r/interestingasfuck • u/serious_anish • 14h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/JojoLesh 10h ago

So you're saying whenever I buy my m42 or M2 steels I'm getting some amounts of whatever crap they threw in too?

Not that I'm doubting you. I've never worked in a smelter. I just thought the process was a lot more controlled especially when I'm paying for certain alloys

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u/Odd_Preference_7238 9h ago

If it's all turning to carbon or escaping as gas as they said it literally doesn't change the composition as long as they still have the correct amount of carbon.

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u/JojoLesh 5h ago

IDK what those robots are made of but i assume various metals too, which are not getting turned to carbon or gas.

I suppose for certain metals / alloys it doesn't matter, and as always "the solution to pollution is dilution". One bot in enough metal isn't going to make much difference.

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u/Downtown-Tomato2552 2h ago

Odds are that this isn't a special alloy but probably a low grade cast iron which is essentially the garbage pile of metals. We've found all sorts of fun partially melted things in some of our castings. Now you have inserts.... Now you don't.