EAF explosion

Violenta reazione in un forno elettrico, ripresa dalle telecamere di sorveglianza, prima sopra e poi sotto nella scorifica

[@michaellundgren6949]

They should have put a wood spoon over the top to prevent it from boiling over.

[@charlesfinley771]

This needs more votes, you have not gotten nearly the recognition you deserve for this comment.

[@PremierMilenkov]

This legit made me laugh.

[@phuturephunk]

A good comment? OR THE BEST COMMENT!

[@ShadowThrall]

amazing

[@phuturephunk]

ira todd Whoooooosh! It's a joke!

[@Andrew-cp9me]

I think we should take a minute to appreciate just how good that security camera is, or at least the protective screen infront of it.

[@legitbeans9078]

Probably made of quartz

[@Dellvmnyam]

Wasn't it a camera man?

[@martinhodge921]

"How do you guys like our new solid steel floor? We poured it just yesterday."

[@jeffz1220]

I’m an electrician but the only thing I could relate that to would be a concrete form blowout But, how the heck do you clean that up?? Guess they’ll have to build a new plant?

[@grady1807]

@@jeffz1220 Mostly men clean up manually with torches

[@schnaps1790]

@@jeffz1220 If its cast iron you can probably just break it up with a demolition hammer since its realy brittle, bronze or aluminium you need torches

[@joebonola7458]

How is that solid steel mess cleaned up ?

[@AngelRomero955]

@@jeffz1220 Electrician in the US?

[@SamuelTBrooks]

I'm fairly sure more of that furnace is on fire than is supposed to be on fire.

[@steve1978ger]

Can't be sure, better call a meeting. Wednesday?

[@bleedingedge6187]

You say so?

[@Dixavulpine]

no that's just how they make taco bells diablo sauce

[@Volvith]

Fuck the furnace, _the floor is literally lava._

[@racingrivalsaddict3370]

Ackchuyally

[@Spoksy]

How it's made: hell.

[@M77BOOTS]

How it's made: STEEL ! (been there and done that at a steel mill) :)

[@jamesharrell4360]

I like your better

[@chrisguy6301]

That's not hell, it's an EAF explosion...

[@MaesHawkEye]

@@chrisguy6301 No shit ?

[@AliHSyed]

I can hear the How It's Made music playing in my head

[@ManiacRacing]

I once worked an aluminum casting furnace failure that dumped about 60,000lbs of molten aluminum onto the casting floor. It took about 4 days to cool down enough to start cleanup since we could not use water cooling, and we were a month using oxygen lances to cut up the steel protective floor, made from 6" I beams and plate steel. They use this design since it slows and contains any spills under the plate and amongst the I beams. Took about 4 weeks to clear the floor of aluminum, and another week to replace steel subfloors. Entire episode was caused by ONE man hitting a corner of the furnace with a forklift damaging the liner enough to cause a leak. Needless to say, it was incredibly filthy hot work wearing full breathing gear due to the oxygen lances. 0/10 would NOT do again.

[@jamess.829]

I have heard people say that steel workers make too much money.I wish I could tell them, "come see what we do for that money".

[@jaymorpheus11]

James Stapay dam straight!

[@maoama]

Lol u guys seriously dont make enough

[@BigGreenTimeMachine]

Yeah I hear it all the time. They say 'gosh steelworkers make far too much money' and things like that. Getting quite sick of it tbh it's at least once a week

[@martyshrekster]

@@BigGreenTimeMachine Yeah, nothing but respect for what you guys do. I'm a machinist, lathes and mills are one or two man accidents at worst. I don't have the balls to work at a foundry.

[@strongholds12]

You clowns are seriously overpaid

[@rbigbore50]

Electric Arc Furnace has 3 electrodes that lower in the pot. They are about 2.5 feet across and taper threaded like a drill pipe. You screw enough together to reach into the pot. Then fill pot with scrap metal and add alloy ingots to make what you want. The electrodes are Carbon just like a carbon cutting rod used on a stick welder. If an electrode breaks it will fall into the pot and be consumed by the molten host metal this produces lots of gas fast! BOOM. People often get killed if this happens.

