There's something so heartwarming about the look on Brinley's face as he talks about his job and his family history. That's a look of job satisfaction and absolute pride.

@boydholliday3356

Жыл бұрын

So cool nice episode

@ArmySoldier1972

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@kevincassidy1057

Жыл бұрын

Steel mill workers are different. It’s more of a family than a job!!

@bernardputersznit64

Жыл бұрын

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

@jakedowman-french3205

Жыл бұрын

@@kevincassidy1057 I think that's the aspect that makes it so sad when British steel mills are closed - because it became a multi-generational thing for so many families it inevitably gets embedded in the familial and community heritage of the area. It's not just their job that they lose, it's very much a part of them that they're losing too!

A crew of two managed to catch some absolutely nuts footage and sparked far more interest than some big budget productions. Alec could branch off as a documentary type guy and it would work out fine I bet (Jamie too).

@PotatoesRnice

Жыл бұрын

@mmpj twod Alec loves the heat

I'm a steelworker from the Scunthorpe plant. It was very nice to get to see the Port Talbot plant in all its glory. They have a very impressive process and I'm very grateful to both them and you for putting it out in such a well made video. I'd love to see you come to Scunthorpe one day to see how we turn ore and coal in to 120m lengths of world class rail. It is quite something.

@juggernaut2035

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure the Chinese would allow something like this

@Ares_gaming_117

Жыл бұрын

@@juggernaut2035 you mean showing trade secrets?

@barnzYT

Жыл бұрын

Scunthorpe steelworks you're covered in steel before you start working

@Capesyyy

Жыл бұрын

My grandad used to work in the factory in Scunthorpe

@turnernetwork8766

Жыл бұрын

I work at OPP at the Scunthorpe plant😂👋

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

@matttzzz2

Жыл бұрын

1st

@johnsmithsu310

Жыл бұрын

Jerry Rig Manufacture incoming?

@nellustylejeb7210

2 ай бұрын

Is it really you?

@yashranpara7853

2 ай бұрын

Tata power 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳

Don't usually comment, but this video was fantastic, Alec. Your enthusiasm for learning and showing us the journey as well was infectious, and the people who guided you felt the same. The pride they take in their work was obvious, and that's amazing to see.

@bernardputersznit64

Жыл бұрын

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

@Spedley_2142

Жыл бұрын

I've watched many of Alec's videos and it's good to see somebody who has a deep appreciation of their raw material seeing it being made.

Anyone else remember when he was making swords on a dirt floor by himself? Now he's got two massive workshops in two countries. Talk about expansion, AND he's clearly enjoying what he's doing. Keep up the killer work🙏🔥

@jonathanlunger2775

Жыл бұрын

It is incredible, but i do still miss the Damascus days

@bishyeahbish3758

Жыл бұрын

I was watching him even before the sword making, but, is this a competition or something I don't get why you're feeling the need to show how long you've been watching him. Congratulations you're extremely loyal to something and someone that (not in a bad way, but..)..doesn't care. I'm just saying.

@frag4007

Жыл бұрын

@@bishyeahbish3758 who is competing. They just say they remember the old videos.

@SlppyBacn

Жыл бұрын

@@bishyeahbish3758 not a competition. Literally just commenting on how I've enjoyed watching his growth

@rustyshackleford1910

Жыл бұрын

I was there for the very first upload, so there

I love this. Please, if possible, more like this. Now that I am retired, I wish I could actually go and observe this kind of stuff. One of the perks of being a Dad and being able to volunteer for field trips (what they are called in America, it's basically taking school age kids out to see something cool or interesting.

@Electric_Snap

Жыл бұрын

Wonder who would've named these facilities 'Field Trips' for steel refining and manufacturing? Congrats on being a dad!

@lordsathariel4384

5 ай бұрын

when i was in around year 3 or 4 of primary school we went on a trip into a local deep coal pit mine just known as the pit locally because it was just a giant whole with a elevator going down it but since i was always claustrophobic i didn't like the idea of mine/cave system that was older then my great grandmother and had loads of tight tunnels so instead i got to have a look at the transportation system for the coal onsite and a small workshop with what looked like a casting system and a lot of tools I'm guessing were for repairs of equipment when the site was still open as a business truly fascinating places

Oh wow I love this video. I work at Tata Steel in the Netherlands. Steel making is in my blood. It's so great to see your enthusiasm. Really amazing.

@philldoraine3549

Жыл бұрын

Been at your plant several times changing out the big motors off the warm roll mill :D ... never saw it running tho

@jarinklinkenberg1928

Жыл бұрын

@@philldoraine3549 oh really? i work at the pelletizing plant. making those small pellets used in the blast furnace.

