Ladle transfer car

A ladle transfer car is a material handling tool which is used in foundries. The car carries a metal ladle, typically torpedo-shaped (with two pointed ends), from one location to another for processing molten metal.^[2][3] It can also be called a molten steel transporter, a bottle car,^[4] or a Tundish transfer car.

Ladle transfer car in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

Ladle transfer cart in metal casting factory ^[1]

The ladle is placed on a rail car but can be removed to pour out the molten metal.

References

1. Seyiton ladle transfer cart
2. special transfer cart on-rail
3. "KPT-50T ladle transfer trailer for steel plant". Xinxiang Hundred Percent Electrical And Mechanical Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2011-08-23.ladle transfer trailer for steel plant
4. Schafer, Mike (1999). Freight train cars. Mike McBride. Osceola, Wis.: MBI Pub. pp. 93, 95. ISBN 0-7603-0612-5. OCLC 41002704.

External links

• Low loader wagon with 16 wheel sets of the type Uaais 823 of the NCS (NUCLEAR CARGO + SERVICE GmbH, Hanau), set as 35 RIV 80 D-NCS 9957 000-6, parked on 08/16/2011 in Siegen-Eintracht.