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Any metallurgy gurus here? Curious about IRS aluminum arms..
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<blockquote data-quote="SlowSVT" data-source="post: 10563167" data-attributes="member: 20202"><p>I use to work for New Haven Heat Treating in the early 80's</p><p></p><p>The snow balls would explode on contact with the 1800 degree cyanide. 2nd shift. We were young, stupid and bored :bored:</p><p></p><p>Quenching the wave washers caused a jet of super bright white flame to shoot out the outer door thru the pull rod opening about 15'. The front operator would pull the rod out and run! Then the lift operator would drop the basket into the quenching tank :coolman:</p><p></p><p>We had a gas explosion blow a 2 ton door off a furnace. Loosing a basket in the Allcase was the worst. Trying to wrestle it out of the quench chamber in a 1800 degree furnace with a flame curtain in front of you was hell :cuss: Then there were gas explosion in our belt fed annealer from air build-up. You would be feeding the conveyer and without warning BOOM! and would send the operator flying into the cardboard drums in front of the machine (it was more of a survival reflex then anything). Out of boredom I built a small smelting furnace and could melt anything up to brass and I was pouring casting using the investment cast process mostly aluminum. Word of caution: Don't pour molten aluminum into a cold mold :nono: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> :bash: :dw: :smmon: :-D</p><p></p><p>I hated that job but to be honest we had a lot of fun there and wouldn't trade the experience for the world. There were guys who worked there for 40 years. We were fresh out of high school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlowSVT, post: 10563167, member: 20202"] I use to work for New Haven Heat Treating in the early 80's The snow balls would explode on contact with the 1800 degree cyanide. 2nd shift. We were young, stupid and bored :bored: Quenching the wave washers caused a jet of super bright white flame to shoot out the outer door thru the pull rod opening about 15'. The front operator would pull the rod out and run! Then the lift operator would drop the basket into the quenching tank :coolman: We had a gas explosion blow a 2 ton door off a furnace. Loosing a basket in the Allcase was the worst. Trying to wrestle it out of the quench chamber in a 1800 degree furnace with a flame curtain in front of you was hell :cuss: Then there were gas explosion in our belt fed annealer from air build-up. You would be feeding the conveyer and without warning BOOM! and would send the operator flying into the cardboard drums in front of the machine (it was more of a survival reflex then anything). Out of boredom I built a small smelting furnace and could melt anything up to brass and I was pouring casting using the investment cast process mostly aluminum. Word of caution: Don't pour molten aluminum into a cold mold :nono: :eek: :bash: :dw: :smmon: :-D I hated that job but to be honest we had a lot of fun there and wouldn't trade the experience for the world. There were guys who worked there for 40 years. We were fresh out of high school. [/QUOTE]
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