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BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:

 
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BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
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Water and mass quantities of molten metal, who'da thunk it? 1dunno1
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Driver was very lucky. If it had been a large foundry the entire bucket would have blown molten metal everywhere. Few people have any idea what happens when water is instantaneously vaporized into superheated steam in conjunction with metallic gasses.
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Driver was very lucky. If it had been a large foundry the entire bucket would have blown molten metal everywhere. Few people have any idea what happens when water is instantaneously vaporized into superheated steam in conjunction with metallic gasses.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
I doubt that water did that. I suspect there was some kind of high pressure gas tank of something volatile in that compacted heap of scrap. Water would vaporize & cook off fast.

That's got to be some halfass country like China with shit for safety standards. American foundries have giant crucibles usually perched over a blast furnace & gantry cranes for feeding stock into it from above. The guy driving the forklift didn't even appear to be wearing an aluminized foundryman's coat.

The scrap looks like aluminum - another possibility is they mixed magnesium metal in with it. Easy to mistake the 2 in a scrap metal operation & magnesium is highly combustible.
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I thought those factories had an extreme safety standards and those metals were inspected before dumping it into the furnace.
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Water and liquid metal do not mix. It will cause an explosion!
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
I doubt that water did that. I suspect there was some kind of high pressure gas tank of something volatile in that compacted heap of scrap. Water would vaporize & cook off fast.

That's got to be some halfass country like China with shit for safety standards. American foundries have giant crucibles usually perched over a blast furnace & gantry cranes for feeding stock into it from above. The guy driving the forklift didn't even appear to be wearing an aluminized foundryman's coat.

The scrap looks like aluminum - another possibility is they mixed magnesium metal in with it. Easy to mistake the 2 in a scrap metal operation & magnesium is highly combustible.
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And you would be wrong.

Try pouring molten metal into a mold with just a few drops of water in it then get back to us.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
78055158, you can doubt what water can do with respect towards causing an explosion in a foundry. When you are pouring metal or have a hot kettle, water is the most dangerous thing in the foundry, even more than the hot molten metal. Just go on youtube and look up foundry explosions.

Good thing that you do not work in a foundry,
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I hope the forklift driver wasn't seriously injured.
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78055158, you can doubt what water can do with respect towards causing an explosion in a foundry. When you are pouring metal or have a hot kettle, water is the most dangerous thing in the foundry, even more than the hot molten metal. Just go on youtube and look up foundry explosions.

Good thing that you do not work in a foundry,
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I heard that even heavy moisture on metals could cause an explosion if dropped in a foundry.
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Cold metal
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Cold metal
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Also that melt furnace was low...metal should be warmed up and pushed in..that was dropped in cold .
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You would think they would have it set up in a way where they dump it from the TOP in, that way the driver doesn't get injured if an explosion occurs.
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End of shift rushing to get it up to level...happens all the time, that's why they put plexi in front
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Also..those are propane fork lifts...that's a no no.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
It was already said that the scrap was wet. Yes, if you were to heat the scrap before you dropped it into the melt, yeah, okay, but it came into contact with molten metal.

It was wet metal.

For those of you who can read, go to this article,

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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
I doubt that water did that. I suspect there was some kind of high pressure gas tank of something volatile in that compacted heap of scrap. Water would vaporize & cook off fast.

That's got to be some halfass country like China with shit for safety standards. American foundries have giant crucibles usually perched over a blast furnace & gantry cranes for feeding stock into it from above. The guy driving the forklift didn't even appear to be wearing an aluminized foundryman's coat.

The scrap looks like aluminum - another possibility is they mixed magnesium metal in with it. Easy to mistake the 2 in a scrap metal operation & magnesium is highly combustible.
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All it takes is one ounce of water getting under molten steel and you'll instantly eject 30+ tons.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
I doubt that water did that. I suspect there was some kind of high pressure gas tank of something volatile in that compacted heap of scrap. Water would vaporize & cook off fast.

