Furnace Explosion

[Zardoz5280]

Looks and sounds like an electric arc furnace. Just edit your video text to say "furnace bubbling'

[NOBOX7]

how dare you abuse the word explosion like that , rat basterds

[BarneySaysHi]

Cool, an EAF!

[KnittingPasta]

rename the video please

[mountainmadness100]

title why lie. that shit is ment to happen

[UncleJer410]

@wagwan01 Come to Sparrows Point, Maryland and see our L Blast Furnace.  That thing is a monster :-)

[UncleJer410]

Why wasn't that guy wearing a silver coat and face shield when walking near that furnace? Not smart.

[Olgasys]

wonder if a genius had an idea to light his cigarette using that ;)

[quirpco]

@Olgasys As a matter of fact, yes...and his name is Chuck Norris.

[Sylderon]

First of all, it's called Finkl Steel, not Chicago Metal works. Second, this sort of thing is completely normal operation of an electric arc furnace. You fail on both counts.

[Denvermorgan2000]

Thanks for the rick roll this is just normal operating nothing to see here.

[KRAYSLiCK999]

WHAT KINDA TRANSFORMERS DO U GUYS USE

[unceli]

@KRAYSLiCK999

about the size of a u-haul

[HCGLondon]

Nightmares????? OMG what would you do around a blast furnace and continous casting.

[TheGunman65]

Throw some water in there and you'll have an explosion.

[1metalg0d]

you can't fix stupid no explosion here this is an electric arc furnace

[branza27]

chuck norris was taking a shower in that furnace

[InToonamIsLegacy]

@branza27 hahaha nice one

[yoududenut]

... BOOM!!! that would be an explosion...

[01triggerthehorse]

Interesting video is this an arc type furnace?

[ANewNormalcy]

Satan's cigar lighter.

[bait28]

Was that supposed to be happening

[MySiouxieQ]

Think there's some hard UV shining out that port?

[divisioneight]

Why was the port on the side left open? I thought that they had a tight lid on the kettle when they were doing a melt.

[MrRaphins]

nothing security ...

O Operador passa em frente a porta sem ao menos um protetor facial....

[lonewolfintj]

Mislabeled. Yes, this is a "Furnace"; but no, there is no "Explosion" in this video. This is an electric-arc furnace. (See the beam of blue light shooting out the left? Duh.) The noise and light you see doesn't look or sound even remotely like an "explosion" of any kind. It looks and sounds like a huge electric arc melting a lot of metal. Which is exactly what it is. Grade: D. (Mildly interesting, but severely mislabeled.) Stars: 2.

[NissanDriver15]

This is what nightmares are made of.

[lakewood85]

No kidding! The U.V. Light coming out of that opening is like something out of a horror movie. Man if I worked there I would have nightmares for weeks. The light is otherworldly. Man!

[lonewolfintj]

"Lakewood85", correct, the UV can fry your retinas. Why do you think the man in the video holds up his right hand to his face as he passes the furnace? To block the UV. If you don't look at it, it can't hurt your eyes.

And if electricity and molten metal give you "nightmares", I don't think you would be allowed to work in such a place, so you don't have to worry about that.

[lakewood85]

I was being sarcastic. Too bad you missed the humor in it.

[lonewolfintj]

Only for the easily frightened. Do you cower every time you see a construction crew building a new skyscraper? Do you avoid going into any building over 1 story tall? How do you think those girders are joined? By melting metal with electric arcs. It's a very old technology. Notice the man walking around in this video, within 3 feet of the furnace? Note that he doesn't exactly look terrified? Nothing frightening is happening here. Just meltin' some metal and makin' some steel.

[NissanDriver15]

I never said it WAS frightening, I said it LOOKED frightening. Your sarcasm isn't necessary.

[Veteran4Peace]

Cool video, but why the BLATANT LIE in the title?

[cletus50]

you said "explosion"--I want my 1:28 back

[hanysk]

I work as steeler in Ostravaand we have 4 oxygen tandem furnace and the explosion looks otherwise...this is electric furnace and it's doing what it's supposed to do

[hudson501]

This was shot at, I believe the name is, A. Finkle & Sons. It is the last remaining steel mill (actually, a mini mill) in the city limits of Chicago. They apparently make specialty steel castings and forgings. It seems one of their electric arc furnaces is just beginning the melting process of scrap metal and thus the "popping sounds and flashes" that are typical of this steel making process.

