Originally Posted by
delt167502
i worked in a die cast department as a section foreman. the problem was getting the furnace tenders to wear safety equipment .in the summer the temp. will reach 110 120 dg. i had a young man that almost refused to wear the hood ,jacket,coat& boots untill we had a thunder storm with a light rain. our ingots were stored out side . this young man started to feed the furnace. he was not suited up ,i called him into the office &ask him why ,said the furnace was low. watched him dress & then he picked up the 30 lb ingots and started tossing them into the molten alum. ( you always pre heat before interducing into the molten metal) before i could get to him there was enough water on the ingot to blow about 100# of moltin metal out of the furnace .he was standing in front of the door .the metal stuck to the wall behind him leaving a outline of his safety gear. he had just a few burns . we had to cut his gear off JUST MAKE SURE NO WATER GETS BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE METAL.if you do that no problems