Wet charge into an electric furnace, wet or snow covered scrap dropped into molten steel. Water goes from a liquid to a gas instantly, causing an explosion of molten steel and scrap. Old timers at the mill I work at, told me a story of when they dropped a wet charge into our furnace, and it sent a car rim rocketing through the roof.
@joetuktyyuktuk8635
Жыл бұрын
Even just cold steel can "sweat" enough moisture to cause a problem.
@mcbrite
Жыл бұрын
Why the hell would you ever do that, then? Why not preheat the scrap to burn off the water? Or store it inside for a day or whatever? Rather than just throwing it in there waiting for it to blow up?
@Shaker626
Жыл бұрын
@@mcbrite Old time steel mills didnt give a fuck about how their steel got made. As long as the metal coming out the other end is up to spec, you're good.
@Gdub33
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining this. I didn't know what happened until you told us.
@jamisentatgenhorst658
Жыл бұрын
@@mcbrite a lot of mills pay there workers on production so they pretty much go all gas no breaks and dry to pump out as much steel as possible bc usually once a month they do a shutdown to fix snd maintenance stuff atleast from the mills I’ve worked in
@martino.malley9276
6 жыл бұрын
Here in the North East of England in the 1970s four men where inside one of them big buckets. Cleaning it. Apparently no one had told the other men they where in there. A full giant bucket of molten steel was poured over them. Needless to say there was nothing left of them. Not a thing to bury. My God can you imagine being in there and looking up to see that coming . What a way to go. Never forgot that.
@ericperu1542
3 жыл бұрын
holy shit.
@20PINKluvr
Жыл бұрын
@@ericperu1542 yea holy shit! damn
@ashduwitt9899
Жыл бұрын
Imagine the guilt of the one who controlled the pouring
@martywittenburg8174
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, holy shit. Like that case of a man accidentally getting trapped inside some obscure part of a large ships engine while doing pre start checks. No one knew he was there. They started the engine. Startup procedure takes a while and the guy knew he was going to be cooked. Bah. (Source: MrBallen)
@AUXdrone
Жыл бұрын
That didn’t happen
@LeCharles07
Жыл бұрын
When Chernobyl popped, a steam explosion lifted the 2000 *ton* reactor cap and flipped it like a coin. Steam is effing scary.
@BigUriel
Жыл бұрын
Well these things just happen with steam because water is everywhere. Any gas would do it pressure is pressure.
@LeCharles07
Жыл бұрын
@@BigUriel Yeah but water has an expansion ratio of 1:1700 which is incredibly high. Not just "any gas" would have the same effect and generate the same pressure. There's a reason we still run everything on steam power.
@King_Flippy_Nips
Жыл бұрын
steam isnt scary, its the instant creation if steam when water goes from liquid to gas instantly that is scary
@smockytubers1188
Жыл бұрын
@@LeCharles07 But pressure changes can't give you more energy than what you put in, because well, thermodynamics, right? How does water having a high expansion ratio affect the efficiency of a steam system used for power production? I always just assumed the main reason we used steam for everything was its availability and relative safety. Surely there are other materials with an even better liquid to gas expansion ratio.
@alienlatino2945
Жыл бұрын
It's from the same principle that water cannot be compressed.
@DFlanaghan
10 жыл бұрын
This is when wet metal is dropped into the pot. The water on it flashes into steam, which takes up much more volume. This creates the "explosion" you just saw.
@steveclaptonfan9657
8 жыл бұрын
DFlanaghan Good point. A cubic foot of water expands to 1700 cubic feet when flashed to steam, so you can see how this would be a problem.
@mark47n
7 жыл бұрын
Steve Clapton fan make no mistake; it's an explosion. No quotation marks on it.
@highplainsdrifter842
3 жыл бұрын
With all the health and safety in the UK or USA you'd think they'd make sure it was dry, how hard can it be
@GRyanBee
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks for explaining
@ogmudbone619
Жыл бұрын
@@highplainsdrifter842 it’s hard because the fucking buildings are over 100 years old and when it rains or snows it goes through the ceiling and gets in
@tliltocatl4472
3 жыл бұрын
1:15 "Well that's bad, but not THAT bad..." 1:23 "Oh. Alright then."