@siiluviilu

Жыл бұрын

Is it possible to come job shadow there or is it too dangerous?

@devstation18

Жыл бұрын

Ijmiuden Plant ??😊

@jarinklinkenberg1928

Жыл бұрын

@@devstation18 yeah exactly.

The steel industry in Britain has gone through a lot of issues over the past number of years. People don't realise the complexity and the skill required to produce it and the amount of people who's livelihoods revolve around it. Thank you for showing not just the process so accurately but also the people who make it all work. Excellent video.

@MrChevelle83

Жыл бұрын

I work in a steel mill and It still amazes me that this process is even possible.

@MeTTax82

Жыл бұрын

I guess it is similar in german steel industry. I hope it does not disappear (or wander to china)

@tepidbudgie

Жыл бұрын

@@MeTTax82 unfortunately it's already well on its way to China's hands, I believe China owns some major manufacturing plants in the UK already.

@MeTTax82

Жыл бұрын

@@tepidbudgie the one that is showed in this video is owned by an indian company. But yeah, it is the same in germany - china and arabian oil-countries are buying a lot of german industry.

@atanasapostolov2731

Жыл бұрын

@@MrChevelle83 for real tho.. And when you consider how long we've been doing it for it makes more sense how far we have come in terms of technology with chips and rockets and so on.. Like if we have been able to do THAT for so long no wonder we got landing rockets now 😂

Absolutely amazing! What a great video that was! Thanks for sharing

@XargenTelNada

Жыл бұрын

My steel is too worn... I make new one

@djamelhamdia134

Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you here!

@magnumpunch

Жыл бұрын

@@XargenTelNada he regrounds the hot rolling stations =D

@frankierzucekjr

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@anshul554

Жыл бұрын

Tata is emotion

There were 3 steel works in Gwent alone and now there's one in the whole of Wales. The first stainless steel outside Sheffield was made in Panteg, Pontypool. The first sheet steel was rolled from Panteg steel. Us Welsh are basically Dwarves that have no mines or forges.

Fantastic video Alec! When I was at school in the sixties our metalwork teacher took us around Park gate steelworks in Rotherham, virtually the same tour as you have done, except they had open hearth furnaces to convert the iron into steel, and in the rolling mill, where they were making 24" RSJ's there were men on the rolling floor who caught the steel in tongs as it flew through the rollers, and directed it back the other way through another roller whilst a guy stood above ov a platform controling it all, it was the most awesome day of my life, and remember, very few people have seen it close up as we have! We are very honored!! What men, what machines! A few years ago I sat next to an old guy at the Green Man festival in south walws, and he told me about his days in the steelworks, you could see he loved every minute of it, and he said "the pay was so good we used to call the steelworks "treasure Island" Thanks Alec, that was truly awesome! Phil

@shaw4020

Жыл бұрын

Alot off my family worked a parkgate im the last one that worked at aldwark left 2 years ago now at smacc sheffield

As an engineer I know the processes and have seen some rather dry doccumentary type videos from steel plants, but Alec you really bought it to life with your enthusiasm, well done, I hope Tata will be sending you some samples

@davesmith5656

Жыл бұрын

Tata sponsors the world class Tata Steel Chess Tournament.

As an employee of Tata Steel and responsible for procuring the services of contractors who maintain every asset and machine on our sites, I still get overwhelmed by the scale of the operation! Absolutely loved this video, the passion and excitement was brilliant! Alec’s reactions were brilliant and he’s done an awesome job of showing and explaining the whole process!! Well done! 🤩

@debopriyosarkar7636

7 ай бұрын

Hey Jussie which Tata Steel branch are you from? Greetings and good health to you from an Engineer of Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, India!🎉🎉❤❤

@rankingresearchdata

3 ай бұрын

​@@debopriyosarkar7636Wales

Drove past this place every weekend for 8 years… glad you finally got me a look on the inside! Cheers Alec, and Tata.

The thought of how much cooperation, collaboration, and thorough design that goes into a plant like that is enough to bring a tear to my eye. Multiple generations!

@vidyadharjoshi5714

7 ай бұрын

There is also a DRI process which claims to be more efficient. It's also called sponge iron. Does not require huge scale. I believe there are a lot of small to mid scale DRI plants at many places.

The amount of joy on Alecs face, as well as the joy of everyone there, was infectious. It's cool to see Alec so happy.

@bernardputersznit64

Жыл бұрын

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

I grew up in an ex-mining community in SW Wales that used to supply coal to this place. First time in 36 years that I've seen the inside of the plant. Thank you, Alec.