[@ArieteArmsRAMLITE]

Ok.

[@blacksheep9734]

Thanks for the explanation. It sure as hell reacted like arc gouging but you know. On an INDUSTRIAL scale lol

[@russellwalker3830]

They must have bought the electrodes from China. When people use cutting discs made in China they end up in a photo of an example of what can happen when a cutting disc explodes in your fucking face. Cos they made in China. We all know by know China is trying to kill everyone, including the cat and the dog. I blame China

[@TheRanguna]

@@russellwalker3830 dude tone down your xenophobia a little, your phone is probably made in China.

[@CuthbertNibbles]

​@@russellwalker3830 China doesn't have a master plan to kill everybody with cheaply made tools, they serve a market need for cheaply made goods because people keep wanting/buying them, and they're able to produce them competitively. You can get high quality stuff from China, you just have to pay for it. A lot of semiconductor and chemical goods coming out of China are top-notch. Likewise, you can get cheaply produced domestic goods, it's just harder to find quality Chinese and cheap domestic because China's labour laws make bottom-dollar products more competitive in the global market, and most domestic (from an American, Canadian, Western European standpoint) laws make it expensive to produce cheap products; workers need to be paid more, safety standards are _much_ higher and materials are more expensive because that is echoed in the supply chain. This leads to a market void for high quality tools, which domestic businesses can jump in and fill, hence why most domestic tools are higher quality and more expensive. It's okay to dislike China for their human rights violations, or their expansive nature, but make sure the core problem is identified and not just "I blame China". It's shallow to hate China, outright racist actually, and you discredit your opinion by sounding like a fool who hates what he's been told to hate without any critical thinking.

[@10191927]

If I saw a river of molten metal coming at me, I'd be breaking the sound barrier.

[@osamabinladen824]

Been there, done that.

[@christianmadsen7997]

@@osamabinladen824 go ahead. Tell the story

[@osamabinladen824]

@@christianmadsen7997 Sure

[@osamabinladen824]

@@Huvvuv Not yet

[@jhart7304]

not me, Id go give it a hug.

[@dragonridley]

1:26 Don't you hate it when you get to work and realize you left the volcano running? *sigh* I'll grab a mop.

[@gordlawson11]

lol - i once worked at a warehouse that sold pool supplies. i filled up a customer's chlorine containers and put the nozzle back, but forgot to turn off the hose. luckily no one knew it was me, but what a mess...

[@koldt4777]

I dont Think a mop is what you need here.

[@Kinsanth_]

Haaahhh bapanada ...

[@fordmustang500kr]

@Ari Parker man made lava!

[@dadjake]

That's me on the toilet after taco bell

[@clerdman1]

The protective glass covering the last camera cracked the very last second. Must have gotten really hot in that room

[@MrTantalust]

""Violent reaction in an electric oven, filmed by surveillance cameras, first above and then below the slagging""

[@nakinajay]

I'd like to see a video of what it takes to clean that mess up ! Anyone else curious how bad it is afterwards?

[@tdgreenbay]

Erv..... cleanup in Aisle 7

[@jeepnutnh]

Worked with titanium alloys at the foundry I used to work at. Grinding,and prying for days, and our furnaces only held about 500 pounds.

[@aaronserrano5921]

@@jeepnutnh sounds awful... what's even made in a titanium foundry tho?

[@jeepnutnh]

@@aaronserrano5921they were titanium alloys, basically everything that is inside a jet engine. Every part inside them has to be very rugged and able to handle the heat from combustion. Very cool process, we did all our castings inside a vacuum chamber.

[@Stevo1361]

@Poly Bun you forgot crow bars. Big f'ing crow bars and muscle!