That's got to be some halfass country like China with shit for safety standards. American foundries have giant crucibles usually perched over a blast furnace & gantry cranes for feeding stock into it from above. The guy driving the forklift didn't even appear to be wearing an aluminized foundryman's coat.

The scrap looks like aluminum - another possibility is they mixed magnesium metal in with it. Easy to mistake the 2 in a scrap metal operation & magnesium is highly combustible.
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All it takes is one ounce of water getting under molten steel and you'll instantly eject 30+ tons.
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Steel mill cranes are armor plated and have 2 inch thick bullet proof glass.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
That was nothing. First of all it was a puny foundry. Second of all, it was not steel, it was aluminum.

A real blast sends chunks flying for miles, I saw the aftermath of one where half inch steel plate was perforated like a salt shaker for 200 feet. That one killed bystanders but the crane operator survived.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
I doubt that water did that. I suspect there was some kind of high pressure gas tank of something volatile in that compacted heap of scrap. Water would vaporize & cook off fast.

That's got to be some halfass country like China with shit for safety standards. American foundries have giant crucibles usually perched over a blast furnace & gantry cranes for feeding stock into it from above. The guy driving the forklift didn't even appear to be wearing an aluminized foundryman's coat.

The scrap looks like aluminum - another possibility is they mixed magnesium metal in with it. Easy to mistake the 2 in a scrap metal operation & magnesium is highly combustible.
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All it takes is one ounce of water getting under molten steel and you'll instantly eject 30+ tons.
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Melt furnace does not hold 30 tons.

Usually metal is set to warm up and dry before it goes into the melt furnace. And yes..the fork truck driver isn't wearing proper PPE. Could be wet but cold metal has the same reaction.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
That was nothing. First of all it was a puny foundry. Second of all, it was not steel, it was aluminum.

A real blast sends chunks flying for miles, I saw the aftermath of one where half inch steel plate was perforated like a salt shaker for 200 feet. That one killed bystanders but the crane operator survived.
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Negative.. splashes usually are at most 100 feet as the aluminium cools rapidly under such conditions. Aluminium melt temps are about 1300 deg ...steel is a few hundred degrees hotter.
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
Here you go..cold shovel

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Here you go..cold shovel


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Make SURE that shit is NOT WET before inserting it into the furnace!
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Make SURE that shit is NOT WET before inserting it into the furnace!
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Amen!
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Here in America, we have SAFETY STANDARDS... the metal is fully INSPECTED by inspectors... BEFORE it is allowed to be inserted into the foundry furnace....
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Re: BLOWED up real good. Foundry worker puts wet scrap metal in furnace. This is what happens:
I doubt that water did that. I suspect there was some kind of high pressure gas tank of something volatile in that compacted heap of scrap. Water would vaporize & cook off fast.

That's got to be some halfass country like China with shit for safety standards. American foundries have giant crucibles usually perched over a blast furnace & gantry cranes for feeding stock into it from above. The guy driving the forklift didn't even appear to be wearing an aluminized foundryman's coat.

The scrap looks like aluminum - another possibility is they mixed magnesium metal in with it. Easy to mistake the 2 in a scrap metal operation & magnesium is highly combustible.
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And you would be wrong.

Try pouring molten metal into a mold with just a few drops of water in it then get back to us.
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I've done that numerous times. It depends on the metal. One process required pouring molten metals into water. I was surprised when I did some experimentation with different metals with completely different results. I don't think It would be wise to describe each reaction because I wouldn't want others to attempt to duplicate the results.

The problem is the decomposition of the water molecule with the subsequent explosion of free hydrogen.

The original video was likely water. I've never worked with magnesium on a professional scale, but magnesium wouldn't have exploded, if anything, it would have created a serious fire at the air surface. The molten metal was likely aluminum which is very low temp. compared to steel. No doubt the driver got hit with splatter and suffered greatly.





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