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re: How the strongest anchor chains in the world are made
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:13 am to EastWestConnection
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:13 am to EastWestConnection
Dang it, now I have to research magnetic induction furnaces
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:15 am to LSUFreek
This surprised me when I found out it's a huge amount of chain on the bed of the ocean that keeps the ship in place not the anchor itself.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:33 am to Old Sarge
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Dang it, now I have to research magnetic induction furnaces
They sound fun.
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A magnetic induction furnace is an electric furnace that uses electromagnetic induction to melt and heat metal. A coil of high-conductivity material, like copper, is wrapped around the furnace and an alternating current is passed through it. This creates a high-speed alternating magnetic field that induces eddy currents inside the metal placed within the coil. The resistance of the metal to the eddy currents causes it to heat up rapidly and eventually melt through a process known as Joule heating
And it seems they make one for your shop.
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The VCHICS 1500W Induction Heating Magnetic Induction Forging Tool and Melting Furnace is a smaller unit suitable for lab or hobbyist use.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:22 pm to EastWestConnection
That was great, thanks for sharing!
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:29 pm to LSUFreek
thanks
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:31 pm to Rex Feral
yeah ive been to quite a few chinese factories and some are amazing, especially in the south. Some of the old ones around Shenyang and other northern cities are like a post apocalyptic rust belt dystopia, they are wild. It is interesting to see some of the machinery and structures left over from The Great Leap Forward, though. Some places even have stuff from pre- chinese revolution, but they've almost all been decommissioned at this point.
Highly recommend the documentary "Ti Xi Qu: West of the Tracks" if you are interested in that kind of stuff.
However if you think 30 minutes is a long time for a documentary on anchor chains, Ti Xi Qu might not be your thing, lol, its like six hours long in total, but its an absolute masterpiece
Highly recommend the documentary "Ti Xi Qu: West of the Tracks" if you are interested in that kind of stuff.
However if you think 30 minutes is a long time for a documentary on anchor chains, Ti Xi Qu might not be your thing, lol, its like six hours long in total, but its an absolute masterpiece
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:36 pm to EastWestConnection
As long as they're not Chinese shackles. When I was working years ago safety had us get rid of all Chinese made shackles(junk) . We threw away a bunch of old shackles that hadn't been used in many years. Everybody that wanted one got the huge ones for their trucks
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:36 pm to EastWestConnection
Nvm lol sorry it's 9 hours long, but it's in 3 parts.
It really is amazing I watched it twice over several weeks. The sound dubbing and subtitles are a little lagged on this version, but honestly you can just watch it for the visual alone, those old factories are crazy.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:39 pm to EastWestConnection
Interesting. Lots of testing. Wouldn’t want to be the guy stamping serial numbers in each link.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 12:57 pm to EastWestConnection
YouTube has been trying to get me to watch this for about a week.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:12 pm to RohanGonzales
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I always wanted to see a "How's It's Made" episode on the TV show "How It's Made".
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:22 pm to EastWestConnection
And VERY EXPENSIVE
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:25 pm to EastWestConnection
No wonder why I can't afford one of these things.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:32 pm to Rex Feral
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I watched this the other day. Those chinese factories are something else.
You can easily go down a rabbit hole watching things being mass produced in India. OSHA cringes at the working conditions and every factory, shop, plant was a pigsty with crap laying around all over the place.
Plus the workers are just about all in open sandals, loose fitting cotton clothes and not much in the way of safe working environments.
I guess when Habib or Raji get killed, there's a long line of workers ready to take their place.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:15 pm to gumbo2176
Walking down the street in Guangzhou you will see loads of dude welding in flip flops and zero face protection. Sometimes a piece of cardboard. shite even Hong Kong can be like that
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