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How much (if any) loss of pebbled lime and dololime is assumed from the received amount to the consumed amount?

This would be loss due to fines, spillage etc. Losses assumed.

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Has anyone melted scrapped munitions?

Looking at some artillery shells that have had the explosives removed and have been cut in half by the Army.  Anyone melted this material or had/heard of issues melting something like this?

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AMI IoTrode Visual Wear System

Does anyone have any information or experience with AMI’s IoTrode visual wear system for electrodes?

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Hot Briquetted Iron

Looking of some information on charging HBI. For those who use, what are other drawbacks besides things like yield, storage, & handling? High FeO becomes a problem for use since we open tap, but I think we can use in smaller quantities.

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Is anyone utilizing “Lone Worker” wearable monitoring devices?

We have several employees who work in areas isolated from the rest of the plant and are looking for a way to detect any potential safety issues with these employees (lack of movement, horizontal positioning, etc.).  We tested a GPS/Cellular enabled system, but connectivity difficulties prevented the system from being effectively implemented.  Has anyone tried […]

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Water Panel or Brick Moisture Detection

Is anyone using moisture sensors or probes behind brick or below water panels?  I am looking for something to give an alarm for when a slow dripping panel leak occurs.  Thanks, Matt

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Cab Operated Crane Controls

Controls on cab operated cranes. Who has controls that “spring” back to neutral when released. Any advantages/disadvantages to have controls that return to Neutral or stay engaged. We had an incident that could have been prevented with controls that automatically return to neutral when released.

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Best management practices for grindings & wet charges

We have had several incidents and need to improve on winter practices. I know this was asked lately but want to ask again.

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Automatic crane / bucket positioning system controls for EAF charging

Remote control cranes for bucket charging are rather common and we have such at Auburn.  Has anyone got enhancements to have the crane ‘auto-position’ itself and the bucket over the furnace?  Yes something like the ‘auto-park’ feature some cars / suvs have today.  We think this would eliminate the need for our remote crane operator […]

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EAF Cooling Water System Upgrade

I’m looking to improve/upgrade our EAF cooling water monitoring and a more sophisticated system for automatically reintroducing cooling water back into the panels if water flow is lost. We had an incident last week in which we lost our cooling tower pump and city water did not automatically kick on. When it did kick on, […]

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