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January 2024 Iron Pour

Jan 13th, 2024


10:16am			Laying the bed with silica sand and green sand
10:29am			loading part of 5 gal bucket of Bed coke (2)	Dave
10:38am			loading more of 5 gal (about 1/5 left) (4)	Dave
11:02am			pre-heating trough with weed burner	Bret
11:18am			lighting emersion burner in tap hole	Dave
11:24am			heating outside of furnace with weed burner	Bret
12:24am			Adding a few more pieces of coke	Bret
12:28am	Charge		Adding a piece or two of coke (5)	Bret
1:17pm			Cover removed from top of furnace
1:51pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (6)	Tony
1:53pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (7)	Tony
2:02pm			Blower hooked up to furnace
2:06pm			Side burner removed from furnace
2:07pm			On blast	Dave
2:07pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (8)	CC
2:08pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (9)	CC
2:08pm	Charge	#30	Iron (1)	Tony
2:08pm	Charge	#6.5	coke (10)	Tony
2:08pm	Charge	#30	Iron (2)	Tony
2:09pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (11)	Tony
2:10pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:10pm	Charge	#30	Iron (3)	Tony
2:10pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (12)	Tony
2:10pm	Charge	#30	Iron (4)	Tony
2:11pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (13)	Tony
2:11pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:12pm	Charge	#30	Iron (5)	Tony
2:13pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:16pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (14)	Tony
2:17pm	Charge	#30	Iron (6)	Tony
2:18pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (15)	Tony
2:18pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:19pm			Furnace spitting through slag hole
2:19pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:20pm	Charge	#30	Tony Add 30lbs Iron (7)
2:20pm			Ladle Warmer started	Dave
2:22pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:23pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (16)	Tony
2:25pm	Charge	#30	Iron (8)	Tony
2:25pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:25pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:26pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (17)	Tony
2:26pm			Furance spiitting through slag hole - steel shield added
2:26pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:26pm			Furance spiitting through slag hole
2:27pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:26pm			Furance spiitting through slag hole - steel shield removed
2:28pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:29pm	Charge	#30	Iron (9)	Tony
2:29pm			slag flowing out of furnace
2:30pm			==== Bret Tap Iron 1 ==== 2:30:08 - 2:30:32	Bret
2:30pm			Remove slag from ladle 2:30:36 - 2:31:06	Dave
2:31pm			Pour into molds 2:31:28 - 2:34:19
2:32pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:32pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (18)	Tony
2:32pm	Charge	#30	Iron (10)	Tony
2:33pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (19)	Tony
2:33pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:34pm			Remainder of iron poured out (1/5 cb) 2:34:19
2:35pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:35pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:37pm	Charge	#30	Iron (11)	Tony
2:38pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:37pm	Charge		Add residual Iron	CC
2:39pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:39pm			Furance spiitting through slag hole
2:40pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:40pm	Charge	#6.5	Coke (20)	Tony
2:41pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:42pm	Charge	#30	Iron (12)	Tony
2:42pm	Charge	#0.5	Limestone	Tony
2:43pm			==== Bret Tap Iron 2 ==== 2:43:07 - 2:43:34	Bret
2:43pm			Remove slag from Ladle 2:43:38 - 2:44:10	Dave
2:44pm			Pour into molds 2:44:28 - 2:34:19
2:44pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:45pm			Tony Add 1/5 bucket of coke (21)	Tony
2:45pm			Tony Add 30lbs Iron (13)	Tony
2:45pm			Tony Add remainder of limestone (mostly tiny pieces)	Tony
2:45pm			Tony Add 1/5 bucket of coke (22)	Tony
2:50pm			CC Add 1/5 bucket of coke (23)	CC
2:51pm			CC Add 1/5 bucket of coke (24)	CC
2:52pm			Top gases starting to burn
2:54pm			Clearing Slag Hole	Bret
2:56pm			Furance spiitting through slag hole
2:56pm			Top gases flaming
2:57pm			==== Bret Tap Iron 3 ==== 2:57:15 - 2:57:58	Bret
2:58pm			Remove slag from crucible 2:58:06 - 2:58:34
2:58pm			Pour into molds 2:58:51 - 3:01:04
3:01pm			==== Dave Tap Iron 3.5 ==== 3:01:30 - 3:02:10	Dave
3:02pm			Pour into gravel
3:05pm			Bottom Drop

Total Taps: 3

Total Coke: 24 gallons

Total iron: 13 x 30lbs = 390lbs

Total of Molds:TBD

Members on Pour Crew (PLEASE ADD):

Dave Arnold
Bret Daniel
Raymond
Preston
Chris Sanders
Tony & CC

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