Collaborate Disseminate
The use of concrete and steel have both become the bedrock of modern-day construction, which of course also means that there is a lot of both which ends up as …read more Continue reading Recycling of Portland Cement and Steel in Electric Arc Furnaces
When we think of an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF), the image that comes to mind is one of a huge machine devouring megawatts of electricity while turning recycled metal into liquid. [Gregory Hildstrom] did some work to shrink one of those machines down to a practical home version. [Greg] is building on work done by [Grant Thompson], aka “The King of Random” and AvE. Industrial EAFs are computer controlled devices, carefully lowering a consumable carbon electrode into the steel melt. This machine brings those features to the home gamer.
[Greg] started by TIG welding up an aluminum frame. There isn’t …read more