@fiddlebackoriginals4838
2 жыл бұрын
I could taste the dust from the rafters when I watched this. I've watched an EAF explode more times than I would like. The ensuing cleanup and reline is always nightmare. Worse still, is when you get the shop turned around only to encounter another explosion at start up!
@kaosbc
2 жыл бұрын
nothing filthier than a steel mill, well, maybe a coke plant.
@HanzelikR
Жыл бұрын
@@kaosbc Or a blast furnace, or a sinter plant.
@eastonwashere
Жыл бұрын
That really sucks haha.
@UriNierer
Жыл бұрын
This is why I would never work at an EAF. Where I work we have a BOF shop with 3 180 ton converters, and we sometimes do have some nasty stuff happening, minor explosions, but in general, we have little problems. We also charge our furnaces with scrap, and then with pig iron, and especially in winter, we often have some smaller explosions from wet scrap or even snow. I used to work on a blast furnace for a month, as a "slagman" as we call it, where I had to stand at the slag runner and watch the slag running into the slag pots. When one of them was full, I had to pull over to the pot on the other side so the train could push a new one there. When it rained, the emtpy slag pots would fill with water, and when the slag started running, you could hear a bang and the hall would fill with steam and dust.
@plexycuffoperator2507
Жыл бұрын
Stop, your giving me ptsd lmao
@furiscafynn6275
7 жыл бұрын
Whoa!! I love the way the guy just... sidles into his little room...
@kg4boj
4 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what it is there for.
@bigchungus1592
2 жыл бұрын
smartest decision that man ever made
@kilo-1337
2 жыл бұрын
"alright, this is gonna blow, my work here is done"
@Kidddas
2 жыл бұрын
And operate the thing that creates an explosion
@devanh8592
4 ай бұрын
he was stuck in there with nowhere to go lol
@coolruehle
7 жыл бұрын
...at least the camera-man didn't point the camera at the ground when the damn thing exploded... I hate it when people do that.
@artman40
3 жыл бұрын
Or zoom in.
@bananajoe3669
3 жыл бұрын
The Oscar for the best camera work goes to...
@1220b
3 жыл бұрын
I'm with you brother.
@dadillen5902
3 жыл бұрын
I mean just because there are tons of white hot steel exploding and showering you chucks of said white hot steel there is no reason to stop recording, go all cowardly and run for a change of underwear. Hell you can change at end of shift. I for one believe this falls in the category of - It hard to remember that the objective is to drain the swamp when you are up to your ass in alligators. And in need of clean undies. But thats just my opinion
@vinstual9830
3 жыл бұрын
Bruh i swear xD. I feel you!
@EclecticBuddha
9 жыл бұрын
Before the scrap steel comes in it is kept outside where it rains and snows. When water makes it into the charge bucket and is dropped in, the water flashes into a steam explosion. What you are hearing is the siren that lets any person who is in or could be entering the area know the furnace is open and charging or tapping. The Furnace Tender in the foreground is wearing his hard hat, face shield, and two layers of protective clothing. Everyone on the floor goes inside because that's what you do every time the furnace is charged. The cameraman isn't panicking because he knows even the most stubborn guy won't be on the floor for that. Wet charges happen a lot in steel mills. They may grab a magnet for the crane and clean up the scrap that got blown out and may interfere with them running again but usually things keep rolling right along. The longer that furnace sits, the colder it gets and the more electric and money its gonna take to get it up over 3000F.
@DarqueSoul
8 жыл бұрын
+TrueBlogge777 I used to work at an aluminum recycling plant and this can happen when sows and ingots are not preheated as well, had it happen once while I was on shift, it was impressive and frightening, had a V-8 sized chunk of ice fall into the charging well once, blew the refractory out of the furnace
@commenter7893
8 жыл бұрын
+DarqueSoul v8 as in the drink or something else?
@DarqueSoul
8 жыл бұрын
V8 as in a car engine, the scrap was left outside in the winter, they grabbed the wrong bin for charging
@builtrodewreckedit
6 жыл бұрын
A very good and accurate explanation. In the summer this rarely happens but winter time when it rains or snow's its a constant concern. The charge crane operator seems to have done a good job of trying to dump the charge of scrap slowly but shit happens.... and at a steel mill shit happens allot
@13mudgirl
6 жыл бұрын
this wasnt the case here though (this was my first day at warren steel holdings) a water pipe broke inside the eaf and was spewing water into the furnace.
