From experience, mold life depends on the quality of the rubber mold, how the mold is designed, the type of mold release used, and to a certain extent, the...
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Brian
bm_hahn
Jun 14, 2013 12:23 am
That's not quite true Jon. I have many molds that have made hundreds of castings with no degradation. With some types of rubbers, the lifespan is much...
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Jon Ruehle
coolruehle
Jun 14, 2013 12:26 am
Hi Mike, I like your site! Not the run of the mill (oh bad pun) railcar website! You have unusual stuff -- I like that. Just a friendly FYI, hyperlinked items...
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Andrew Koetz
andrewkoetz
Jun 14, 2013 12:36 am
For the GLF Division, one can go to http://www.boatnerd.com/ and click on the Photo Galleries tab, and you can scroll through the various fleets that run on...
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James S. Torgeson
torgy1962
Jun 14, 2013 12:46 am
Yes Jon, The websites is rather cumbersome by today's standards, but beneficial none the less! Jim T. ... Hi Mike, I like your site! Not the run of the mill...
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jmagarac
Jun 14, 2013 1:29 pm
This was recently filed with the Surface Transportation Board (Surfboard) It shows what is happening to the old Patapsco and Back River RR John Glaab ...
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Jeff Borne
thinslab
Jun 15, 2013 9:24 pm
John, Actually, the big blast furnace I brought to the Medina, OH steel mill modelers meet was not my first. Back in 1978, constructed a furnace from paper,...
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Doug Geiger
douggeiger80501
Jun 16, 2013 12:51 am
Does anyone have any photos or diagrams/drawings of a typical slag bott? Also, how does it work? From MS&T Steel book, it sounds like the bott is inserted...
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Steve Raque
sraque
Jun 16, 2013 1:25 pm
The map on the last page is especially interesting. Though the text legend is very difficult to read, it seems to define each crew/turn and days of operation...
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smtimko15001
Jun 16, 2013 3:19 pm
Morning Sun Books will be releasing STEEL MILL RAILROADS---Volume 5 on September 1st. That means that I am now taking prepaid orders (addresses below) for the...
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secatalano@...
pilotincontr...
Jun 16, 2013 3:38 pm
Of course mark me down Morning Sun Books will be releasing STEEL MILL RAILROADS---Volume 5 on September 1st. That means that I am now taking prepaid orders...
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jmagarac
Jun 17, 2013 12:08 pm
Jeff: Goo to hear from you. I remember(?) talking to you at Medina about your furnace, and if memory serves me (sometimes better than others) you made a ...
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Dave Stroebe
davestroebe
Jun 17, 2013 3:28 pm
From my understanding, there is an opening higher up on the Bosh which is called the "Slag Notch". There is a sliding door{from my research, correct if I'm...
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Brian Rumary
purnellsuk
Jun 17, 2013 6:36 pm
... Steve I've just sent $52.00 for a copy of the above. -- Brian Rumary England...
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Brendan
brendan_trsl
Jun 17, 2013 9:56 pm
Guy's Looking at a bird eye view of AK Steel in Middletown OH on Bing there is a building and storage yard just to the SE of the BOF (image attached). I am...
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Adam Peszel
aepeszel
Jun 18, 2013 12:12 am
Brendan, Hard to see anything, but it has me wondering. When I worked at TBWoods, the foundry received DRI pellets in big white bags. The white shapes remind...
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Steve Stull
winslow7076
Jun 18, 2013 12:52 am
How are you? Steve Stull...
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John T. Shultz
jtedshultz
Jun 18, 2013 1:18 am
brendan, I believe that what you are looking at are the tops of ingot molds that have been preped for pouring with the white material a compound sprayed on...
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Brendan
brendan_trsl
Jun 18, 2013 1:26 am
I don't think they are bags, they appear to have a center hole. They are stacked like donuts. Brendan ... Brendan b.brosnan@......
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Brendan
brendan_trsl
Jun 18, 2013 1:30 am
Is Middletown still using molds? I thought about caster (tudish nozzles) parts, but there are far too many of them to be spare parts in my opinion. A lot of $...
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winslow7076
Jun 18, 2013 3:57 am
Apologies to the group. Email was compromised at 4:52 this afternoon, was not aware of the problem till a few minutes ago. Keep me on moderated status for now....
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Charlie
charlestapper
Jun 18, 2013 4:22 am
I took a look at the yard from several vantage points. It looks to me that these are mostly wrapped coils of wire. There are some very shiny, silvery,...
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Donald Dunn
don_csx
Jun 18, 2013 12:56 pm
I think Charlie is right. Below is a link from Bing Maps and it can be viewed from all side. http://binged.it/11WtOza Take Care and God Bless Donald Dunn ...
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Joe Tonkin
jdtonkin
Jun 18, 2013 1:03 pm
Donald, When I clicked on your link, the racks flashed up quickly, then it zoomed out by itself. When I tried to zoom back in, it went to a High School in the...
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Henry Darlington
hankdarlington
Jun 18, 2013 1:15 pm
This looks like a storage area for alloy additions for the BOF. Hank From: STEEL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STEEL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brendan Sent:...
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Donald Dunn
don_csx
Jun 18, 2013 1:53 pm
Joe, It did me the same way. I try it again. I may have did something wrong. http://binged.it/11lo2aF Take Care and God Bless Donald Dunn www.trainweb.org/kvo/...
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Dave Stroebe
davestroebe
Jun 18, 2013 2:11 pm
My guess is that it's 500# bags of sand which is used in molds or to line runners & channels from the BF(If they're are still BF's there}. I worked in a...
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jmagarac
Jun 18, 2013 3:40 pm
We refer to them as the "Sam's Club" size bags. John In a message dated 6/18/2013 10:11:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, davestroebe@... writes: My guess...
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Rick Rowlands
ytownsteelman
Jun 18, 2013 3:49 pm
They are “super sacks”! From: STEEL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STEEL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of peachcreek@... Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:41 AM ...
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Dave Stroebe
davestroebe
Jun 18, 2013 3:58 pm
They make great leaf bags. They could hold almost an entire raking in one bag, that is if you can get them. We put used foundry sand in them & stored them for...
