Why so slow? Man if i charged our furnace that slow i would be very unpopular on our crew. Besides a good booming charge is half the fun of working in a melt shop. In our plant the Furnace Utility would have to sweep it up.... the Second helper only cleans the back porch.
Eh he missed some I saw it shoot out the front. The second helper is gonna be mad cause he has to sweep it up. A good crane operator is the life of a melt shop.
@steelboss337 - I've not been getting so many calls from clients this last year - most shops aren't pushing their production limits these days. Still, I notice that you have some residual charging fume on the far side of the EAF as you start to bore down...
Man, I do miss observing charging, and checking the canopy evacuation...
Hell, man, drop the charge already, we got steel to make!
maddogwfyd 2 weeks ago
is this lieapaja?
noobina91 4 weeks ago
What mill is this?
TGIGZ187 1 month ago
Why is the basket on a lifting beam when the crane has what I can only assume to be a ladle hoist behind it? Do you charge and tap in the same bay?
danthev8man 2 months ago
Why so slow? Man if i charged our furnace that slow i would be very unpopular on our crew. Besides a good booming charge is half the fun of working in a melt shop. In our plant the Furnace Utility would have to sweep it up.... the Second helper only cleans the back porch.
homebrainbox 3 months ago
@homebrainbox - Just what I was thinking. The bucket should be almost pushing the roof of of the EAF...
chemech 1 month ago
Eh he missed some I saw it shoot out the front. The second helper is gonna be mad cause he has to sweep it up. A good crane operator is the life of a melt shop.
JoezVendetta 3 months ago
id love to do that
DethklawExodus 3 months ago
Is that a Konecranes charging crane? How many tons?
HSuomi 4 months ago
how much power needed for a small 3-5 ton arc furnace??
gkorakali 5 months ago
@gkorakali - Rule of thumb is 1 MVA per metric ton. That's about 1 MW, depending on your power factor.
A5 US ton DC furnace would be set up with about a 4 MW DC transformer, for example.
That's a tiny furnace by modern standards - for a foundry?
chemech 1 month ago
@gkorakali mate u need 3MW :)
no point of making furnaces which can recieve less than 60tons
noobina91 4 weeks ago
how big is this furnace?
Pinkrearea234 6 months ago
This furnace runs around 110MW at peak power.
At 1,100 volts, it will pull anywhere from 60,000 - 80,000 amps.
About the same amount of power consumed by 5,000 average homes.
The noise and fire and explosions are perfectly normal.
It does not smell really bad, smells like money.
steelboss337 6 months ago
@steelboss337 - I've not been getting so many calls from clients this last year - most shops aren't pushing their production limits these days. Still, I notice that you have some residual charging fume on the far side of the EAF as you start to bore down...
Man, I do miss observing charging, and checking the canopy evacuation...
chemech 1 month ago
@chemech OK, most of the low level fume after bore-down got dragged over there by the crane, then started to cool off and drop...
chemech 1 month ago
how many megawatts does that furnace run on?
Pinkrearea234 6 months ago
Is that normal at 2:33?
I can just imagine the SMELL!
Omnicron4735 6 months ago