@TheBackyardScientist
9 жыл бұрын
All the dirt on the ceiling
@ross199218
9 жыл бұрын
Ashes , these mills are over 100 yrs old.
@nuclear8817
7 жыл бұрын
TheBackyardScientist I see you in the comments of videos at least once a week. Always cool when you see someone with very similar interests.
@DANGJOS
4 жыл бұрын
@TheBackyardScientist This is why you need to be more careful when you're pouring molten metal in water. Could cause an explosion!
@biggo1038
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much same thing happen in my factory. Lucky its not on my shift due to human error, poor one guy he got splashed when escape RIP
@rjdatdude23
3 жыл бұрын
@@DANGJOS it’s wet metal in melted metal. You can pour water on it and it’ll evaporate before it reaches the bottom. But if you throw a bottle of water with the top on to the metal. You better run like hell
@TheSpicyLeg
6 ай бұрын
I’m an industrial electrician who once worked on powering a furnace. I spent literal weeks just pulling all the parallel feeds for it. Because the furnace is a purely resistive load, there is no neutral, but based on the engineering we are talking 100,000 amps. For comparison, your home is normally a 200 amp service, of which you’ll rarely use more than 40 or 50.
@your-mom-irl
2 ай бұрын
What voltage do they use? DC or AC?
@poly_hexamethyl
2 жыл бұрын
1:20 Kudos to the cameraman! He got startled by the explosion and jiggled a bit, but recovered quickly and kept on shooting. Some cojones there!
@TheRealRusDaddy
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure that was just the concussive shockwave hitting him he held it pretty still regardless
@1943vermork
5 ай бұрын
The cameraman always survives
@paulbroderick8438
Жыл бұрын
Worked as a metallurgist in England supervising a cutting tool manufacturers heat treatment department. ALL loads were pre-heated in a high temperature air vestibule before placing them in the pre-heat and high heat salt baths. High Speed steel was the main manufacturing material items were made from. Salt baths probably 'outlawed' by now!
@Shaker626
Жыл бұрын
An English cutting tool manufacturer? Makes me think of something in Sheffield.
@Baard2000
5 ай бұрын
That reminds me of dr Sommer the constructor of the fluidized bed furnaces from Schwing ( germany ) . Those were made as replacement for salth baths. He always demonstrated the safety of these fluidized bed furnaces by pouring a glass of water into it... He said that operators of salt bath furnaces ran away faster than Usain Bolt when he picked up that glass of water and moved it above the opening of the red glowing hot fluidized bed furnace...🤯
@turn3
2 ай бұрын
Salt baths are still used
@masterluke3407
2 жыл бұрын
I give it a 9.8! When we had explosions like this at the the old Inland steel EAF you could not see a thing for several minutes. I got trapped on a stairway once; the good ol days.
@cooperpendergast23
7 жыл бұрын
my dad's worked at a steel mill for 20+ years and I spent time there as a young adult. a normal charge drop will singe your hair from 100 feet. This is TERRIFYING.
@JPDillon
3 жыл бұрын
Extreme MANSCAPING!!
@mikebarkett8401
3 жыл бұрын
Not true,ispent ten years on a furnace and never signed my hair from charging a furnace ,but I did have to dodge sparks lol
@bananajoe3669
3 жыл бұрын
The infrared radiation, the roar of the burners! I liked it!
@Cinncinnatus
3 жыл бұрын
you know its bad when its strong enough to unhook the ladle/bucket.
@vk2ig
9 ай бұрын
@@mikebarkett8401You need a mirror to sign your hair - otherwise you can't see where you're writing.
@ImJaySco
8 жыл бұрын
We call that "cleaning the beams".
@thresher4
7 жыл бұрын
LOL
@deegan727
5 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah,knocks the dust off of everything.
@HicktownHero3030
4 жыл бұрын
Literally can't see 3 inches infront of you for like 20 min. If you gotta run you're fucked.
@kg4boj
4 жыл бұрын
@@HicktownHero3030 You NEVER run in a mill, you walk with purpose... and that purpose might be evacuation but you never run.
@HicktownHero3030
4 жыл бұрын
Yep that’s the rule, but if you got molten steel raining down on you or something hanging on by a thread 20ft over your head about to fall your “walking with purpose” is completely idiotic. Good luck. I’m a ten year vet and have seen it all.
@strongbowism
8 жыл бұрын
I work on a 150T EAF, as said previous, winter time is usually the time to be aware of wet scrap charges. Have had a few brown trouser moments in the past but it does clean all the girder work down lol... If a water cooled panel goes (holes, water ingress) before a scrap charge and isn't detected that's not too clever either...
@thegoat949
6 ай бұрын
cleaned up a few of them in port Talbot steel works ,they make a right mess ,breakouts and all when the pot wall goes and molten steel pours out seen them melt through 3 inch thick flanges on supporting colums like butter .working in a steelworks is definitely an eye opener
@johnfish1194
7 ай бұрын
I've seen this personally. Its terrifying, and knocks all the black dust from the rafters, and in seconds, you cant see shit, and everything is on fire from the molten metal that exploded all over.
@hilham89
2 жыл бұрын
Supervisor: HEY BUD! Employee:Yes boss? Supervisor: We need to clear the dust off before the owner gets here. Employee: Hold my beer.
@mauser98kar
3 жыл бұрын
That is quite a dangerous workplace right there.
@josephmccarry4847
3 жыл бұрын
It is indeed
@josephmccarry4847
3 жыл бұрын
Just look how close that dude at the bottom is
@hasiktak1544
3 жыл бұрын
no shit, this is top 5 jobs in USA
@bobanders6672
3 жыл бұрын
I dunno, I work from home and stood on a plug the other day.
@ReveredDead
3 жыл бұрын
98% male workforce too.
@falloutfan62794
4 жыл бұрын
every tech across the plants heart just sank when they felt that one.
@deerslayinredneck1003
7 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine the ones where I work doing this since both of the furnace are bigger and since one of my coworkers has seen a 1 inch ball valve fly and stick halfway into our protective shield
@OutlawJesseJames
3 жыл бұрын
Working in diecast we had an dipshyt accidentally throw a full can of coke into a hopper. Bro we are so lucky it didn't blow under the aluminum
@pingpongpung
3 жыл бұрын
*aluminium
@The_BIG_salad
3 жыл бұрын
*Alaminam
@Nyx_2142
3 жыл бұрын
@@pingpongpung Aluminum is correct in Canada and America. Nice attempt at sounding smart though.
@mrc4coop
3 жыл бұрын
*loomnum
@CenPapi
2 жыл бұрын
@@pingpongpungBetween Aluminium and Aluminum, the latter is the older of the two pronunciations, however it was originally spelled Alumium. Sir Humphrey Davy, the chemist that discovered it, couldn't figure out what the heck he wanted it it be called.
@theanxiouscatechist2504
Жыл бұрын
The guy who went into the cabin knew what was coming 😅 That must've been terrifying
@m4rvinmartian
Жыл бұрын
Winter/rain weather, probably lets an educated person know ahead of time.
@Empr4evr
Жыл бұрын
It's probably protocol to go into the cabin. The controls that open and close the buckets are likely in there.
@MrDgw87
Жыл бұрын
@Empr4evr considering how dangerous this looks I'm sure someone made that decision.
@SloppyPlatypus
7 ай бұрын
The alarm means the furnace is opening and means everyone on the floor should go inside. Basically it's protocol. Nothing crazy.
@mark47n
7 жыл бұрын
While we have wet charges at the melt shop I work at that one is pretty incredible!
@adriancruz3554
6 ай бұрын
This is normal to encounter this at your job?! There’s no way this would kill everyone
@davidgarner7948
6 ай бұрын
Worked at trico steel in Decatur Alabama and LOVED watching them drop charges because u always got a huge fire ball. Saw 1 accident where to wet of a charge was dropped and it blew out the side of the kiln. 2 guys on the 40ft deck were either blown or jumped off and landed in the slag area. They survived but spent some good time in the hospital.
@sussanhalstead8332
3 ай бұрын
I'm from Birmingham Alabama, my Uncle worked for ASIPCO in the seventies. In 1974 there was a horrible accident in the steel floor. My Uncle had left almost an hour earlier after finishing 3rd shift. A chain transporting a 3000 pound ladle of molten steel across the ceiling broke. Molten steel spread all over the work floor. A lot of people died. Fire and rescue personnel encountered multiple workers outside whose limbs were encased in hardened molten steel. One of the worst, if not the worst accidents in Birmingham steel making history.😢
@davidgarner7948
3 ай бұрын
@@sussanhalstead8332 they told us if something like that happened they just scoop enough steel to weigh down ur coffin
@timlabell
6 ай бұрын
I like the different colors of the rust . it must be from the different manufacturers of the steel that was made to make that steel factory pretty great video.
@feth7747
11 ай бұрын
I have see and hear ( and listen from others) this, several times in my local area where i live. Soon or later always explosions in meltshops, always, mainly in the EAF.
@tickmothy
6 жыл бұрын
In the terminator movies it is shown that they can sweat and bleed meaning that they have some liquid in them. When the terminator goes inside the molten metal this is what should have happened.
@PatrickKQ4HBD
3 жыл бұрын
Not really. Putting wet stuff on top of molten metal just results in a flash of steam escaping upwards into the air. OTOH, if you pour molten metal ON TOP OF something wet, the steam has to escape by blowing the liquid metal all over the place.
@DocHellfish
2 жыл бұрын
What if it's mercury?
@Phethario
3 жыл бұрын
1:04 "I wanna be a volcano now"
@Zorro9129
Жыл бұрын
Now that's what I call METAL!
@rachels6808
3 күн бұрын
I went from “oh good, the guy went inside” to “Jesus, that’s not good” to end on “SWEET LOVING CHRIST!”
Raining days that shake the plant, nostalgic, I miss the smell of molten steel
@charlesfields8715
Жыл бұрын
That was way more violent then I was expecting.
@kirkjaco2102
9 жыл бұрын
No thats not supposed to happen, its caused by when a furnace has molten metal left over inside the furnace and cold/wet metal touches the molten metal. Metal has microfactures and crevises in it that hold water when metal is cold. Foundry works have extremely dangerous jobs and its the foundation of all industry, thank those who put their lives on the line in manufacturing.
@TboneI989
6 жыл бұрын
kirk jaco f
@deafmusician2
5 жыл бұрын
I used to work at Delta Centrifugal. You're welcome.
@jakemoeller7850
2 жыл бұрын
W O W ! The "panic room" came in handy for that worker.
@jamesduffey6482
3 жыл бұрын
Witness this first hand ,worked at a steel mill for 6 years ,That ain't shit! Wait until you see a 60 ton ladle fall , all hell breaks loose!
@777fuzzypeach
8 жыл бұрын
"I quit" "Mail me my last check."
@michaelheythaler3555
3 жыл бұрын
Worked at Northstar in Delta Ohio in the meltshop for almost ten years. That happened quite a bit in the beginning. We would have guys come in in the morning and walk out before lunch.
@bananajoe3669
3 жыл бұрын
Long time ago i was industrial furnace builder in Germany and the Netherlands and i have seen many places like these one. And yeah, in our company the same, people came for the first shift and leaving before lunch. I was young, it was a very hard work, but it was a good time. I've seen so many interessting places, huge furnaces, big (intentional) fires, liquid steel and aluminium... Have you ever seen red glowing liqid aluminium thats looks like a mirror with the daylight in your back? Beatyfull. Such sights alone were worth it!
@michaelheythaler3555
3 жыл бұрын
@@bananajoe3669 did you work for Fuchs Systems?
@bananajoe3669
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelheythaler3555 Nope, it was Gouda Vuurvast. But it is long time ago...
@jcolvin2
3 жыл бұрын
It's not unusual for explosions to blow the entire bucket off it's track so it drops into the pot? Remind me never to work in a steel plant...
@johnmalone9853
Жыл бұрын
Water or moisture caused by not preheating a charge expands to approximately 1700 times its original volume. The same thing happens when you pour molten metal into a mold that hasn’t been preheated to drive off moisture.