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

That's me cooking pasta

[@1noodlebowlperday]

Rip

[@derekwall200]

actually the same thing can happen to you if you heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and then throw in some frozen french fries causing the oil to sizzle more vigorously and even overflow

[@user-po5hb9yv5n]

@@derekwall200 pour water into it also boom

[@tuckergreen2818]

Please be careful

[@lestatangel]

There's not a chance in hell I'm ever letting you in my kitchen

[@cooperpendergast23]

I jumped out my seat when that splash hit the camera cover. my dad's worked at a steel mill for 21 years, this is still the scariest shit I've ever heard of happening at a mill. (This is technically a wet charge drop)

[@tsm688]

What HAPPENED? My completely uninformed guess is it's a mold that fills with steel under pressure, and somehow the pressure was left on when the mold was opened, or the mold opened early...

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

Moisture causing a steam explosion

[@gorisenke]

@@tsm688 when you put a pot of water on heat, vapor forms bubbles in or below the water that race to the top. Wet steel can do that too, but the steel is much heavier than the water vapor, so it gets trapped, builds up, and pushed through the molten metal. Same thing happens when you drop a fairly large (5 gallons would be plenty) container of water into a volcano, the lava burts out, hurled by the vapor. Any trapped gas can do that.

[@billbeuginton9742]

nah the electrode actually fell into the charge pot. nice try though zoolander

[@hoss2472]

i worked at a steel mill for 20 years myself as a ladle crane operator the electrode didnt cause that the furnce has gas build up between the slag and the steel and when the put oxygen to it it reacts and boils over

[@brockdt]

When these furnaces start up, the arc is so loud it will scare the piss out of an average person. After it is cooking for a while, it is a soft hum, and will lull you to sleep.

[@phuturephunk]

There's a good EAF video of them starting a heat. The popping sound is terrifying. Just realizing the energies involved.

[@00mihec00]

@@phuturephunk i still shit my ass off especially on stainless.. Its loud ass fuck and when you walk 10m from her and she starts singing....

[@cezarcatalin1406]

00mihec00 Q: What instrument do you play ? A: Uhhh... electric volcano ?

[@kevinshockey2765]

When the first first starts up you can feel the vibration in your guts the low vibrating sound and a popping like gunshots going off work 15 years and a foundry out of the furnace operator know a lot about it

[@kentlofgren]

1:40 I think I saw Arnold

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Kent Löfgren No, it was Anakin Skywalker...

[@bodychoke]

Not funny. Be quiet.

[@lestatangel]

" you did remember to turn the coffee pot off before we left the house this morning didn't you Honey?"

[@rinner2801]

I half expected a dragon to come flying out of that at the end.

[@doneson1717]

Every time i see one of these videos i can't figure out if i'm watching perfection or a disaster. In this case, i'm leaning toward "it wasn't supposed to do that"

[@Zamphirix]

Absolutely not I've never seen an EAF do that and I'm not really sure what the could have done to induce that.

[@qevvy]

I'd guess they fed it wet scrap. Water doesn't play well in there.

[@Lessinath]

I saw it happen once with wet scrap, but it was faster (from the time scrap was loaded until it was over was about 30 seconds) and much, much more violent.

[@chrisisere25]

boiled

[@kenwaybrkhd42]

Jacob Forbes it looked more like a carbon blow than a wet charge. Im a charge crane operator in a steel mill.

[@PTSD_Guts]

That extra little crack that appears in the camera glass at the very end is a satisfying touch

[@Starwind87]

Well, someone is fired.

[@atiseru]

Starwind87 You mean fried

[@Mako_Marshmallow]

Literally

[@markschroeder2578]

You think?!

[@repro7780]

Wasn't me, I was at lunch

[@DjResR]

That was quite a violent reaction. It lifted the whole top up.

[@networkedperson]

that place needs automatic water sprinklers

[@legend00q]

@@networkedperson wouldn't water sprinklers be bad? considering all the hot metal which could cause more steam explosions

[@networkedperson]

@@legend00q Well I am I thinking steam explosions are kind of entertaining. I dunno if the molten steel would be hot enough to separate the oxygen and hydrogen of the water? If so we could have a Fukushima-style hydrogen explosion.

[@silverwheel]

"I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she's gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure... evil. When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was alive! Look at her, Miller. Isn't she beautiful?"

