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    Steel mill wet charge explosion - video

    Water in the crucible causes an explosion at a steel mill, at around 1:20 in this video:


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    Damn!!! That guy was lucky he was shielded from that one!

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    That is so wild. I wonder when I see things like that, what happens after? HOW do they ever clean up the mess that is left behind? There was obviously a huge crucible of molten iron of some sort. Then the explosion damages the equipment, very possibly they were unable to empty the crucible. Then the whole thing has to be shutdown and given time to cool off. How long does that take, a week? more?

    They have have to get in there and clear the twisted stuff, and deal with a huge chunk or solidified material in the crucible...

    It is just all so amazing...

    Saw a loaded concrete truck along side the freeway the other day with a shredded tire. I wanted to stop and watch to see if they got it repaired and him on his way in a timely manner before the load hardened in the drum.

    Years ago, saw a concrete truck, dirty side up in the basement excavation of a home. Wish I could have watched them pull that out the get the drum cleared out.



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