[notalott]

quite awesome! a bit like the Klopek's furnace in the 'Burbs ;D

[RODALCO2007]

It looks that they are taking the slag of the melted steel at this stage. That is done before the actual tapping when the EAF gets tilted and the liquid steel is poored into another vessel , usually at a lower level, before getting craned to a ladle furnace in which the quality and grading of the steel is done. 60 Hertz hum. The arc is around 3000°Celcius.

[OttomatonA]

Thank you all, for your knowledgeable correction of my use of hyperbole with the word 'explosion'...numpty.

[TheRaginTiger]

Looks like an EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) at a steel plant.... and it's doing what it's supposed to do

[AluminiumProphet]

Horrible looking thing but it appears to be working normally.

[manga12]

Yea thats just the furnace doing its thing, its just throwing sparks because of massive amount of power surging through it. THough I would say it is far from tame, I hear that the arc furnaces are hella loud on top of all the sound bouncing around in a building with tons of metal for the sound to bounce off.

Tons of metal liquid and machiens used to produce it. lol

[SHEEK905]

Yeah 20 to 30 thousand amps jump between our 3 electrodes. Small scale lightning bolts. The arc is said to be hotter than the surface of the sun.

[manga12]

amps? that is a load, it would problably fry someone in less then a second. hate to have your electric bill to run this thing, how long does it take to melt down a full unheated crucible of steel. 10 minuts, An hour?

[SHEEK905]

An Amp is a unit of electrical current (1'Ampere' = 1 Coloumb [6.2x10^18 electrons] passing a given point in 1 second). They run the furnace at night to reduce electrical costs. It melts a full ladel of scrap steel to glowing molten metal in about.. I think 20 - 40 minutes depending.

[SHEEK905]

scunthorpe?.. lol. come to hamilton Ontario wagwan. arcelor mittal dofasco.

[Frostman182]

I worked at Taylor Steel of stoney creek and I have for as long as I can remember wanted to take a tour in Dofasco/Stelco and watch some of these processes.

[wagwan01]

Thats a tiny little EAF. come to scunthorpe and we'll show you some proper steel production

[CORUS999]

scunthorpe!wtf its only clog iron.aldwarke melting shop Rotherham,quality steelmaking.

[aefbewqrbhuqehbr]

umm... its not exploding, its rly normal...

[FlyBikes089]

WOW THAT POWER DUDE!

[thewrecker36]

it is no explosion , it' s just the furnace arcing , { melting the scrap metal with electric charge ] . if there was an explosion you would know about it , trust me .

[KohrAh116]

yep...agree 100%

You'd see the lid come off that thing if there was an explosion. I've been near a similar EAF when it had a wet charge and there's no mistaking it.

[MissUltima]

Does anyone know anything about "Popper"?

[CleanJerk]

That is an electric arc furnace. There are three electrodes at the top that will melt the steel by way of an electric arc passing between them (that is the constant humming you hear in the background and the bright light you see out the side door). The electric arc itself is about 10,000 degree C or 18000 degree F and consumes the same amount of electricity in less than 50 min as an all electric home with a/c does in a year

[350mako]

holy shit!! if they did that a few times a day it would be $10,000+ a day, i would not wont to pay that electricty bill, any wonder why steel cost so much

[Tornento]

dam somebodys really turning up the heat tonight and um I feel sorry for whoever owns this place and the furnace

[42064206]

thats a beast at work or just breathin fire

[aflacduky]

i think thats just tapping air could be wrong

LOL sun tan from 50 feet in 1.2 sec.

arc furnace have a large amount of uv radiation and ir radiation

[dudebot09]

same thing with arc welding. i got a massive sunburn on my forearms the first time i tried

[steelmaker103288]

thats fuck all i seen the a furnace really blow that shit is scary

[fikretfurtun]

that is not Explosion. it is time to make mudgun run.:) the blast that you blow to furnace is coming fron the taphole.

[crv423]

is that an electric arc furance

[CORUS999]

its refining not exploding,numpty.

[stiloman77]

its perfectly normal that video

i work in a melting plant

[midaran]

holy shit, id never let my furnace explode! just playin, shit happens, we cast copper rod on kenneth and ogden.

[midaran]

holy fuck! id never let my furnace explode. just playin, shit happens. we cast copper rod on kenneth and ogden

[lpattiann]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHIT