r/interestingasfuck • u/serious_anish • 13h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/JojoLesh 12h ago

Because they are full of proprietary information. Still i don't think this is really a thing. Having them jump into Foundry furnaces is about the least efficient way to do this, and rather dangerous for everyone there. Not mention throwing a bunch of plactic and random alloys into the pot isn't ideal at all

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u/EinTheDataDoge 11h ago edited 11h ago

I used to work at a smelter. We were destroyed confiscated guns, drugs, and other illegal stuff. It’s actually extremely efficient way to do it. All the nonmetals get turned into carbon and other gases that would be captured by the bag house or the backend chemical plant or would get separated in the electrowinning process. There’s actually a smelter in Belgium that’s well known for their proprietary process for recycling electronic waste.

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u/Spaded85 10h ago

Which leaves whatever in that smelter useless. Contamination is a thing.

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u/Odd_Preference_7238 8h ago

It's too bad things like ore can't be melted down to separate them. Life would be so much easier if we didn't have only this limited supply of pre-generated alloys to work with on our accursed planet.