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Ladle Crane Training
What does everyone’s Ladle Crane/Hot Metal Crane operator training look like? Do you have documented minimum hours running the crane? Documented moves? Does anyone require third party crane training?
Looking for Pig Pit sand materials
Anyone have a source to recommend for untreated or waste foundry sand or similar material for making a ladle / pot pouring pit? We need to redress out pit and the previous supplier has discontinued business. We like a section of our pit with 12-18 inches of this material then dig small pits in it […]
Atmosphere and Baghouse
Hey guys, on days when the barometric pressure is high, or it is raining, we see really smokey conditions in the shop, even when our baghouse is operating as expected. We have direct draw from the furnace, but no roof canopy. Does anyone else experience this? Also does anyone know of any good white […]
savedry
Hi all, Have you any experience with SaveDry? How useful is the moisture detection in practical terms – able to react quickly enough? dependable measurement? easy to maintain and operate with? Thanks in advance for your feedback. Have a great week.
OLD CaSi Wire
Got a some spools of really old CaSi wire rusted up. They have been outside for 15+ years and are not usable at ladle furnace. Anyone have experience putting a full spool in furnace? our FCE is 120 tap ton. Original specs would have been ~3,800lbs powder (33% Ca & 65% Si). Charge or landfill?
Ladle Gate Plate Failure (One piece CNT)
Hello, We have experienced two failures on our 1 piece CNT’s. These occurred on an LG33 gate, has anyone been seeing these failures, it seems that the plate has extreme cracking and this is the leading cause of the failure. Does anyone have any ideas on why this could be occurring? Hydraulics is the first […]
Uniform suppliers
We are looking into different options for uniform suppliers. I was wondering what companies everyone is using? This is mainly for the meltshop, so FR is our main concern.
EAF entry temperature
I know this was asked a couple of years ago by Dave and Damon was the only one that answered so let’s try again. Does anyone know of any “standard” or “maximum” refractory or ambient temperature before entering the EAF for a reline or patch. If not, what do you do in your shop?
EAF Transformer failure- Repair.
Unfortunately, we just had the dreaded EAF transformer (80 MVA) internal arcing failure. We are starting to swap our transformer for a spare (smaller capacity 60 MVA) so we are evaluation options to repair the one that just failed Any recommendations for companies that can do this? Thank you.
Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP)
We are looking into alternative methods of separating metallic dusts from our gas stream and one of the options we are considering is an electrostatic precipitator (ESP). Does anyone in the guild currently operate or did any one in the guild previously operate an ESP? If yes to either, do you have any comments for […]
