Steel: the beginning

Was riding my bike yesterday near a
Steel Forging plant when they
happen to roll out a few chunks of
steel fresh from a pour.



this was about as close as I could get to it,
it was still really hot.



it rolls out from that door in the background,
that is where you sometimes can see them pouring the
red hot molten steel from the huge crucibles
into giant ingots.



anyway,it was something cool to see...
maybe next time I will take some shots
of them doing a pour.

Cool! Thanks for the pics. Neat stuff.

very cool pics, thanks for sharing

Very cool. How do you think they wrote on them if they were so hot?

probably the guys with the fire suits on
did it.
all the ingots i see in the cooling area
have writing on them. later on they get
get processed further and then get more descriptive
identifying marks on them

wow theres something you dont see everyday. thanks for sharing!

Very Cool pics. What do you think one of those things weighs?

Thanks for sharing

Dan

I bet they weigh a lot! Very cool pics, and thanks for sharing them.

For sure! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Man...i bet Dan could make a BIG chopper from one of those <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for sharing...pretty cool to get to see that. How far away can you feel the heat radiating when you're standing there?

Well, my first guess would have been much higher than I think after doing some estimating.

I would have thrown out a WIG of about 20 - 30 tons each..... and apparently I would have been WAY off.

A quick search (not enough to confirm, but a couple sources confirming the same approximate number) is that most steel weighs about .2833 pounds per cubic inch.

From the pictures, the cylinders appear tapered. I am guessing on some estimates of the sizes of the cylinders, but if we guess the cylinder had an average diameter of 4.5 feet and about 10 feet long.

Calculation for Volume = &#960; • r²• h
If diameter is 54", then radius is 27 inches.
So, Volume in inches = 3.14 • (27" x 27") • 120" = 274,687 cubic inches

274,687 x .2833 = 77,818 pounds = about 38.9 tons each! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

I am JUST guessing on size, but DANG! That is about the weight of 20 - 24 average sized cars.

Feel free to double-check my math, I just threw that together and have had a couple glasses of vino with italian tonight, so maybe I missed something (not typing so well <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/loopy.gif" alt="" /> )... I could be wrong (?????).

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Crazy. This is the mill my father worked at when I was a kid. Brings back some memories.

welcome to the Yard MR78! your avatar looks very familiar for some reason...

thanks, good to be here!

MR78 - Howdy and Welcome to the Scrap Yard! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> We're not too vicious around here, so jump in on the conversations anytime. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Mr. 78. Welcome to the glorious addiction. Steel and good conversations and a little fun make this place THE BEST. Just hang around and you'll see.

Amen to THAT! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />

Wonder if any of that steel will end up in the Yard?

That is a lot, and I trust your math because I hate doing it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

Welcome to the Yard.