on uploading these images...how do you remove them I have asked for help from the forum with no response...I need to remove my pictures ASAP..
Please can you help
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Removed as requested.

...but you better have a good reason....................................
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Indeed.

We really hate to disrupt the continuity of the threads by removing things from the middle of them.

Still, we can't in good conscience leave one of our members twisting in the wind at his or her real life job because of something they felt would be a good contribution to the community here.
 
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digger242j said:
We really hate to disrupt the continuity of the threads by removing things from the middle of them.

Still, we can't in good conscience leave one of our members twisting in the wind at his or her real life job because of something they felt would be a good contribution to the community here.
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I know alot of the steel mills and services are pretty touchy when it comes to photos/videos of their operations.
That last DustBoss video was filmed at one of our sites. Those machines are great up until the weather hits freezing.
 
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You were right .. hands slapped for putting up pictures :-( its a shame when you are passionate about your work isnt it !!
 
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Dan Da Man said:
You were right .. hands slapped for putting up pictures :-( its a shame when you are passionate about your work isnt it !!
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And proud enough of it to want to show it off. You'd think employers would appreciate that, especially in this day and age. :beatsme

It's sad...
 
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I have 1000s of pictures I would like to put on here but like brynbaily said the Steel Mills are touchy more than others in some cases, I thought the pictures would do no harm !! But was wrong , sorry for any inconvenience. I love sharing what I do I likewise seeing what others do...
 
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very cool thread. love the pics guys. wish I was around when we had mills in Buffalo, ny. What do you guys do with the slag when it cools. here they just left mountains of it.
 
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Interresting topic.....
Very fascinating as well-especially the pics.Thanks to everyone who posted some and shared anecdotes!!
I' personally heard about Kress pot carriers a couple of times without really knowing what they were used for.
Regards.
Max.
 
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Quite a bit of the slag that comes out of the Nuccor mills here ends up as road base/ gravel. Very similar to crusher run. I'm closer to a natural limestone source but east and south of here it's much cheaper than limestone.
 
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terex said:
lol.....Yeh very true , I'm at Corus Steel right now fighting for my job!
Just found your post from 2009 with mention of UK plants. I'm putting together a book on Port Talbot steelworks transport system, mainly railway but would be interested if you have any photos or info about the heavy "road" equipment such as slag or pot carriers used there
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slagpot said:
I've worked around & operated heavy equipment for many years. Having to retire at 37 due to health issues ,my love for equipment still grows. I can't operate them anymore ,but I can get pictures.

Steel mills around the world have very neat machines that are specialized. Take for instanced "kress carriers", you ever heard of them ? Maybe not but I will share pictures of these and other machines used in the steel industry


Kress slab carrier,used for transporting stel slags in & around the plant.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/342.jpg

Kress staddle carrier,also used for transporting steel slabs.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/slabcarrier_7.jpg


Kress slagpot carrier,used for transporting hot slag to the slag pit.Slag use to and still is tranported by train in some mills.These kress carriers are more modern than the old method.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/KSP204.jpg


Heres is the old method of transporting slag to the pit by rail as listed above.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/trinec32g.jpg

Filling a 75 ton scrap bucket and then tranport to the electric arc furnace or EAF.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/HydrCrane.jpg

Koering front shovel used as a scrap grapple {pretty old school but just as neat}.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/1066fs.jpg

Kress hot metal ladle carrier.These carriers weight about 400 tons fully loaded and traveling about forty miles per hour.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/KressLadleCarrier.jpg

Klien ladle carrier only two where ever built.This one still works daily at the rouge river steel plant.

http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll460/dragonriversteel/Steel mill equipment/side.jpg


I have quite a few pictures of mill heavy equipment and would be willing to share more if you folks would like.

Patrick
Beaufort,SC
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Yes please.
 
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Yes I've heard of kress carriers and there were some used at Port Talbot, I would like to know what ones and when
 
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