As an Engineer posted in Tata Steel Jamshedpur Plant, India, a smile covered my face when I heard the same named company in another country. Great video as always!❤️

I do social work in outpatient mental health, helping homeless veterans get into housing in the US. Totally different vocation. This operation is so amazing to me, and the enthusiasm, pride, and love for the work these people do is just...awesome. Seeing this fills me with respect.

@jasonh8043

Жыл бұрын

D.D. Helping individuals with mental/emotional issues is challenging. Much respect and admiration for working with our veterans to make their lives better. I thank ALL veterans for their service and sacrifice, and thank You for doing what You can to help them.

@SlopedOtter

Жыл бұрын

I’m a veteran from the United Kingdom, and I used to travel past this Steelworks about once a month whilst I served. You get a great view of the whole plant from the M4 motorway. Now I’m an engineer! I love hearing other people’s perspectives online. I can say that the civilian team that helped me with my transition out of the military were a big help and all of the veterans I know appreciate it more that you know.

My uncle used to work as a director at TATA and I managed to get a tour. I remember watching the sheets being rolled out and coiled up at the end, all the time being sprayed with water and still after it was in rolls and “cooled” at the end you couldnt stand on the walkway exactly where Alex was above them for too long for the sheer amount of heat coming off it. Still can’t get over the scale of this place

Any industry that becomes generational, is by definition a national treasure. The pride and joy in those men's faces speaks volumes about why Brittan is truly Great.

@bernardputersznit64

Жыл бұрын

TATA? That is some Indian company. White boys invented the industry, owned the plants, and now the nation they brought into the modern age has it. - notice not one hindii accent - of course they may be sitting in the white color office off screen - heck even that is doubtful, TATA probably keeps the original middle management as safety buffer should their be a strike.

@DrWhom

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha "Brittan"

@Az-om8rw

Жыл бұрын

Well said! Great name too :)

@RickWagenvoort

Жыл бұрын

Indian company lol

@snowflakemelter1172

Жыл бұрын

Owned by India.

I've lived in Neath & Port Talbot County Borough all my life, this is the first time I've ever gotten to see the inner workings of the local steelworks. Thoroughly enjoyed this video!

You gotta love the way in which the commentator gets so excited 10:31 he brings in blunt humour, if that’s the right word. He helps make this documentary interesting in deed.

I watch this with a sense of sadness, where i now live there is a Steel factory that has been around for a really long time and is the foundation of the area, it has now been shut down and won't re-open as the company from England that said they wanted to start up production again pulled out due to the electricity costs :(

@netwright4083

Жыл бұрын

It will probably reopen as some hipster craft beer brewery where dudes with man buns sip IPAs in flannel.

@samfletcher93

Жыл бұрын

North East?

Like a kid in a candyshop. I loved your enthusiasm and I loved seeing how steel is made!

It's really cool to see these giant processes of industry that you'd normally not even think about. The men that provided the tour also seemed genuinely happy to show you around and tell you(and us by extension) about the steel-mill. It's nice to see a genuine pride in their jobs like that. That pride, the smiles, and the fact that that one guy has worked their for 17 years and did not hesitate at all when you asked if he liked working there tells me this company probably takes good care of their employees. Which is always important. But this is a dangerous and crucially important job. These guys deserve to be treated well.

Cheers to TATA and all the crew using your steel here in 🇳🇿👍🙏 Awesome vid..!

My uncle Reg worked at the Port Talbot steel works in the 1960s and 70s. When I was a little girl he proudly showed me around it. I remember the heat, the darkness, the sparks and moulten steel pouring and running in channels. It was so exciting and loud but I don't remember having any safety equipment given to me to wear. Thank you for that trip down memory lane. 🥰

@vice.nor.virtue

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh yes, the good ol' days.

Absolutely fantastic. I'm from Wales and have passed by Port Talbot steelworks on the M4 for over 30 years, and have loved the place, the smell, the smoke, steam, drama, lights at night, all of it ❤️ Picked up the reference to Llanwern, which sadly lost its blast furnaces a few years back 😪

@markrainford1219

Жыл бұрын

Yes it IS exciting to see the wheels of industry turning.

@makeasylumsgreatagain864

Жыл бұрын

They should have kept Llanwern and closed port Talbot,Llanwern was like a conveyor belt,port Talbot is scattered all over the place,which produces inferior steel,such a shame

so as a welsh man and close to tata literally 5 mins away, most people who love engineering go to college and get an apprenticeship with tata, myself included, thanks for putting tata and wales on the map

It was great watching you slowly get more and more excited as each stage of the process got more insane. What an incredible scale of production

Thank you for showing this process. My grandfather retired from the mills in northwest Indiana (near Chicago). Never knew what his job entailed. Thank you for this glimpse into my family history.

