Back on 29 June we posted some pictures and story about the visit we made to Thamesteel at Sheerness. We are looking now at the ways in which the waste steel is handled and what is the main end product.
Among the different types of steel waste being handled were compressed blocks of what looked like your old washing machines and other white goods. Behind the Cat 980H is the gantry of the magnetic hoist.
The steel waste is loaded into baskets each holding about 30 tonnes of waste
The baskets are moved by Kress 6926 ladle carriers, made in Brimfield, Illinois.
The Kress carrier was in continual action taking baskets to and fro between the waste store and the furnace. Here it is reversing into position for one of the MultiDockers.
(Continued in the next post.)
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