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Knobhead
I know I’ve run this thread before but I’ve just found some new photo’s of where I worked. This was a normal Sunday nights start up. I used to love this, the biggest fireworks display ever. I’ve had new engineers run terrified from it. An electrical and mechanical engineer had to be immediately to hand if anything went wrong.
It’s a cupola furnace for melting iron. When it first starts the body of the iron well has to be “gently” warmed up. About 1000°C at this point
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As it goes on to about 1200°C and we’re getting somewhere. Still not hot enough though.
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Iron is starting to flow at about 1450°C. You can see the globules of iron carried in the flame.
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Finally the fireworks stop and a steady flow of iron comes out of the well at 1550°C.
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OK I was a rotten sod with the newbies, but it amused the lads on the plant to see them panic. But they had to be able to cope with it when needed.
It’s a cupola furnace for melting iron. When it first starts the body of the iron well has to be “gently” warmed up. About 1000°C at this point
View attachment 10912
As it goes on to about 1200°C and we’re getting somewhere. Still not hot enough though.
View attachment 10913
Iron is starting to flow at about 1450°C. You can see the globules of iron carried in the flame.
View attachment 10914
Finally the fireworks stop and a steady flow of iron comes out of the well at 1550°C.
View attachment 10915
OK I was a rotten sod with the newbies, but it amused the lads on the plant to see them panic. But they had to be able to cope with it when needed.
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