melting iron
June 23, 2010 - 2:45 am
Archive for the ‘iron casting’ Category
9Tonne Furnace attached to an 8MW power supply. Running at full power.Iron sand melting 2
June 18, 2010 - 7:12 am
Melting some more iron sand.
Experiment..
The temperature of the liquid iron must be below 1083° Celcius because the copper electrodes did not melt.
I used dishwasher soap again to trigger the process.
It looks a bit like lava with it’s elasticity.
Adding salt didn’t create any special effects or colour of the flames.
Watch the ammeter pointer jump, when the electrodes are moved. The base load is around 20 Ampères at 240 Volts.
Note of caution !!
This experiment is done with 240 Volts mains , so utmost care has to be taken when trying it out during experimenting with this exercise.
I’m in the process of sourcing carbon rods so more tests will follow, with an arc furnace set up.
Duration : 0:4:2
My Iron King Cast
June 14, 2010 - 6:22 am
My Iron King CastIron Casting – SolidCast#9
June 10, 2010 - 2:06 am
Iron Casting – SolidCast#9Hot Fun in The Month of August Melting Iron
May 28, 2010 - 3:15 pm
Melting Castiron with a propane furnance.Production of a Gas Compressor Frame Part 4
May 24, 2010 - 4:38 am
Dressing, Delivery,Machining and Assembly.backyard iron casting
May 19, 2010 - 2:34 pm
backyard iron castingyear of iron
May 14, 2010 - 5:43 pm
1st year of iron casting and work created at a Summer school run at West Wales school of the Arts
Duration : 0:5:39
Iron sand melting 1
May 12, 2010 - 6:55 pm
Melting black iron sand from Piha beach, in prototype arc furnace with galvanised nail rods.
It is interesting to see that with this iron sand the conductivity is not super.
With an insulation tester the reading across the electrodes is 500 k.ohms.
To trigger the process some Sunlight dishwasher liquid was used.
It surprised me how well the plastic container stood up to the job, although the plastic became very hot and soft and caught fire later on.
Duration : 0:2:6
“IRON MAN” Is Casting Genius
May 9, 2010 - 3:01 pm
It’s my judgment that people don’t pay nearly enough respect to the casting process as a key determiner of a theatrical production’s likely success.
But they should. “Iron Man” is a success, to a huge degree, because of its outstanding casting choices.
Everyone in this film is simply amazing, and they had the chance to be their very best because Jon Favreau is relentlessly thorough and obsessively honest.
Duration : 0:9:36