Freddie Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7sbkyWQrnY&feature=player_embedded#at=12 Great video from a Polish rolling mill... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old N Rusty Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 i think they were saying "its five o:clock lets leave it for the night shift" "too hot for us to mess with anyway" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fosterob Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 OOOPPS :o :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce wilcock Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 i see one on it with the gas ax sharpish at the end, no time to stand and stare , proberly blow through it and drag it out with the fork lift , bet its a pig to get cleared and running again ,though nothing they wont have seen before,nice to be retired when you see things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec.S Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 ouch!! it looks pretty cool though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 What caused that to happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downsfish Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I work maintenance in a roll mill and this is a common occurance, maybe an average of 3 or 4 times in a 12 hour shift, depending mostly on what size is running. The smaller the product the harder it is to get it to the end, the difference between pushing a rope or a spaghetti noodle. Every set of rolls it goes through reduces it's diameter by maybe 10 to 20 percent, but that material has to go somewhere, so it grows in length. Which means it also picks up speed by that same 10 to 20 percent every millstand it goes through, in our mill there's 18 millstands. The 5-1/2" billet enters #1 at about 2 mph and exits #18 as a 180' long railroad spike 1600 degrees travelling about 40+ mph. So as you can imagine that it doesn't take a much of problem to cause a cobble. I would guess that an average cobble takes about 30 min to clean up and get back to running, not a very fun part of the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkmas Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 It almost passes for art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 It almost passes for art. Aerial Ballet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 i think they were saying "its five o:clock lets leave it for the night shift" "too hot for us to mess with anyway" Or maybe they needed a little overtime......... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Notice that the workers don't seem excited about it happening and so it much be a very common occurrence. At least I would have a "get the heck away from it" reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Sounded like a laugh as it started. I heard about those at the mills in Cleveland and Elyria. They ran oxygen only torches since a preheat fuel was not needed, and it was 1/2 the weight to carry around. This is from a friend who worked at a couple mills in Cleveland and Elyria Ohio. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregDP Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Youch, a contractor just died yesterday working for AK Steel Holding at an American coking plant. A lot of people have died over the years pulling rocks out of the ground and the danger seldom stops there. Glad no one was hurt, made for a pretty funny watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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