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How STEEL is Made - From Dirt to Molten Metal

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Steel has long been a vital building block of civilization, providing strength and durability to structures and tools for thousands of years. This fundamental metal alloy has become integral to modern infrastructure and technology, with ancient forging methods still prized for their ability to produce steel of unparalleled quality and resilience.
Welcome to Factorama!
Join us on an illuminating journey into the realm of steel production. In this video series, we delve into the fascinating process of steel's transformation from raw iron ore to versatile construction material. We’ll explore time-honored techniques still used in remote foundries as well as the advanced technology powering modern steel manufacturing.
Each episode offers captivating insight into the unique processes that convert ordinary natural resources into essentials that form the backbone of the modern world. From the art of traditional iron smelting to the mechanics of immense integrated steelworks, we reveal the ingenuity and effort required to create the sturdy metal compounds used in almost everything that surrounds us.
For engineers, builders, and those curious about the ordinary objects that shape our lives, our channel provides an engaging combination of educational and entertaining content about the materials you rely on daily but seldom contemplate.
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  • Great, well produced video! very informative.

    @warrencorcoran9824@warrencorcoran98242 ай бұрын

    • Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback :)

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng2 ай бұрын

  • The steel plant I worked at used scrap steel in place of the coke coal. It was easier to control the content in the furnace

    @wkjeeping9053@wkjeeping90532 ай бұрын

    • Cool! Maybe I should make an extended version and include more about that

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng2 ай бұрын

    • Coke is used in iron making. Scrap steel is used in steel making.

      @mephInc@mephIncАй бұрын

    • thanks! @@mephInc

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

    • steel is basically iron and nickle :-\ not to hard... its tungsten when ya start getting really dangerous, so max is only 1 ton at a time..3422 degree's ...

      @HarmonRAB-hp4nk@HarmonRAB-hp4nkАй бұрын

  • Steel was most certanly not the backbone of civilizations for over 4000 years. The stuff discussed in this video all comes from the early 1900s.

    @irus1024@irus1024Ай бұрын

    • I was rounding up

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

    • Lmao. When he said it, I was like uhhhh…that doesn’t sound right at all.

      @themedicalmarvels@themedicalmarvelsАй бұрын

    • mid 1st millennium BC they started making high carbon steel yup...for over 9000 years now lol.. and it very well triggered the beginning of metal, from skyscrapers to trains and transit

      @HarmonRAB-hp4nk@HarmonRAB-hp4nkАй бұрын

    • Steel has been used since 13th century.

      @doggygaming950@doggygaming950Ай бұрын

    • @@doggygaming950So I guess the Iron Age never happened, and the Romans conquered much of the known world using the gladius made of ... paper mache?

      @whiteknightcat@whiteknightcatАй бұрын

  • Only gripe is the clicks mouse clicks

    @seanyoung4111@seanyoung4111Ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the feedback. I already adjusted (removed) this from future videos :)

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

    • @@Factorama_eng I wouldn't say to remove them completely. They can be used as an infrequent accent for major separation points in the script instead of using it for almost every single transition, text and video effect. I'm barely two minutes in and found the very high frequency annoying, distracting from the content and is ultimately what made me stop the video. There's only a few spots where it should have been used, from what little I could watch. :07, :26, :51, 1:04, 1:09, 1:38, 1:56. Only seven clicks needed at most. I can't put myself through watching the rest

      @snacksmoto2351@snacksmoto2351Ай бұрын

    • @@snacksmoto2351 great comment, thanks a lot :)

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • Good video for learning about how the world works and how some people progressed. Its awsome to think that from nothing, literally from the ground up, we create things like cars. thanks for the video,

    @blue_scene@blue_scene5 күн бұрын

    • Happy you liked it! ❤️ 👍

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng5 күн бұрын

  • This guys voice is on everthing Im watching lately

    @John.349@John.349Ай бұрын

    • haha!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

    • AI

      @ramunasatas4810@ramunasatas481010 күн бұрын

  • Thank you very much for your explanation ! 👍

    @user-nr4mr5ul3u@user-nr4mr5ul3u2 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the feedback!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng2 ай бұрын

  • can we generate power during cooling process by sending steam(produced during cooling by water) in one path? or can we cool the iron/steel by air like nitrogen quenching? is temperature not enough or some other reason?

