02-06-2009, 12:40 AM
Without an interior, it could be any type of mill you want - the equipment inside determines the use.
Here's a look into the soaking pit end of Stelco's Universal Slabbing Mill. This is where ingots were heated before being rolled into slabs. 36 bottom-fired pits, with recuperators, of approximately 150 ton capacity, serviced by three stiff-legged tong cranes, two ingot buggies, each on their own track, for delivering ingots to the mill (which was a couple hundred feet behind me when I took this picture), and two railroad tracks running the length of the pit area. There were two locomotives assigned to just this area of this mill.
![[Image: STELCO80attheUSM.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Scanned%20foe-toes/STELCO80attheUSM.jpg)
Wayne
Here's a look into the soaking pit end of Stelco's Universal Slabbing Mill. This is where ingots were heated before being rolled into slabs. 36 bottom-fired pits, with recuperators, of approximately 150 ton capacity, serviced by three stiff-legged tong cranes, two ingot buggies, each on their own track, for delivering ingots to the mill (which was a couple hundred feet behind me when I took this picture), and two railroad tracks running the length of the pit area. There were two locomotives assigned to just this area of this mill.
Wayne