The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
IN THIS PICTURE, THE SKELP IS SHOWN LEAVING THE BUTT WELDING MACHINE ON RIGHT AND AFTER FORMING INTO A LARGE LOOP ENTERING THE REHEATING FURNACE ON THE LEFT. IN ITS PASSAGE THROUGHT THE FURNACE THE SKELP IS HEATED TO THE CORRECT TEMPERATURE FOR FORMING INTO TUBE AND WELDING.
THESE LENGTHS OF STEEL ARE CONVEYED SLOWLY THROUGH A FURNACE WHICH HEATS THEM TO THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE FOR ROLLING BETWEEN ROLLS OF THE HAND OPERATED MILL SHOWN IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. BY THIS MEANS, T
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
ONE OF THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS IN AUSTRALIA'S BASIC WARTIME INDUSTRIES - FERRO ALLOYS PRODUCTION. HERE IS SHOWN AN OPEN- TOP ELECTRIC FURNACE HEATED BY GIANT ELECTRODES SHORTLY AFTER IT HAD BEEN TAPPE
The eight inch, cylindrical, steel billet is taken from the furnace on the right and stood vertical under the hydraulic press and the hole for the high-explosive punched. Billets in the foreground coo
THE WIRES SHOWN IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH ARE ENTERING A CONTINUOUS PATENTING FURNACE IN WHICH THE WIRES UNDERGO A HEAT TREATMENT AT 1800 DEGREES F. WHICH CONDITIONS THEM METALLURGICALLY TO BE DRAWN INTO FIN
Three members of 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) participating in training exercises. From the shelter of a foxhole an unidentified man (left) prepares to drop a shell into the tube
