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Has anyone here ever worked in a steel plant?
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:54 pm
I’ve always had a fascination with shorting out to melt large amounts of scrap steel.
Looks like a giant arc welder.
Looks like a giant arc welder.
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Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:56 pm to Tempratt
I used to steal a bunch of shite from the plant I used to work at
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:02 pm to Tempratt
I used to, but I quit after this annoying, punk kid wouldn't STFU about playing football for Notre Dame.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:03 pm to Tempratt
Did an internship in a steel mill. EAF is incredibly loud. Half melted chunks frequently explode out as gas expands.
Continuous casting is impressive and about the hottest part you're allowed to be around. On the mill side, when #3 rebar misses a roller stand you get red hot steel sphagetti coming out at like 3000 feet per minute (don't quote me on that speed, it's plenty fast enough to royally f things up).
Make sure you're not like Bart Simpson and accidentally choose a gay steel mill.
Continuous casting is impressive and about the hottest part you're allowed to be around. On the mill side, when #3 rebar misses a roller stand you get red hot steel sphagetti coming out at like 3000 feet per minute (don't quote me on that speed, it's plenty fast enough to royally f things up).
Make sure you're not like Bart Simpson and accidentally choose a gay steel mill.
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:10 pm to Tempratt
Visited a steel mill a month or 2 ago. The kettle holds 90tons of scrap and melts it in about 20mins using arc furnace. That 20mins would run your house for a year. They do like 2 kettles an hour. Around the clock basically.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:12 pm to Tempratt
Trying to tell us something, OP?
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:12 pm to Tempratt
I got a job in a steel mill, shucking steel like a slave.
Five long years, every Friday I come straight back home with all my pay.
Have you ever been mistreated? Then you know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out.
Five long years, every Friday I come straight back home with all my pay.
Have you ever been mistreated? Then you know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:11 pm to Tempratt
This is the plant board baw. You’ll find baws from all kinds of different plants on here.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:11 pm to Tempratt
Yeah but me and my hunting buddies got sent off to Nam then all they ever wanted to do was play Russian roulette.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:18 pm to Tempratt
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:28 pm to Tempratt
We do a fair amount of contract work and industry association work for them. I wind up in a mill a few times per year at least. I love them but it's a different culture in there.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:37 pm to Tempratt
Yes, I worked a few years in a steel mill.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:37 pm to Tempratt
I did 12 years with Nucor Steel. Hard, hot work, but it pays well.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:41 pm to Tempratt
I have work in steel plants for about the past 12 years. The first several were at finish plants where we ordered steel. I currently work at a plant with a blast furnace in Alabama
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:44 pm to Tempratt
Yes, but I left that job to play Russian roulette in the back of a Cambodian brothel.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:56 pm to Tempratt
Company I work for has foundries in the US, Mexico, China and Poland. I got a tour of our foundry in Pennsylvania while at the corporate campus, was lucky enough to be there when they were pouring. 
Posted on 12/19/23 at 7:28 pm to Tempratt
I worked a job in Pittsburgh. All the local guys had ice chests full of Iron City Beer in their trucks. They were glad to share. 
Posted on 12/19/23 at 9:01 pm to Tempratt
I’ve toured several as I buy plate. Touring Nucor Longview last July when it was 150 fricking degrees inside the mill was pure hell.
Those baws that work in that all summer completely covered up in fire proof clothing have my respect but I’d never want to do it.
Those baws that work in that all summer completely covered up in fire proof clothing have my respect but I’d never want to do it.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 9:10 pm to Tempratt
I worked for Stupp a couple years during their heyday. They were a pipeline manufacturer; we received steel coils via rail car from us steel/arcelor mittal steel plants. Stupp mills were loud and harsh at moments, couple employees were killed in a span of 2-3 years.
The actual steel plants making the coils are hardcore. Generations of families working years.
The actual steel plants making the coils are hardcore. Generations of families working years.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 9:14 pm to Tempratt
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Has anyone here ever worked in a steel plant
When I graduated from LSU, I interviewed and was offered a job in a plant that produced rebar from recycled steel. I noticed that it seemed kind of dangerous and asked how their safety record was. They said three employees had died on the job within the past year. I politely declined that job!
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