@nxtlvl721
7 жыл бұрын
I remember that very well I was on the other side of the wall not the biggest one we had but a good one just clean up and keep running I miss it
@jadavis1992
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah buddy
@lokimyers8750
5 жыл бұрын
Brent the wire is stuck lol
@piraat6666
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Im steelmill worker and this is Jackass
@FecesPeces
8 жыл бұрын
In Soviet Russia... Steel mills you.
@wouekk
8 жыл бұрын
made my day
@casey99678
7 жыл бұрын
piraat6666 i work in a cast iron foundry and i agree
@gordongreen9554
6 жыл бұрын
Bloom billet mill
@deegan727
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah but most of the time the jackasses are the supervisors.The guys on the floor do what they are told.
@LeCharles07
Жыл бұрын
You know shit has really hit the fan when the explosion kills the alarm too.
@johnnyswinestein8356
3 жыл бұрын
you can usually see water leaking from bottom charge bucket..notice the guy standing outside went in the pulpit just before the charged was dropped..he knew..those that load the charge bucket usually report wet scrap to the melter and crew by radio
@stephancasas
2 жыл бұрын
If I’m being honest, based on the way EAFs sound when they’re working, I can’t really tell whether or not something went wrong here.
@bananajoe3669
3 жыл бұрын
Every time someone films something, something happens! People, please stop filming! To make movies is quite dangerous! ☝️
@user-xw2ni6ej1g
5 ай бұрын
i love the dude staring at the giant flame with no hood looks like he went "ooop ive seen this before time to get inside ey"
@user-fq4qk9wz5k
8 ай бұрын
That fella definitely made the right move by stepping in to that small enclosure
@marcwerner9756
6 ай бұрын
I work at the ACI foundry in Sydney in the mid 70's, the foundry men thought it would be funny to drop some damp scrap pipe into the induction furnace. They dropped the lengths of damp pipe in with the top ends poking out on the angle aimed down the foundry. This acted like a mortar or Roman candle firing marble sized molten SG Iron down the length of the foundry scattering all the moulders and one lone young patternmaker with bad timing.
@rednose66
6 жыл бұрын
Stell plant I worked on many years ago we had a horrible accident like that. A group of journeymen had brought there wives in on a Sunday morning to see where they worked. They were standing on a viewing platform when the ladle went up killing at least one of the couples and horrific injuries for the others.
@MrBudsbme
5 жыл бұрын
Wow crazy for anybody to be on the floor when charging the furnace but wives nuts
@MetalFret.
6 жыл бұрын
WTF, They took that Load right over that guys head !?! I guess they don't have Safety Rules at this place lol. WoW... Unbelievable...
@brockchisholm9772
2 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one, I’d be sacked for that at my work
@rjdatdude23
2 жыл бұрын
He was operating it with a remote fool. He brought it over his own head
@crimsoncomet3756
6 ай бұрын
No wonder Anakin hate Obi Wan. He barely survived that sh!t 💀🔥
@vadymbrykalov8733
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a nice place to work at.
@tugwinthrop7424
Жыл бұрын
Damn, thought my hot pocket was dangerous.
@tee4222
Жыл бұрын
“Do you wanna do that or do you wanna watch bob the builder? Be honest with yourself” -Bill Burr
@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644
6 ай бұрын
Any steel mill is one of the most dangerous places to work in the world. Worked ten years at Bethlehem Steel Steelton PA in the 70's -80's and know personally of at least 2 killed , 1 that lost both legs, and several that lost toes or fingers and multiple severe burns and injuries to never be able to work again. Back then you never seen a safety man around until you got hurt.
@kevinshockey2765
2 жыл бұрын
Miss them old days spent 15 years Griffin wheel in Kansas City Kansas
@SaltStorm007
Жыл бұрын
Amazing that he was there to record at this specific time/place....what a coincidence🤔
@amorasaki
10 жыл бұрын
good thing that guy stepped into the safety closet
@slimj091
8 ай бұрын
Crane operator: Hey guy's.. wanna bet I can get us all sent home for the day?
@swimstud5151
6 жыл бұрын
I've seen lots of wet charges. None even close to this bad. I'm surprised the whole place didn't come down.