This is awesome! My ancestors were from that same region of Wales, but immigrated to the US in the late 1800s to work in the steel mills of Pennsylvania. Later, my grandfather became the shift engineer at a coal-fired power plant in West Virginia. He and my dad both retired from there. I also worked there in college. Now they're slowly demolishing the old plant. The furthest I've been able to trace may family tree back was to the mid-1700s in Wales. My great, great, great, great, great grandfather was a farmer somewhere in Pelenna.

@shershah9406

8 ай бұрын

why they are demolishing the plant ?

@DaniG.German883

6 ай бұрын

@@shershah9406globalism

Thanks for the great video Alec, I myself work at the Tata site in IJmuiden, the Netherlands. It´s fascinating to see how things work in Wales, so similar yet so different. I always enjoy your videos and hope there will be many more. Greetings from Heerhugowaard, the Netherlands

youtube algorithm DO YOUR THING. This thing NEEDS to be seen by MILLIONS! This is important and I’m so glad Alec was able to get access to showcase pretty much the engine of modern civilization! Love Alec’s enthusiasm, and how he engaged the everyday workers there! These fellows are all the catalysts of our very human industry; and I want to see more!!!!

These kinds of processes are so interesting! I love videos like this, really cool!

This is the Tata Corus Plant in Port Talbot , used to work in Tata Shipping Division used to operate the ships which used to carry coking coal and Iron ore to the European plants in Port Talbot and Ijmuden

I am an engineering student and the machinery in that place is just amazing

TATA steel ant in Redcar was closed down and eft to go cold. It's in the process of being demolished, after years of steel making over years Dorman Long used Teesside steel to build the Sydney harbour bridge. great video 2x👍

@michaelbrook9165

Жыл бұрын

Worked at redc❤ar plant on the feline in 86 and various other stints as a contracted. Returned in 2015 to then RPS as instrument engineer this time with SSI. now it’s all gone the blast was demolished last Wednesday so sad to see.

@dcallan812

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbrook9165 I did an apprentice with ICI and moved to London right after I qualified. My sister started at Steel House right out of college she is still working at Skinningrove offices last part of the steel plants left around here. (She's 62)

At first I misread the title: "How Steele is made" and thought to myself: what an undignified way for Mrs. Steele to make her debut on the channel.

@krashd

Жыл бұрын

It can thousands of backbreaking hours to forge a new Mills & Boon novella.

living next to TATA and driving past it all the time I take for granted how massive an endeavor it. Truly incredible

My mother was Born in Port Talbot, I'm a Second generation of Welsh people, its nice to see a family history being covered

I visitied a steel plant in Germany during my uni time. It was honestly a mind-boggling experience. The sheer scale of things, the heat and the forces involved blew me away. The whole plant reminded me of Bladerunner a bit. And the plant you showed in this video is really similar to the plant I visited. After the visit everything I wore smelled like steel, my nose was black and I could taste the steel on my tongue even the next day.

Holy cowow. Talk about fangirling, mindblown, awestruck Alec. This was pretty much unreal. Thank you so much for bringing us along Alec and Jamie!

Great to see the Port Talbot plant in operation and brings back memories of my time working as an apprentice in the LLanwern steel plant and all the huge process plant there. My father took me on a visit as a young man and I saw the process from the high level walkways/gantrys above the steel plant... happy days! Thanks for the video.

Pro video - well explained processes. As a retired British Steel and Corus engineer I can tell you that steel is still in my blood. I still dream about the plant

@AndrewCartwright304

Жыл бұрын

DM me 👆👆 Thanks for watching and commenting I have got some rewards for you🎉🎉

Dad was a hot strip mill foreman (similar to Tata's) and I worked for a company that made the roll cooling systems, so I've spent plenty of time in mills. It's still awesome, scary, and fascinating. Thanks Alec!

You're enthusiasm reminds me of Gregg Wallace when he visits a food factory

Loved this video! Liked how super enthusiastic you were about the whole process, and really liked how clearly you explained everything. Makes it very easy for anyone to see and understand the scale and scope of the steel making process. Super cool!

I have been on a similar tour a couple of yers ago in Tata Steel in/near Amsterdam and this video brought a lot of good memories back. Thank you Alec!

