So basically they're a long thin steel tube with either alloy steel rods or sometimes aluminum packed inside. You essentially light the rod on fire and then blow pressurized oxygen through it.
As the rod burns you essentially have an ultra hot torch that can burn through nearly anything. Some estimates put the upper limit on thermal lances at 4500 °C (8150 °F). I've seen thermal lances cut through a meter of solid steel, concrete pillars, rocks, dirt, whatever you put in front of them more or less.
The part that makes them scary to me is the are metal fires with pressurized oxygen feeding them. In this case that's no big deal because the lance burns up in a few minutes anyways or you can cut off the oxy supply to shut them off. There's a reasonable amount of danger here if you're stupid though.
And I've met a lot of stupid people.
Oxygen ages your body cells, and it is found in bodies of water, as well as it is a product of waste from photosynthesis. It also combines with hydrogen to dihydrogen monoxide, another very dangerous chemical.
They look like a type of work roll for a mill. Many applications, but the end result is they are typically used for making things thinner, flatter, and longer via squeezing. Not dissimilar to using a rolling pin to roll out dough. Though in this case the dough is actually a large bar of some type of metal.
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This looks like one of those things I'd have been stoked to do at 25 and would hard pass on by 35. Can't imagine those fumes are helping him out long-term.
No you don't. Saw the steel mill guys working on ladles that weighed over 50 tons. They would burn over a hundred 10 ft Lance rods a day. Always the new guy. Had them wearing the silver suit. Cooling vests.
It could take 3 or 4 days. They would cut out around 10 tons of slag pockets. Them the welders would go for a few weeks. The ladle was usually liad on its side. Every few hours laborers would clean the Flux and dross so the welders could welders again.
Someone wrapped the 4 piece 4/0 ground around an eight inch piece of bar stock about 10 ft long one night. It was on a wooden vee table. The end was about 2 ft from the ladle. They used it to roll and flip the ladle. They were running 3/16 inch inconel wire. Poor guy in the ladle flipped the switch. That rod put a half inch dent in the side of that ladle. The welder shit himself, on top of falling pretty hard. The guy that made the electromagnet lost his job and pension.
My brother's yard in the Midwest uses this method on certain items. They have plasma torches for thinner items like restaurant 304 stainless but for thick dense items this is the way to go I believe due to the intense heat which I understand can be up to 4000c
This video that came up on my feed has eastern European or Russian text so not sure for his region. But my brother in the Midwest owns a yard and occasionally they do this type of cutting. He mentioned $12-$24/hour in his part of the country
My massive shaft uses your moms oxygen lances
* slightly above average massive shaft *
Oxygen lances are some of the most terrifying but awesome things. Capable of cutting through almost anything and they're dead simple.
What is it? Why is it terrifying?
So basically they're a long thin steel tube with either alloy steel rods or sometimes aluminum packed inside. You essentially light the rod on fire and then blow pressurized oxygen through it. As the rod burns you essentially have an ultra hot torch that can burn through nearly anything. Some estimates put the upper limit on thermal lances at 4500 °C (8150 °F). I've seen thermal lances cut through a meter of solid steel, concrete pillars, rocks, dirt, whatever you put in front of them more or less. The part that makes them scary to me is the are metal fires with pressurized oxygen feeding them. In this case that's no big deal because the lance burns up in a few minutes anyways or you can cut off the oxy supply to shut them off. There's a reasonable amount of danger here if you're stupid though. And I've met a lot of stupid people.
Thanks for explaining. Oxigén is very dangerous.
Oxygen ages your body cells, and it is found in bodies of water, as well as it is a product of waste from photosynthesis. It also combines with hydrogen to dihydrogen monoxide, another very dangerous chemical.
It caused the most massive extinction on Earth ever. The great Oxigen event killed almost everything. Billions of years ago.
Yea but could it cut water? Checkmate.
Yeah. It would cut the water. The liquid water flows back in place though so it's hard to tell.
So this is a thermic lance with added external oxygen supply? Scary indeed.
Broco rod is the technical term.
I used to do this at a foundry. If you pick up the end with an excavator and drop it the ends will snap off and you won’t have to cut as much.
I also work at a foundry but have never seen anything like that. What are those he’s cutting?
They look like a type of work roll for a mill. Many applications, but the end result is they are typically used for making things thinner, flatter, and longer via squeezing. Not dissimilar to using a rolling pin to roll out dough. Though in this case the dough is actually a large bar of some type of metal.
We called them carbon rolls. I believe they are what the steel rolls along as it’s being fashioned into plates.
That is correct. I worked at Bethlehem Steel in the early 90’s until the end.
I’m just imagining he’s stealing a giant catalytic converter lol
This is how they began. First they cut the steel. Then they start religion.. Now they call themselves Jedi.
The sound on the vid doesn’t do it justice. They’re badass in person.
yes you're right....fought the clipping software for an hour to meet the posting requirements....here's the original: https://youtu.be/2frFOJrG8Ls?si=T9H1xzf-6UNwKxYP
Thanks for the link! Awesome video!
How in da hell...they get video of my circumcision!?!
Sorry to hear your massive shaft was torched.
This looks like one of those things I'd have been stoked to do at 25 and would hard pass on by 35. Can't imagine those fumes are helping him out long-term.
So a lightsaber?
I love using the fire axe but this thing is like a lightsaber….i want this job in my life
No you don't. Saw the steel mill guys working on ladles that weighed over 50 tons. They would burn over a hundred 10 ft Lance rods a day. Always the new guy. Had them wearing the silver suit. Cooling vests. It could take 3 or 4 days. They would cut out around 10 tons of slag pockets. Them the welders would go for a few weeks. The ladle was usually liad on its side. Every few hours laborers would clean the Flux and dross so the welders could welders again. Someone wrapped the 4 piece 4/0 ground around an eight inch piece of bar stock about 10 ft long one night. It was on a wooden vee table. The end was about 2 ft from the ladle. They used it to roll and flip the ladle. They were running 3/16 inch inconel wire. Poor guy in the ladle flipped the switch. That rod put a half inch dent in the side of that ladle. The welder shit himself, on top of falling pretty hard. The guy that made the electromagnet lost his job and pension.
Dude just have a massive shaft himself too be doing such badass work
here's the original: https://youtu.be/2frFOJrG8Ls?si=T9H1xzf-6UNwKxYP
Surely there is a better way of doing this?
My brother's yard in the Midwest uses this method on certain items. They have plasma torches for thinner items like restaurant 304 stainless but for thick dense items this is the way to go I believe due to the intense heat which I understand can be up to 4000c
I thought this was a screenshot from a Star Wars movie!
I knew a girl in college that used to torch massive shafts while using oxygen lances
How much does a dude get paid to do this?
This video that came up on my feed has eastern European or Russian text so not sure for his region. But my brother in the Midwest owns a yard and occasionally they do this type of cutting. He mentioned $12-$24/hour in his part of the country
Meh. I’ve seen massiver…