Steel mill heavy equipment

[Chris5500]

Well there ya go, learn something new every day. I stand corrected.

 

[brynbaily]

Slagpot, do you work for Charleston Mill Service? I worked in a mill as a utility guy up here back in 07' for a short time. Couple friends of mine are still pot carriers there. Here are a few pics from my collection. Its dirty, dangerous work; not like heavy equipment isn't dangerous enough! I've herd several horror stores while there.

 

[9420pullpan]

here's a 973D






link

 

[NL1CAT]

Don't touch the windows

 

[nzpatch]

wow you would have to be on your game getting out without getting burn't!!
what happen's if you blow a hose???

 

[NL1CAT]

wow you would have to be on your game getting out without getting burn't!!
what happen's if you blow a hose???

Then you get some special effects...
We've got a fire distinguisher system on the machines that do hot work and flame retardant hydro oil in them (doubt if that's gonna work)

Now that I said that maybe I have to try and trow some flame retardant oil on the hot slagpit and see what happens :drinkup

 

[slagpot]

Slagpot, do you work for Charleston Mill Service? I worked in a mill as a utility guy up here back in 07' for a short time. Couple friends of mine are still pot carriers there. Here are a few pics from my collection. Its dirty, dangerous work; not like heavy equipment isn't dangerous enough! I've herd several horror stores while there.

Nope never worked in a mill. I did however work for Alcan rolled products in Oswego,NY.Thats what got me intrested in steel mills and the like.

My late Uncle worked for Gulf states steel in Gadsden,Ala. He told me many horror storys. Didn't seem like a place I wanted to work at the time.

Slagpot

 

[BSAA65LB]

Some more pics of Gradall's starting to work in various mills.

Using a core drill in a tap hole:

 

[BSAA65LB]

And a few more, ladle work with a rubber tired machine being most of these pictures:

 

[MrKomatsu]

:usacool pics.................

 

[redline]

there all very cool (hot) pics guys thanks heaps for posting them

 

[AtlasRob]

what happen's if you blow a hose???

If its a radiator hose you have a sauna, if its a hydraulic pipe you fry!

Jeez that aint funny. sorry!

Great pictures of a world that I know nothing about other than the 973D pics that I have seen in C@t literature.

Its quite amasing what a scraper front can be adapted to

What sort of sizes and weights are those "slabs" as you boys in the know call um?

 

[AtlasRob]

I remember when I was a young whipper snapper, I use to go for runs with my grandfather who was a truck driver for british steel out of Port Talbot Steel Works in Port Talbot, Wales,

So does this mean your another great Welsh export or did you visit from this side of the severn :drinkup

 

[Chris5500]

Your on the money there, 100% taff/great Welsh export! Dual citizenship now though (Australian/British) It will be 5 years next month.

 

[Gavin84w]

wow you would have to be on your game getting out without getting burn't!!
what happen's if you blow a hose???

Most machines working in direct slag have to run glycol as hydraulic fluid, doesn't do the hyd pumps much good but no fires if you blow a hyd line out towards the bucket etc.

 

[willie59]

Most machines working in direct slag have to run glycol as hydraulic fluid, doesn't do the hyd pumps much good but no fires if you blow a hyd line out towards the bucket etc.

That's what they use in the equipment around the Alcoa Plant smelters near me Gavin. It does it's intended purpose of being fireproof, but it's a mess for pumps, control valves, and hyd components. If a machine sat for a period of time not being used, the water in the fluid would settle in a control valve and the oxygen in the water would cause the steel on the inside of the valve to begin rusting. Fire the machine up to use it, and you find valves that are stuck. :Banghead

 

[BSAA65LB]

Glycol based fire resistant fluids have been used for a long time. Noticed I said fire resistant it will burn too if enough heat is applied. The newer glycol formulations are a bit easier on the system, but still generate a large amount of varnish in the hydraulic system that wears things out.

Probably the best fire resistant fluid is EcoSafe. Gives nearly the same life of hydraulic bits as does normal hydraulic fluid. Down side, EcoSafe doesn't play well with ANY other fluid in the hydraulic system Better have a clean system when filling with EcoSafe, if not, be prepared for a mess.....foams up like a poorly poured beer It can be cleared up, but takes soem time and effort.....

 

[AtlasRob]

Your on the money there, 100% taff/great Welsh export! Dual citizenship now though (Australian/British) It will be 5 years next month.

Congratulations :drinkup I have a very good mate ( almost a brother ) who posponed starting a family while spending almost 3 yrs jumping through hoops to emigrate back in 1988. He only stayed 16wks just could not settle. :beatsme

Most machines working in direct slag have to run glycol as hydraulic fluid, doesn't do the hyd pumps much good but no fires if you blow a hyd line out towards the bucket etc.

Wow, thats a new one on me. Does make perfect sense though, a hyd hose blowing over that slag would turn you into a fireball I imagine.

 

[Dan Da Man]

Slag Pots in Holland

Well a guy at work told me he had seen this on the utube , but I never found it..
We do the rail slag-pot track gantry crane slagpit method at Corus steel in Holland (Harsco metals).

Hi Guys I am new to this forum but I thought you might like to see some of my pictures from the mills around Europe etc

Including the Slag Pots in Holland Corus

Once I work out how to upload pics

Dan

 

[slagpot]

Hi Guys I am new to this forum but I thought you might like to see some of my pictures from the mills around Europe etc

Including the Slag Pots in Holland Corus

Once I work out how to upload pics

Dan

Dan,


Welcome to the board !!! Please do post more pictures. I think I have a picture of the gantry crane at corus. Dunno have so many and it takes time to find them.

Slagpot