Making steel.
This is what I do.
And there are several other INGOers here.
The guy at 0:40 was the boss of a boss.
1:07 is the top of a BOP furnace. Was there for 5 years or so
1:36 is the slabs coming out of the Caster, where I am now
2:20 states the mill at 10.5 square miles.
2:30 they call it a "hospital", but we call it the "dispensary". Minor injuries. Major stuff you go to a real hospital. Back in the day, when it was built, it was the ONLY hospital. I've been to the dispensary every year for a physical. And probably a dozen times for minor injuries. That doc shown, has seen me multiple times, including to call the ambulance for the real hospital for me.
2:32 fire and police, interacted with both.
2:43 states 14,000 work there. Back when i hired, now were more like 5,000
2:55 was leaving an area when she was coming into the area, as an employee. She moved to management soon after. Management had the dual blue hats before. Now they're white.
3:00 that truck is HUGE. There is nothing in the pic to compare it to.
3:38 that's a coke oven battery. The worker is in front of a single oven. A battery has a buttload of ovens. I used to remember how many, but I've been gone from there over 20 years. The glowing orange stuff is coal being cooked into coke. You can see the doors to the left and right of some of the other ovens.
4:20 his clothes are green. You just can't tell from the dirt. They are now orange.
4:25 you can see the aluminized coat he's wearing. You wear that when you work near the iron or steel. I normally don't have to wear it. But if I work on something hear the hot stuff, I wear it. I wear 3 layers of clothes normally. This coat makes it 4.
4:48 dumping IRON into the BOP furnace where materials are added and oxygen (and other gases) is blown to burn off the carbon and superheat the mixture
5:00 skimming the slag
5:07 adding scrap metal to the furnace. We use recycle, and new materials. The amount varies on the cost of mining vs. the cost of recycle
5:18 the steel being poured into a "mold" to make it into a slab. A continuous slab. No bottom. This is where I work.
5:42 a ladle being shipped from the BOP, where they turned iron into steel, to the Caster, to be poured into a continuous slab. That ladle there full, will weigh over 600,000 pounds
5:47 the Caster again, and the bottomless mold. The man here just took a sample.
6:00 where we cut the continuous slab into slabs. Cut length depends on the order. back in the old days, they used a BIG saw to cut the slab when it was orange. But it was kind of rough on blades.
6:13 the Kress carrier, used to carry multiple 35 ton slabs out of my building. Tires are 9 foot. And when one blows, LOOK OUT. Kicks up all the rocks in the are. Like bullets.
6:30 slabs taken to Finishing. Okay, after this I can't comment. I've been in Finishing, like walked through. Not actually worked.
7:30 amount of electricity used in ONE HOUR would supply a home for 34 YEARS.
8:50 we not only recycle steel, we recycle our own steel. If we make a substandard slab, we can sell if if there's a buyer and it's only slightly off. If not, we cut the slab and feed it right back into the furnace.
This is what I do.
And there are several other INGOers here.
The guy at 0:40 was the boss of a boss.
1:07 is the top of a BOP furnace. Was there for 5 years or so
1:36 is the slabs coming out of the Caster, where I am now
2:20 states the mill at 10.5 square miles.
2:30 they call it a "hospital", but we call it the "dispensary". Minor injuries. Major stuff you go to a real hospital. Back in the day, when it was built, it was the ONLY hospital. I've been to the dispensary every year for a physical. And probably a dozen times for minor injuries. That doc shown, has seen me multiple times, including to call the ambulance for the real hospital for me.
2:32 fire and police, interacted with both.
2:43 states 14,000 work there. Back when i hired, now were more like 5,000
2:55 was leaving an area when she was coming into the area, as an employee. She moved to management soon after. Management had the dual blue hats before. Now they're white.
3:00 that truck is HUGE. There is nothing in the pic to compare it to.
3:38 that's a coke oven battery. The worker is in front of a single oven. A battery has a buttload of ovens. I used to remember how many, but I've been gone from there over 20 years. The glowing orange stuff is coal being cooked into coke. You can see the doors to the left and right of some of the other ovens.
4:20 his clothes are green. You just can't tell from the dirt. They are now orange.
4:25 you can see the aluminized coat he's wearing. You wear that when you work near the iron or steel. I normally don't have to wear it. But if I work on something hear the hot stuff, I wear it. I wear 3 layers of clothes normally. This coat makes it 4.
4:48 dumping IRON into the BOP furnace where materials are added and oxygen (and other gases) is blown to burn off the carbon and superheat the mixture
5:00 skimming the slag
5:07 adding scrap metal to the furnace. We use recycle, and new materials. The amount varies on the cost of mining vs. the cost of recycle
5:18 the steel being poured into a "mold" to make it into a slab. A continuous slab. No bottom. This is where I work.
5:42 a ladle being shipped from the BOP, where they turned iron into steel, to the Caster, to be poured into a continuous slab. That ladle there full, will weigh over 600,000 pounds
5:47 the Caster again, and the bottomless mold. The man here just took a sample.
6:00 where we cut the continuous slab into slabs. Cut length depends on the order. back in the old days, they used a BIG saw to cut the slab when it was orange. But it was kind of rough on blades.
6:13 the Kress carrier, used to carry multiple 35 ton slabs out of my building. Tires are 9 foot. And when one blows, LOOK OUT. Kicks up all the rocks in the are. Like bullets.
6:30 slabs taken to Finishing. Okay, after this I can't comment. I've been in Finishing, like walked through. Not actually worked.
7:30 amount of electricity used in ONE HOUR would supply a home for 34 YEARS.
8:50 we not only recycle steel, we recycle our own steel. If we make a substandard slab, we can sell if if there's a buyer and it's only slightly off. If not, we cut the slab and feed it right back into the furnace.
