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==India==
Holy shit! Highly skilled, very dangerous work in Asia - you can get wrapped in rebar easily. Starts with rough squarish billet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G034cOM2th8
Holy shit! Highly skilled, very dangerous work in Asia - you can get wrapped in rebar easily. Starts with rough squarish billet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G034cOM2th8


The billets are produced on site with melt to crucible to vibrating water-cooled copper letting the melted steel out.
The billets are produced on site with melt to crucible to vibrating water-cooled copper letting the melted steel out.
==Korea Larger Mill==
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H8Gdr0nqYU
*Billet, cut to smaller chunks. Square rolled, cut again into smaller chunks. Then the round rolling. Cut again, as strands are quite long.
=OSE Notes=
*3" billet is about 25lb/ft [https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/weight-calculator]
*6" piece gives about 1 stick of 20' of rebar
*Roll 6" back and forth, each time clamping down on the diameter - flat rolling with 2 sets of rollers at right angles to each other - can take the billet and continuously stretch it out. Interchangeable rollers can produce shaft at any diameter, starting with 3" and down to any desired size including wire.


=Steel Recycling=
=Steel Recycling=

Latest revision as of 04:12, 22 July 2024

Rebar

India

Holy shit! Highly skilled, very dangerous work in Asia - you can get wrapped in rebar easily. Starts with rough squarish billet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G034cOM2th8

The billets are produced on site with melt to crucible to vibrating water-cooled copper letting the melted steel out.

Korea Larger Mill

OSE Notes

  • 3" billet is about 25lb/ft [1]
  • 6" piece gives about 1 stick of 20' of rebar
  • Roll 6" back and forth, each time clamping down on the diameter - flat rolling with 2 sets of rollers at right angles to each other - can take the billet and continuously stretch it out. Interchangeable rollers can produce shaft at any diameter, starting with 3" and down to any desired size including wire.

Steel Recycling

  • Here is a recycling plant making flat plates by hand [2]

Casting Squarish Billet

Casting Aluminum Ingots