Scrap Metal Giants

Synopsis: This is the first in a series of programmes which will compare the various machines available for dealing with different classes of scrap metal. This programme visits five sites in the UK and Europe and looks at the Belgian Equilibrium Crane (E-crane), the Swedish Multi-Docker and the German Sennebogen specialist handlers. Footage from Liverpool shows the world’s first Liebherr R984 scrap machines at work. Also shown are the processes to which these machines contribute, including a mini steel mill in Kent, following through to new steel production. There is footage of crushers at work and what is probably the world’s most powerful demolition machine - a Rusch Triple 34-25, cutting up sections of a redundant oil rig in Norway.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Year of production: 2010
Subjects: Engineering
Keywords: demolition; recycling of waste; scrap metal; steelmaking; machinery

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Notes: DVDs and books for enthusiasts in the land-based industries: farmers and smallholders, workers in the earthmoving, forestry and heavy transport occupations. Titles deal with current activities and machinery as well as the history of the industries.

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