Updated 11/1/2017:
While I haven't posted here in awhile, I have been busy. I don't have a lot of tangible output to share, but I have been:
- Putting together a track / switch order to beat Ross Custom Switches' price increase.
- Examining the plans and making some size and construction decisions about the Open Hearth. The mill itself will be 36"wide x 68" long.
- Re-working the track plan to include the Open Hearth's:
- Charging track (holds the small flat cars containing materials for charging the furnaces)
- Charging machine track (I decided to use a GarGraves gantry crane track to construct this wide track); this is the machine that pushes materials into the open hearth furnaces.
- Hot metal transfer track (bottle cars will use this to pour their loads into the transfer ladles)
- Run-around track (per Chuck's suggestion). This will pass under the hot metal transfer track and through the Open Hearth.
- Pouring track - where ingot cars with their loads will exit the Open Hearth
All of this was necessary to generate the Ross order and make sure that the remaining track orders are correct.
George
