The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THIS CLOSE UP SHOWS RUDDY GOLDEN SLAG FROM THE BLAST FURNACE FLOWING INTO A LADLE. SLAG IS THE DROSS WHICH FORMS IN THE SMELTING OPERATION AND FLOATS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOLTEN IRON. IT IS TAPPED OFF AT REGULAR INTERVALS. (NEGATIVE BY C. BOTTOMLEY).
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN IRON AND STEEL LTD. BLAST FURNACE PLANT SHOWING (AT LEFT) THE INCLINE UP WHICH RAW MATERIALS ARE HOISTED TO THE TOP OF THE FURNACE, AND LOWER RIGHT, MOLTEN SLAG FLOWING
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THE PLACING OF THE CLAY PLUG IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BLAST FURNACE. SOME 150 TONS OF MOLTEN PIG IRON ARE RELEASED AND THIS FIERY GOLDEN STREAM OF METAL FLOWS ALONG RUNNERS MADE IN
THE BLAST FURNACE PLANT AT AUSTRALIAN IRON AND STEEL LTD. THE BLAST FURNACE REDUCES IRON ORE, COKE AND LIMESTONE TO MOLTEN PIG IRON, WHICH IN TURNS FORMS THE MAJOR RAW MATERIAL FOR STEEL MAKING. THE N
AT AN AUSTRALIAN STEEL WORKS, A 100-TON LADLE OF MOLTEN STEEL BEING LIFTED FROM THE OPEN HEARTH FURNACE CASTING SIDE BY OVERHEAD CRANE, OVER TO A LINE OF INGOT MOULDS, ONE OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE
THE OPEN HEARTH CHARGING FLOOR AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. IN THE FOREGROUND IS AN ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED FURNACE CHARGING MACHINE, AND IN THE BACKGROUND, A LADLE CONTAINING M
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THE PIERCING OF THE CLAY PLUG IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BLAST FURNACE. SOME 150 TONS OF MOLTEN PIG IRON ARE RELEASED AND THIS FIERY MOLTEN STREAM OF METAL FLOWS ALONG RUNNERS MADE IN
