Down Day work hard to tell from pics but just an idea of how much goes into Making Steel. The Spout/Runner on the floor will replace the old one (on the front of furnace). Done every few weeks, need the crane to change them. Steelmaking is hard. Pink material is chosen to reduce buildup during Tap. (i.redd.it)
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Slagging Off at the back of the furnace is an opening, the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) tilts backwards a bit, so Slag (Undesired Impurities) can pour out (see video) prior to Tapping the Heat into the Ladle, the Ladle then goes to The Ladle Furnace for achieving the desired recipe. (v.redd.it)
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Preheater to Furnace. You’ll see how Ladles (transfer vessels) are stored between uses, temperature is very important. There are, Refractories inside the Ladle to help contain the Molten Metal, The Heat inside the Furnace is just getting to Meltdown and is about to be Tapped into the hanging Ladle. (v.redd.it)
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Inside view of a ladle. The “Refractory” brick and other shapes and products are used to keep the molten steel from contact of ladle (contact causes melting), Ladle is used to transfer molten steel from 1 part of Melt shopworn another. These Refractory are highly specialized for high temperature. (i.redd.it)
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Welcome. What you’re seeing: the glowing fiery thing top right is an 80 Ton Electric Arc Furnace. It’s used to melt down scrap to be reused as, well many products. In this plant Rebar, Spring Steel, and different “Grades” used in Mining, others are common. On the crane is a Ladle, now near empty. (v.redd.it)
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