Chinese steel?

[graffian]

The divots were

They made them out of old pillar drill tables?

 

[mcostello]

Just what is fed to the horse to do that?

 

[cecotto479]

That's the reason parts of the Forth road bridge has started to disintegrate! inferior cheap Chinese steel. The worrying thing is, the new bridge they are building next to this one is made totally! from the same cheap material.

What a load of rubbish. What basis do you have for that other than some man in the pub whose brother used to live in Carlisle and that's nearly in Scotland.

 

[gordon stephenson]

One more pic of another shoe, Awful photograph, don't seem to be able to focus really close, but you get the recurring theme, They look fine before the acid bath and i suppose that they are only nailed to the hoof for a few weeks so maybe "fit for purpose" just hope they don't use the same steel to make anything critical,

 

[roofman]

One more pic of another shoe, Awful photograph, don't seem to be able to focus really close, but you get the recurring theme, They look fine before the acid bath and i suppose that they are only nailed to the hoof for a few weeks so maybe "fit for purpose" just hope they don't use the same steel to make anything critical,

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would this be a cunning plan by the Chinese betting gangs to nobble horse racing by hoping the shoes fall off

 

[colnerov]

I think we need a stewards inquiry on this.

 

[TechnicAl]

Whatever it is its something that dissolves in Sulphuric Acid and like you say, scale does that......Iron Oxide......Rust
They actually look like theyre cast......they dont cast them do they?

If theyre forged then somehwere along the line the surface scale has been "folded" in. It doesnt mean they are chinese but it does mean that whoever made them hasnt had much training or isnt bothered. I suppose as horse shoes it doesnt really matter.

The steel itself might be fine but the processing hasnt been done correctly.....cleaning issue.........probably

 

[knighty]

problem isn't that they're Chinese, because lets face it most stuff is these days - they problem is that they're cheap, made as cheaply as possible

 

[gordon stephenson]

They don't look cast Al. The shoe ends show it best but poor photo, the ends look like layer upon layer with the inter leaved slag layers eaten away

 

[TechnicAl]

They don't look cast Al. The shoe ends show it best but poor photo, the ends look like layer upon layer with the inter leaved slag layers eaten away

Right.........probably bad forging then. They should have been wire brushed or the steel was really really bad. Im not sure what size the raw material will be.

 

[gordon stephenson]

When i served my time in the steel works, every pass through the mill got blasted with water and it got rid of the scale quick-time, My grandfather also works in the steel mill a long time before me,And i remember him telling that they sometimes threw heather onto the red hot steel as it went through the rollers, Am i just imagining this or has anybody else know the reason why.

 

[cecotto479]

My grandfather also works in the steel mill a long time before me,And i remember him telling that they sometimes threw heather onto the red hot steel as it went through the rollers, Am i just imagining this or has anybody else know the reason why.

Sounds like a pretty severe initiation for any poor young female apprentices who happened to be called Heather.

 

[TechnicAl]

When i served my time in the steel works, every pass through the mill got blasted with water and it got rid of the scale quick-time, My grandfather also works in the steel mill a long time before me,And i remember him telling that they sometimes threw heather onto the red hot steel as it went through the rollers, Am i just imagining this or has anybody else know the reason why.

Scarfing is what its called ........dont know about Heather though...........they do it with Oxy Acet / Propane

 

[Welderpaul]

A bit of positive information?

 

[Windy Miller]

A bit of positive information?

That's very good news - really hope they make it work!

 

[penfold]

I always thought the BS corporate logo was an excellent bit of graphic design; I wonder if it will make a return too?

 

[daleyd]

I always thought the BS corporate logo was an excellent bit of graphic design; I wonder if it will make a return too?

Did @brightspark not purchase the rights? If not he's missed a trick there!!

 

[W4yne]

Was the Forth road bridge really built with cheap Chinese steel? I should have thought it pre- dated the Chinese steel exporting it here?

No the forth road bridge wasn't built using chinese steel, but replacement parts are.

 

[W4yne]

What a load of rubbish. What basis do you have for that other than some man in the pub whose brother used to live in Carlisle and that's nearly in Scotland.

"An engineer who works for Amey"