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)
The reagents react with the sulfur in the molten iron and separate from the iron in the form of slag. This process is detrimental to the refractory lining
Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "slag ladle" Flickr tag. furnace building at Brymbo Steelworks with three molten slag ladles for loading.
The slag cars generally have two ladles (or buckets) per car and are dumped electronically. The temperature of the slag is extremely hot and often still