[@jam2190]

Man that is a crazy ass movie!!!!

[@goliathprojects7354]

"We're leaving"

[@jam2190]

Don't need eyes, where we are going

[@LunarDelta]

@@jam2190 DO YOU SEE!???

[@sixstringedthing]

I'm 45 years old and that movie still creeps me tf out

[@Swoost]

0 to mustafar real quick

[@nuclear8817]

When you're cooking bacon shirtless

[@burningdust]

I live a mile from a steel mill, they had an explosion like this once, the resulting fire somehow burned down about 1/4 of the facility. The entire plant was shut down for the better part of a year. There have been several other smaller explosions from water getting into the EAF's place seems unbelievably dangerous to work at.

[@poissonrois]

the floor is lava!!!

[@andrewbacon7042]

Oh haha very funn- ahhh AHH AAAHHHHHH

[@andrewbacon7042]

MY FEET

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Andrew Bacon You turned extra-crispy in a matter of seconds.

[@bodychoke]

Not funny. Be quiet.

[@alessandrogiannini4288]

Extreme version of the floor is lava

[@Ropponmatsu2]

It was my first day. They never let you forget it.

[@AlecMader]

When you think you've beaten the Terminator but it starts fighting back.

[@1ucasvb]

How do you even clean up after an accident like this? I can't think of anything other than just giving up and closing up that section of the factory.

[@blueleaftuber]

yeh just wash it down with a hose

[@MaxMakerChannel]

I don´t think the metal wil stick to anything. It cools down, contracts and gets loose. Then you can cut the giant chunks into managable bits. This is just my theory.

[@hirezsucksballs1508]

1ucasvb same way you do when there is a breakout at the casting tower. Cutting torch. Or in this case a lance the floor is concrete so the metal won't stick to it. Just lance it into pieces the mag will be able to pick up.

[@DonnyDownunder]

Ty Faust that is a lot of lancing 😳

[@hirezsucksballs1508]

DonnyDownunder no choice. Unless they can get a front end loader in there and the hot metal crane can get the ladle out of the way. I'm not sure how it's set up in there but where I'm at the pit loader can access the ladle pit so he would go in there and roll that stuff up while it's still soft but not liquid.

[@jamesedwards6589]

1.28 - well done lads we have just created a man made molten lava flow. I hope nobody was down there.

[@jimtalbott9535]

1:50 - Old people everywhere: “I’m still cold!”

[@ImmortanJoeCamel]

I remember this level from DOOM 2016

[@berner]

Thumbs up.

[@Gold_Hunt_Australia]

Memories. I worked in one of there's plants for 7 years. Seen many boil overs from water in the scrap or in the lime.

[@davidjohnjr]

Terminator 2 confirmed

[@devas522]

When you dip a still frozen turkey on the deep fryer

[@tenebraygrace4099]

It's like the furnace was tired of being tazed and was not going to take it anymore.

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

Damn look at the heat making the glass crack at 2:02

[@TheCrowMan15]

1:29 the whole room turned into Venus 💀

[@brad3378]

that's so metal

[@vinesauceobscurities]

Literally metal.

[@Enzyomes]

FUCK OFF

[@grovecitysirens_GCS]

That's actually horrifying Imagine seeing a several hundred ton lid jumping around while liquid steel is flowing all over the place like lava

[@strongbowism]

Bloody Hell!!! I've seen several bad reactions at the mill I work at but that tops anything I have ever seen so far... Thankfully.

[@cowpiekiller]

just wait. it will happen

[@isaT]

Looks like a new volcano has just been created. On a side note, the camera recording this must be made out of some really good stuff if it doesn't melt after a few seconds.

[@_xtacnorx_3021]

Looks nice how the camera becomes a extra crack in the end. Must be very spicey heat in this room.

[@belo621]

The camera pointing at the furnace is probably near the control room,the other looks like a tapping station( maybe). Worked in a steel mill for years.

[@Hoxxz]

0:15 - Quick get the fire extinguisher!

[@vectorvideo1294]

This is a great example of why you need properly functioning fire extinguishers present at all times.