    @RupeshKumar-bd7tk@RupeshKumar-bd7tkАй бұрын

    • Can I cook chapathi in this fire

      @rumplestilskin223@rumplestilskin223Ай бұрын

    • Not really possible to direct the steam properly. It would also not be worth the effort. The rollers in a caster have to be replaced periodically. If you put some hull around of all that it would be a maintenance nightmare while not generating much energy in the first place. Cooling with nitrogen is not possible. You don‘t want to cool the steel too much. On most machines you only cool the very outside while having a liquid core. That allows the steel to be bend in a 90 degree angle within the roller segments. Keep in mind that the steel is poured in the mold vertically but in the end the products should run out of the machine horizontally.

      @daname1491@daname14915 күн бұрын

  • you need one iron ore and 2 coal then find a furnace to smelt them into steel bar

    @jeremychriest6981@jeremychriest6981Ай бұрын

    • Haha, finally a real steel expert in the comment section! 😂🧠

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • Great video & well written. Would love if you did an in depth video on EAF. Also what do you think of Tata closing down their plant in Britain?

    @Onserio.@Onserio.Ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the feedback! Will put EAF on my list :) It's a real shame about Tata Steel. A lot of good workers will be affected.

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

    • They (Tata) more than likely have new plants in India and China to replace the production rate of Britain at much cheaper labor rates. Same old story. Tata, doesn't fk around.

      @tuck6464@tuck6464Ай бұрын

    • business gonna do business i guess..

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • So good 🎉

    @arifabedin606@arifabedin606Ай бұрын

    • Thanks! ❤️

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • Very interesting video. Thank you. But PLEASE turn off the super annoying music. No music needed at all. Thanks again

    @chrismoyler@chrismoylerКүн бұрын

    • Thanks for the comment and the feedback!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engКүн бұрын

  • awesome, seems like a lot of chemistry is involved .

    @user-ph3ws7qj5t@user-ph3ws7qj5t14 сағат бұрын

    • Oh, for sure! Thanks for the comment 👍

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng4 сағат бұрын

  • Thanks

    @johnaugsburger6192@johnaugsburger6192Ай бұрын

    • Thank you!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • Decent enough video. @7:41 The word PLATING is spelled incorrectly.

    @joedowling5452@joedowling5452Ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the engagement, Joe! Cheers

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • The riddle of steel!

    @davidmeckley3773@davidmeckley3773Ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the comment :)

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • the mouse click sound, is unnecessary and hit balls.....

    @thomasachlios8302@thomasachlios830212 күн бұрын

    • Thanks for the feedback! Have already made sure to step down in this in layer videos :)

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng12 күн бұрын

  • Explanation and video doesn't match in most of the initial stretch of video

    @sudhirtirkey3234@sudhirtirkey3234Ай бұрын

  • Why would you show a basic oxygen furnace (making steel) to represent a coke oven? Then you show a bof and electric furnace to represent a blast furnace... At least do your research

    @mephInc@mephIncАй бұрын

    • Thanks for the engagement

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

    • well a blast furnace is electric but uh.... lol I think he to lazy to build the stuff to show it lol

      @HarmonRAB-hp4nk@HarmonRAB-hp4nkАй бұрын

    • @@HarmonRAB-hp4nk A blast furnace is not electric, hence "blast". It uses super heated air blown into the bottom to melt raw materials whereas an electric furnace is open to the atmosphere and electrodes to arc and melt scrap steel and some raw materials. An electric furnace might make a couple thousand tons of steel a day. A blast furnace can make upwards of 14,000 tons of iron a day. Don't run your mouth of you don't know what you're saying.

      @mephInc@mephIncАй бұрын

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    @hainanwestasia@hainanwestasiaАй бұрын

  • Good stuff

    @alphaomega8373@alphaomega837326 күн бұрын

    • Thanks!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng26 күн бұрын

  • good content

    @rootparrot6761@rootparrot6761Ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the comment!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • Why not use an electric arc furnace to recycle steel? It can then be processed to achieve various grades of steel..

    @timdavies4679@timdavies4679Ай бұрын

    • Very good point! Should have included that too..

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

    • I'm pretty sure that was mentioned.

      @nelsonbergman7706@nelsonbergman7706Ай бұрын

    • Scrap steel is used in all steel making processes from EAF to BOF

      @mephInc@mephIncАй бұрын

    • thanks!@@mephInc

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • Very interesting, well produced.

