The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 SAND FLOOR OF THE CASTING PIT, AND SO ON TO THE WAITING LADLES. THE SPADE LIKE OBJECT IN THE FOREGROUND IS USED TO CUT OFF AND DIVERT THE FLOW OF MOLTEN IRON INTO ANOTHER CHANNEL. IT IS SIMPLY PUSHED DOWN DEEPLY INTO THE SAND FORMED RUNNERS AT THE REQUIRED POSITION. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
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
SCENE ON THE BLAST FURNACE CASTING FLOOR AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS AS THE FURNACE MEN WORK ON THE JOB OF PIERCING THE CLAY PLUG WHICH WILL RELEASE A TORRENT OF MOLTEN PIG IR
HERE IS HOWN THE TAPPING SIDE OF THE OPEN HEARTH FURNACE PLANT AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. THIS SIDE OF THE FURNACE IS LOWER THAN THE CHARGING SIDE WITH THE RESULT THAT WHEN
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
MORTAR BOMBS ARE AMONG THE MANY WAR COMMODITIES AUSTRALIA IS PRODUCING IN VAST QUANTITIES FOR EMPIRE NEEDS. MOLTEN STEEL POUR FROM THE ELECTRIC FURNACE INTO A GIANT LADLES WHICH IS CARRIED BY OVERHEAD
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 OF