@jesselivermore2291
Жыл бұрын
if a furnace explodes they just put in a new one? how can they turn a profit like this=
@jermainerace4156
Жыл бұрын
@@jesselivermore2291 Small explosions generally don't damage the furnace, it just sprays metal all over everything else. But since everything else is basically heat-proofed anyway, you just clean up the mess and carry on.
@j.k5888
7 жыл бұрын
That was a good one 🎆
@JavierRodriguez-zb9ju
9 ай бұрын
For reasons like what has been seen in this video, it is very convenient to have meat skewers with bread and beer nearby, and take advantage of the opportunity for a good meal...
@thisoldchevy2371
6 жыл бұрын
that ladle elevator is NOISY AS HELL
@anb7408
9 ай бұрын
Moral of the story: make sure the metal you’re dumping in is 100% DRY beforehand! Otherwise…..KABOOM!
@splint3048
5 ай бұрын
Something similar to this happen at an automotive foundry where i worked. They had some faulty shock absorbers which had been punctured to drain the oil before they were put in the furnace. Obviously that was insufficient and resultd in a big explosion. They cleaned up the mess and then the afternoon shift crew came in and were warned not to put any more shock absorbers in the furnace but they didnt believe them so the put them in and had another explosion.
@PlazmaSilvaraGMS
4 жыл бұрын
did no one notice that that guy just walked onto that room like it was just a normal day on the job
@Ballistic180
3 жыл бұрын
Bc it is a normal day in a steel mill. Especially on a rainy/snowy day. 😂
@nuclear8817
7 жыл бұрын
Real smooth
@moosesnWoop
2 жыл бұрын
that sort of quiet afterwards is scary
@Zamphirix
8 жыл бұрын
Who thought this was a good idea dropping tons of wet scrap into a flat bath?
@bananajoe3669
3 жыл бұрын
Me! ☝️ Just only for the show...
@gkrusi
9 жыл бұрын
dust cleaning from the roof? xD
@jacintodel9993
8 жыл бұрын
A WAY TO CLEAN THE ROOF
@user-yv6vx
Жыл бұрын
I'm so curious as to how the person filming knew to film and expect such a thing and why the process couldn't have been stopped. Awesome video.
@thvtsydneylyf3th077
Жыл бұрын
he was the one who hosed off all the steel with a garden hose and set up his gopro to see the explosion, so the story goes anyway
@user-yv6vx
Жыл бұрын
@@thvtsydneylyf3th077 lol, I'd love to see the story because it almost feels like sabotage he had such a good view.
@thvtsydneylyf3th077
Жыл бұрын
@@user-yv6vx absolutely it was sabotage - it was on a subreddit few years back with a link to this video
@AsimKhan-gg4dp
8 жыл бұрын
Some one from Materials Handling department must have fired .
@Ataurion
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@fuberelli2
9 жыл бұрын
Actually he should of let bucket hang over the furnace and let the water dry off
@Silence975
5 жыл бұрын
the water instantly expanding so if he did this is going to be a big bigger boom ...
@michaelheythaler3555
3 жыл бұрын
@@Silence975 not so. Pretty standard practice to open the clam shell slightly and preheat the scrap before dumping a wet charge.
@Silence975
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelheythaler3555 thrue
@LUNATIC75
6 ай бұрын
"Hey Bob! Was that meant to happen?"
@rionsalinas3002
3 жыл бұрын
That is an absolutely HUGE EAF FURNACE
@michaelheythaler3555
3 жыл бұрын
Worked on twin 180T furnaces for years. Got to see many explosions much worse and much closer. Isn't that right Roger Roberts?
@thresher4
9 жыл бұрын
Whoa boy! this is when steel was wet with water, water very fast turned to steam, wham! Not the best thing to do with wet steel.
@WTFalcor
Жыл бұрын
I used to live next to Nucor in Seattle, that shit would happen all the time, so much in fact that when we had an actual earthquake i didnt think anything of it since the ground always shook anyways.
@johnny51984
Жыл бұрын
I work at Nucor Jackson. It ain’t no joke
@mdmostofahayat1295
Жыл бұрын
I love it so good
@428cougar
2 жыл бұрын
That blew up good....Real good
@whybother929
9 жыл бұрын
soooo, I take it that ISN'T supposed to happen?