[@Skyhawk1998]

I think this is beyond the point of needing an extinguisher. This is a de-ass the area at double time moment.

[@williamgreene4834]

Ya, I think I heard the run away buzzer go off. :)

[@rogerw-interested]

@Vector Video in cases like this, there is little fire. it is the heat that is the issue. if you look, you dont see much flames. some water hoses to minimize the damage and cool the metal and start the clean up. safe to say their work clothes will have some major sweat/salt stains in the near future

[@rogerw-interested]

@@williamgreene4834 actually if anything, it would be a stay put alarm. the shop floor is kept clear during arcing, so most ppl would be safely in pulpits

[@jamesduffey6482]

Worked at a steel mill in Texas at an EAf , saw some pretty scary stuff happen

[@kevinshockey2765]

Yep you work at it still found it long enough you going to see some crazy damn s*** going on

[@bolenz1]

You see some crazy stuff in the steel making industry. Where I work when the power goes out during casting you have to chill the strands manually. No backup generator or auto shutoff on ladle. You have to run to the tundish and chill what strands are running at the time with a short chill. It's scary as shit seing molten steel pour over the mold right in front of you trying to chill a strand!

[@KSparks80]

Dude, I'm manually chillin' a gnarly strand right now. Maybe I could run to the tundish. But I don't have one. I'm just gonna do a long chill, man, while I'm still strandin' up. They're awesome that way! No tundish required. They're way over-rated and leave you with a killer headache, man.

[@-BuddyGuy]

One sander and one buffing attachment for your drill and you've got yourself a nice shiny new floor

[@Kinsanth_]

That looks mesmerizing and terrifying at the same time

[@The_CIA]

*the company motto:* _"...Work Like Hell!"_ *the company: **1:42*

[@fredflintstone4138]

these types of operations have what are called Frankenstein boots in the corners .. if you get trapped you pull on these thick wooden strap-on clogs and run over the molten metal .. better than no clogs - I suppose. Stilts might work better .. pretty desperate anyhow you slice it.

[@mike4ty4]

@Fred Flintstone: Probably would not want stilts. That puts your center of gravity up way higher and makes you vulnerable to tipping and you're NOT walking on a solid surface but on liquid which will increase your vulnerability to tipping even more.

[@BinaryBlueBull]

@Dr. J The guys working around the furnace usually have on heat-resistant reflective clothing. So perhaps that would provide sufficient protection to run across it for a short distance?

[@akashbhavana1072]

@@BinaryBlueBull But shoes for us steel plant workers are made of iron sole so as to protect legs incase of any hard object falls on them. I guess that iron sole would heat, probably melt and inturn roast our legs before we walk even a few steps in that hot slag-metal.

[@niccollins6032]

That metallic river flow looks freakin awesome

[@AlbyBattyTECHannel]

This video is Awesome!! Thanks!!

[@reneramirez2882]

Clean-up on isle seven...isle seven...

[@TheRicardoMorales]

This is what killed the Terminator

[@RedHeadForester]

Just before the end of the video the glass on the second camera cracks in the bottom left corner from the heat. Crazy seeing so much metal flow like that...

[@woody987654]

Where did this happen? What mill?

[@ArztvomDienst]

That is by far the most 'my imagination of hell' man made thing.

[@awesomefacepalm]

Me on the toilet after taco bells

[@awesomefacepalm]

+DeathWish808 i love hot food

[@cezarcatalin1406]

SneakySquiddy Yep, we can tell. RIP your butt.

[@kallistaanne]

gives new meaning to the floor is lava

[@MrPaulskyhi5224]

Its a good thing I called in sick that day

[@AhmadMabruriBBeruri]

Well.. At least they now have a new metal flooring right there..

[@ClassALiving]

What is the cleanup process like for something like this, they just going to chip away at all that steel off the floor once it cools?

[@paulwysocki8989]

So do they just scrap the whole plant at that point or how do u go about removing a few feet of steel/slag flooring

[@Gold_Hunt_Australia]

Tapping the furnace and burying the ladle car was impressive.

