Steel?

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Edited By JasonB on 15/02/2016 20:37:35

stevetee

Where does the link take you to ?

Emgee

Its safe unlike the steel in the video which I have now embedded

Edited By JasonB on 15/02/2016 20:37:58

Wow nearly as strong as Blackpool rock. Let's hope their nuclear programme is a bit more robust

Ridiculous, I take it that it's so hard it just shatters.

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So the Americans will not need one of these :-

They will just need some of these ;-

Nick

Hi guys, the material shown in the video doesn't surprise me one little bit, for the last few years of my working life I worked for a firm that made tracked mobile rock crushers, along both sides taking the full force of the crusher plate mechanism were 2 rods, a metre long & 25mm diameter with 100mm of M25 thread on the end, made of Indian steel by someone from that region. I happened to be passing through the fitting shop one day when they struck up a machine for the first time, when the young man standing by it with the control pendant started up the crusher plates the rods both snapped like carrots into 3 separate pieces, one of which made a bold attempt to take his head right off! The owner of the company & the shop manager were both present to witness this happen, turning whiter than a first aid box, when they recovered their composure I was asked for my opinion on the incident, ( I have a period as Chief Inspector of a small engineering company in my CV ) so I proceeded to tell them in language that would have made an Italian truck driver blush exactly what I thought of this major penny pinching exercise, culminating in my opinion that anyone buying steel from anywhere east of Scunthorpe needed their heads looking at, but that's just my opinion.

robjon44

"So the Americans will not need one of these :-"

Ah, but in order to fire said expensive missle, one must know where to send said expensive missle!

The bunker busting bombs are made from shot out large caliber gun barrels. A good recycling method for them. With the large number of artillery ordnance they have the supply should last a long time.

Clive

I wonder about the quality of the cheap Chinese steel that is being dumped into this country to the detriment of our once proud steel industry. Who is buying it and what are they making from it?

The video shows how useless certificates, labels etc. are if someone is being much less than honest.

You don't have to go that far for a 'quality' certified product. Meat pie anyone?

I think all industry is now driven by the term LCC [low cost country], sorry I don't think it I know that to be the case!

I'm not sure if you can control the quality or believe the certs supplied by our eastern cousins?

Tony

I guess countries with the biggest pools of consumers tend to be service industry driven economies and this provides the opportunity for developing countries to boost their manufacturing in order to help themselves grow and provides savvy business operators the ability to buy labor at a lower rate.

Cold hearted but true.

Michael W

In the third world concrete reinforcing bar, as in the film clip, is used for security bars across windows and such like.

JA

It's easy to forget the guys in the clip are as horrified as we are.

Neil

Bazyle, stop "horsing about"

Ian S C

Did anyone see on TV the 'Reinforced ' multistory building in Tiawan that fell down in the earthquake, where the builders had put empty tin cans in the structure?

If thats anything to go by what use is that re-bar.

Clive

Or Ronan Point.

Neil

its possible that the rebar isnt designed to take high impact shock forces since the concrete is filled around it when its finished. Is it possible that its simply for load bearing purposes?

No need of a saw, just break off what You need.