@gurkis35
9 жыл бұрын
Do you even have to ask?
@Whydotheyalwaysgetma
9 жыл бұрын
do you even steel? bro?
@itsvoogle
9 жыл бұрын
Frank Egarbill do you even mill? bro?
@zachrushing7236
9 жыл бұрын
Get it going to the caster just a little boom lol. One hell of a wet charge.
@lorenzo42p
7 жыл бұрын
this happens every morning in my kitchen while I eat my fruit loops
@RovingPunster
6 жыл бұрын
Lemme see if i understand this .. a wet charge involves a charge where some of the materials (ex: recycled scrap) may have been stored under less than dry conditions. During initial smelting, water can flash into steam, which may also liberate trapped pockets of gas (such as oxygen liberated by melting ferric oxide, i.e., rust). The oxygen can combust other gases present generating additional explosions/flames. Is that right ? If so, why dont they prebake scrap (read: run a conveyor thru a heated chute or oven) to eliminate moisture ?
@turdferguson82
3 жыл бұрын
The short answer, money. It would cost too much to build something like that and run it and they'd be making zero profit from it. It's easier to tell your workers that it's "just part of the job" rather than try to eliminate it. I worked in a foundry for years and it was profit/production above everything else.
@RovingPunster
3 жыл бұрын
@@turdferguson82 Cool. Yeah, the US steel industry hasnt gotten a lot of love in recent decades ... it's modernize and automate, or die. What would be cool to see would be a new high tech neutral-gas electric arc furnace foundry pair up with one of the new Allam Cycle zero carbon power plants - seems like an ideal pairing.
@michaelheythaler3555
3 жыл бұрын
@@RovingPunster if they can supply a megawatt a minute it's possible.
@maluatuavene9921
Жыл бұрын
You don't need the other gases, the water is enough by itself. There's enough energy in the molten steel to cause the water to separate in to its components of Hydrogen and Oxygen so you basically have rocket fuel, the oxygen to allow it to burn and an ignition source.
@RovingPunster
Жыл бұрын
@@maluatuavene9921 Interesting idea. It's a given that the high temps cause water to flash instantly (read: explosively) into steam, but id never heard that that it shattered the molecular bonds of the water as well. I'm not convinced that happens here ... i suspect that only happens due to electrochemical ionization, strong radiation, etc.
@ricks5756
Жыл бұрын
That knocked a lot of dust off of the rafters ...
@SKYCHICK__
6 ай бұрын
That was freaking awesome!! Did anyone get hurt,?
@donjulio5045
Жыл бұрын
This is the begging scene of Rudy 😂😂😂
@hirisk761
6 жыл бұрын
Yikes!!! Boom goes the dynamite!!!
@cavscout6b
4 жыл бұрын
Irony = Video was posted by a guy named "Waters".
@0tispunkm3y3r
7 ай бұрын
All that black crap falling from the rafters at the end. When I did my placement at a steel works I was told, if I was ever in the BOS plant and heard a large bang, to head for the nearest exit otherwise I was going to get showered in years worth of crud that had built up inside the building, on the beams and other surfaces.
@gordslater
Жыл бұрын
that guy picked a perfect time to go and take a shit - saved his life
@charlesstockford6003
6 ай бұрын
After the big boom is when I,a GM Millwright/Welder, would get the call to go repair the Carnage.
@DreamDosage
6 ай бұрын
“Top of the world Ma…”
@anelpasic5232
12 сағат бұрын
That is one way to dust off the shelves.
@afonsodeportugal
3 жыл бұрын
I bet these guys never complained about their workplace being too cold...
@ewencameron2443
2 жыл бұрын
You’d be surprised
@johnkelly9046
Жыл бұрын
Responsible operator: "I'll get me coat"😂
@R3TR0J4N
10 ай бұрын
do they had an emergency door that shuts as soon as the explosion occurs?
@GMCTIM
Ай бұрын
Snow charges are the worst, it made me very nervous operating the crane when charging the furnace ! Have seen scrap come back & bust the windows !
@OUTLAWNUNN
4 жыл бұрын
Seen this many times when I worked at Oregon steel. Fun times lol
@cleettaurus8637
4 жыл бұрын
This happened many times there? I don’t believe that lol 😂
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