[@quasarproductions2690]

I thought that was INSANE at the beginning when it explodes. When I saw how much came out after around 1:30 , I lost my shit.. Holy FUCKING SHITBALLS!! Hell on Earth! They got a new sterile floor though. oh, and hi reddit

[@ducksoup10]

If Hell had the iron foundry/ steampunk thing going on then yes.

[@danielbowman5102]

This is why you never add water to an EAF.

[@nathandamaren2093]

@@danielbowman5102 exactly. Water + heat = steam + KABOOM!!!

[@jdraper12]

Cringe

[@quasarproductions2690]

replying to my 4 year younger self

[@AllenSAshley]

How do you even clean / repair after this? Once it's cools, it's just thousands of pounds of solid metal all over the floor attached to everything.

[@garykreitz2428]

I worked at a iron foundry I was on the clean up crew we clean up spills on the floor and clean it off the furnace when you get a spill I get a wheelbarrow full of sand and throw on the floor to stop it then you get it off the floor with a shovel or jackhammer get a chain wrap around it and take it out with a crane some of them were over a ton pretty cool working there

[@kepler240]

I've always wondered how people clean up a mess like this. It seems impossible.

[@alannhod7353]

Everyone except Terror-Billy was safe. He got a few minor burns due to being that days propane pot heater underneath the whole container, but keeping calm and staying put may have saved his life.

[@hardwareful]

"So this 'Lava', is it in the room with us right now?"

[@ChrisPBacon-yz6nk]

*speaker crackles* : “Cleanup on aisle 4”

[@timheise8225]

It looks more like an EAF disaster. Did water in the charge of scrap produce such a violent reaction? Were there other substances, like those explosive under great heat, that did the same? If water was present, an enormous quantity had to have contaminated the charge. And at 1:20, as the charge was poured into a ladle, another violent reaction commensed. I have no idea what could do this. It will take teams of workers using cutting torches weeks of effort to clean that mess up. Maybe I'm wrong. comments appreciated.

[@KillerJoeFIN]

Foundry boss: Who the F**k eated Taco Bell at lunch time?

[@markc7955]

Seriously. How do you clean this?

[@Mr.Titanium1911]

Hats off to the clean-up crews.

[@eane1275]

I don't even have a hint of an idea on how that would be cleaned up.

[@sandEffect]

That’s me on thanksgiving putting frozen turkey in the fryer.

[@ColinJ88]

“Housekeeping to EAF 2 with a mop.”

[@michaelwilson2107]

Oh boy that mill is shut down for a while lol. At least the hot side. I bet that shift was hated for a while lol

[@Dan-hh5pk]

Must be hell to work there in hot summer times....

[@corbinhbucknerjr558]

This is my toilet the next day after a big Mexican meal.

[@jadavis1992]

how bad was that slag pot stuck? it looks like it was mostly slag coming out.

[@BMWS1000RRR]

Who is in charge of that ? Also, how do they clean this mess up ?

[@AA-69]

You certainly wouldn't want to be wearing flip-flops in there 😐

[@italian3960]

I feel bad for the loader having to clean that slag out

[@kevinshockey2765]

There's a little more than slag

[@topmozoo]

"А у вас молоко убежало..."

[@agoodandy1]

Wet charge or broken water pipe?

[@witnessme602]

1:28 The Floor is Lava: Expert Mode

[@EphemeralProductions]

Needless to say I'm guessing the factory was a total loss, or at least took a LONG time to get cleaned up and reopened?

[@Shoorit]

Up and running again pretty quick. The big leak at the end was mostly slag and easier to clean up..

[@danielthoman7324]

It looks like a boiling cauldron in Hell.😮

[@bryanstellfox8521]

"Well hey guys, look at it this way...we've just got a LITTLE extra molten steel than we expected!"

[@corbman9049]

I hear T2 theme song. Young John Connor weeping👍

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Any idea what caused the furnace to explode?

[@bbkyjohnson]

I worked in a cast iron foundry for 8 years and we had some crazy stuff happen but nothing like that

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

Its beautiful