UZ TGM6A 1265 701 slag tipping ladle 3 19th Sept 2018
As each ladle is tipped the tipping operator approaches the wagon and unplugs the electric lead, the locos move back one wagon, electricity is connected to the next and the tipping begins. The ladle slowly turns downwards. for some the slag with begin to flow freely out, oozing down the bank as a fiery orange liquid, crackling as it covers the cool ground. For some, the ladle will tip nearly ninety degrees before the surface crust breaks and the liquid contents spill out. Here, only the core has remained liquid and it has spilled out under its own weight as a fiery hot lump, exploding as it hits the ground. It disappears beneath a pall of thick smoke as it tumbles down the bank, breaking up into smaller pieces, releasing the crackling liquid core. For all wagons a final whack from the the cranes swinging ball is required to dislodge the bottom contents which spill out as a fiery solid, breaking into pieces as it tumbles down the bank.
Nikopol' Ferroalloy plant, Dnipropetrovs'ka oblast Ukraine. 20th of September 2018.
UZ TGM6A 1265 701 slag tipping ladle 3 19th Sept 2018
As each ladle is tipped the tipping operator approaches the wagon and unplugs the electric lead, the locos move back one wagon, electricity is connected to the next and the tipping begins. The ladle slowly turns downwards. for some the slag with begin to flow freely out, oozing down the bank as a fiery orange liquid, crackling as it covers the cool ground. For some, the ladle will tip nearly ninety degrees before the surface crust breaks and the liquid contents spill out. Here, only the core has remained liquid and it has spilled out under its own weight as a fiery hot lump, exploding as it hits the ground. It disappears beneath a pall of thick smoke as it tumbles down the bank, breaking up into smaller pieces, releasing the crackling liquid core. For all wagons a final whack from the the cranes swinging ball is required to dislodge the bottom contents which spill out as a fiery solid, breaking into pieces as it tumbles down the bank.
Nikopol' Ferroalloy plant, Dnipropetrovs'ka oblast Ukraine. 20th of September 2018.