    @davidturner8689@davidturner86892 ай бұрын

    • Thank you, David! Stay tuned for more, and feel free to let me know if you have any topic ideas!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng2 ай бұрын

  • This video either used an actual human reading the script, or one of the best TTS applications I've ever heard. I didn't detect a single mispronunciation.

    @whiteknightcat@whiteknightcatАй бұрын

    • You missed the proper pronunciation of proper. Unless prow-per is the proper pronunciation of proper

      @UkDave3856@UkDave3856Ай бұрын

  • Damn mouse clicks

    @securityofficer9483@securityofficer94839 күн бұрын

    • thanks for the comment! try one of our other videos, we removed them thanks to all you amazing people sharing feedback! :)

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng9 күн бұрын

  • Where my Osrs dudes at?

    @Radtastical@Radtastical25 күн бұрын

    • 👀👀

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng25 күн бұрын

  • The constant loud mouse click sound made me turn off the video 60 seconds in.

    @dominickfosco6374@dominickfosco6374Ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the comment

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • And then once the steel ingots are made from this, the Japanese take the ingots and make Japanese Katanas the ‘tradition way’. Where’s the vid for swords made from Colette scratch 😂

    @andrewlovaas8936@andrewlovaas8936Ай бұрын

  • Dude I cannot handle the mouse clicking. I genuinely want to watch this video but had to bow out.

    @tycrabs@tycrabs11 сағат бұрын

    • Thanks for the feedback

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng4 сағат бұрын

  • Steel utilization is only 2 thousand years.

    @GardeningZ@GardeningZ2 ай бұрын

    • That's disappointingly low! 😜

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng2 ай бұрын

    • Steel utilization in quantity is less than 166 years.

      @1pcfred@1pcfred5 күн бұрын

  • Brokkr and eitri aproves

    @eldigega1162@eldigega1162Ай бұрын

    • 🥳🥳🥳

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • ❤it is good us if you show type of steel God bless!

    @yogeshkumar7402@yogeshkumar74022 ай бұрын

    • thanks!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng2 ай бұрын

  • 0:15 "skyscrappers"?

    @roypiltdown5083@roypiltdown5083Ай бұрын

    • oh uh trains? aircraft, vehicles, uh.... ? :-)

      @HarmonRAB-hp4nk@HarmonRAB-hp4nkАй бұрын

    • Don't forget the "Appa-latchin" mountains.

      @nathansnively5268@nathansnively5268Ай бұрын

    • Yes concrete reinforcement

      @tokelosellosrailwaychanel3208@tokelosellosrailwaychanel32089 күн бұрын

    • @@tokelosellosrailwaychanel3208 i was pointing out the misspelling of "skyscrapers"

      @roypiltdown5083@roypiltdown50839 күн бұрын

  • Got tired of all the clicking... Had to escape.

    @paulbrodie@paulbrodie13 сағат бұрын

    • Thanks for the feedback

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng4 сағат бұрын

  • shhhhhhhh

    @andrewlewis5251@andrewlewis5251Күн бұрын

    • 🤫🤫

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engКүн бұрын

  • Coke good with pizza

    @sunnydays4966@sunnydays496615 күн бұрын

    • 😂

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng15 күн бұрын

  • Steel is made from "dirt"...?

    @frankanddanasnyder3272@frankanddanasnyder32722 ай бұрын

    • Haha, fair point, Frank! It just sounded good when I wrote the title. What would you call it?

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng2 ай бұрын

    • Ore? A special kind of "dirt"

      @nelsonbergman7706@nelsonbergman7706Ай бұрын

    • Pebbles and ancient trees

      @waluigitime5960@waluigitime5960Ай бұрын

    • Technically, before it was developed that's all it was, rocks and dirt.

      @tuck6464@tuck6464Ай бұрын

  • From Lawrence Massachusetts God Bless all of us Amen 🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏 #dominican 🖐️🙏🙌🙏🙌 Pawell 🇩🇴🔥🇩🇴🙏💚🙏🔥🙏🔥💚🔥From Lawrence Massachusetts God Bless all of us Amen 🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏 #dominican 🖐️🙏🙌🙏🙌 Pawell 🇩🇴🔥🇩🇴🙏💚🙏🔥🙏🔥💚🔥 0:24

    @ivanadelosangeles2524@ivanadelosangeles2524Ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the engagement

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_engАй бұрын

  • This AI narration is terrible. Im out in second 0:10

    @xalibas@xalibas5 күн бұрын

    • Thanks!

      @Factorama_eng@Factorama_eng5 күн бұрын
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