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jueves, 20 de abril de 2017
What is a Pop Rivet?
Metals can be joined together by permanent or temporary joints.
Some permanent joints are made by rivets. For this joint we need a riveting tool. At first glance, it is not easy to understand how this tool works.
This video shows us how it works.
jueves, 12 de marzo de 2015
The blast furnace in 1709
Up to 1709, furnaces could only use charcoal to produce iron.
However, wood (which is what charcoal is made from) was becoming more
expensive, as forests were being cleared for farmland and timber.
Coal was a possible alternative to wood, but although it was cheap and plentiful, it wasn't a feasible fuel for making iron, because it contained sulphur, and this made the iron too brittle to be of any use.
However, in 1709, a man called Abraham Darby finally succeeded in smelting iron using coke as fuel.
In this animation you can realize the process of obtaining steel.
Coal was a possible alternative to wood, but although it was cheap and plentiful, it wasn't a feasible fuel for making iron, because it contained sulphur, and this made the iron too brittle to be of any use.
However, in 1709, a man called Abraham Darby finally succeeded in smelting iron using coke as fuel.
In this animation you can realize the process of obtaining steel.
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