Thermal Lance cutting-melting concrete

The lance is made of iron tube, with iron rods within it, running the length of the tube.
The principal is "to burn the iron lance, by first heating the tip with an acetylene torch, then blasting pure oxygen down the tube, causing the iron to ignite - creating a temperature at the tip, between 3,000 - 4,000 deg C. Hot enough to melt anything that currently exists on the Planet Earth".

Check out the molten lava streaming away from the burn area.
Inconsistencies in the concrete cause it to spit and explode.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• thermal
• lance
• thermic
• concrete
• demolition
• cutting
• lava
• burning

[theflubbermuffin]

incorrect. IT contains a cluster of magnesium rods

[OliKills]

@theflubbermuffin No, this is not true. The lance is made from iron. An iron tube packed with round iron rods. Because the rods are round, there is still plenty of space in the tube to allow oxygen to be forced through it. This is why it can be a bit tricky to light, as it is not easy setting fire to iron.

[zpardos]

Very cool. Very terrible video codec but very cool.

[elemineseslapolla]

lance vance dance

[OliKills]

@TheAirflame Hmmmm. Such people, making such claims, are clearly incorrect. There is always a reason.

Let's face it........ they are out to get us (and they're everywhere[the little blastards]). lol

[TheAirflame]

@OliKills come on guys now you say we bombed somewhere with no reason :S

[stepwillis]

@bahamabrz Can I borrow your hammer? And would you happen to have the address of THAT bank? LOL

[bahamabrz]

@stepwillis You had better inspect he walls of your bank's vault. While trying to find a new bank with a high security vault, I discovered that most vaults were nothing more than an interior room within the bank. In other words, an ordinary sheet rocked room with a big steel vault door. If I had a hammer, I could gain entry through that sheet rocked wall in less than a minute. I suppose that is just another reason not to trust the banks.

[stepwillis]

Sorry guy, it can't cut the reinforced concrete used to make the walls of bank vaults. Did you see how long it took to "dent" that brick?

[Masternaut91]

Anyone look this up from fallout to see if this was real or not?

[mcxdtv]

talk about a good interrogation technique

[theflubbermuffin]

Keek. You better wear a respirator or youll have deformed kids.