For my GCSE Geography project (34 years ago!) I did mine on a steel works. My Dad ran a steel company that did specialist profiles in hot rolled steel at the time and he arranged for me to go on basically this exact same tour, at Scunthorpe (I think it was, might have been Redcar) to see the exact same stuff you are seeing. It's barely changed as a basic process, and it's giving me massive childhood flashbacks watching this! :). I can't even count how many times I went into Darlington to my Dad's company and went into the rolling mills with him. Different to a coil rolling mill; this was specialist profiles and it brilliant to watch. The coolest part is when they are rolling something like a complex I beam style profile, but the steel is going around a 180 degree bend at one end of the mill to turn it around and send it back the other way! Massive massive flashbacks! :)

@churnetvalleyrunner3635

Жыл бұрын

Urbandoned did a great explore of the abandoned Redcar blast furnace, it’s on KZread. Definitely worth a watch and may bring back some memories of your geography trip

I work in a foundry in Sheffield as a melter, the largest casting we can do is 3.5 tonnes, weekly average is about 24 tonnes melted. Mind boggling to think of the scale going on here. Being from Sheffield I love the history of the city with steel being a huge part of it. Everyone I work with hasn’t left for any other industry.

This is awesome. Been watching Alec for some time, so to see him do a video on the steel works in my hometown is awesome. Also, great to see the inside of the world having only ever seen the exterior.

My father works for Steel Authority of India Ltd and I am very happy to see this video!!! I've visited the steel factory, it's very thrilling especially blast furnace and converter!!! So I can understand the excitement level!! 😀😀

@arendelle.

Ай бұрын

Good luck son of a govt job officer

Super neat stuff. Those blast furnaces can be incredibly precise about the metallic compositions of those alloys too, which is insane considering the fact that everything is running so hot you can't get near it.

So cool to see how this is done.

@Bowserex

Жыл бұрын

You haven't even watched the full vid hahaha

Very exciting to see this kind of view into the steelworks. Not least because about 15 years ago I actually rewrote some of the mainframe code that the plant runs (or at least used to run) on to enable them to have the third caster operational.

Im from Swansea and always wondered how TATA made its steel. This is amazing to see what we have on our doorstep! Brilliant video!

Alec I've been watching you for years, and this is strangely one of the best videos I've ever seen, and your work is phenomenal as it is

This is amazing!. I know it's not your normal content, but seriously you should do more of these. Longer versions. Watching this with a massive smile, and I don't know why.

I live just down the road from Tata Steel Port Talbot, and it's always an amazing sight at night. I especially love the two large flames emitted from the plant, god only knows what they are but they're mesmerizing at night.

@TheFreshSpam

Жыл бұрын

A flue, they are burning excess or dangerous gases to make it safer and release pressure

memories for me, worked at tata steel jamshedpur for 8 years, the operation is way larger than this but i find this one very neat

Genuinely wish I could give more likes, lived in Britain all my life and this video has made me feel like a right hermit! I did not know we had amazing processing plants and interesting factories like this, keep up the good work Alec, teaching us how such a fascinating industry/job like this works :)

@spikeypineapple552

Жыл бұрын

This is amazing, but also kind of sad. There used to be plants like this all over the country, especially in south wales. Newport for example, was built around it's steel industry. Now even this plant is in danger, and buying steel in the UK and recieving some made in the UK is basically a once in a year kind of thing,.

Man this is cool. Loving the industrial and trade spotlights and documentary style stuff you're doing! I could watch this kind of stuff all day!

It's great to see a competent reporter, who has a very good understanding of the thing and does similar stuff- blacksmithing in this case. That perfectly justified and in-place enthusiasm and the utmost respect and joy for the people and their craftsmanship are just cherries on top. wonderful stuff!

I was lucky enough to walk the hot rolling mill from end to end as a graduate trainee around 30 years ago, as I worked for a company that had the contract for the cooling water chemical treatment. Words and pictures can only partially describe the sheer amount of energy in the process of turning 30 tonnes of slab into 30 tonnes of coil in just a few minutes and I still remember clearly how you could feel it with all your senses... just incredible. Watching your video brought it all back. Highlights for me at the time were the noise as the slab hit the reversing roughing roller, the speed of the plate at the end of the runout table and the crazy speed of the down coiler. We also had the contract on the blast furnace cooling, but I never managed to get up close and personal to that, so it was great to watch your footage of it.

Amazing video Alec! As you said, it's hard to grasp the scale of things like this... everything is just huge!

Amazing video! I'm from Wales and I go past these factories every now and then and I never knew they were the biggest steel manufacturer in Britain!

I use to work maintenance at a foundry making cast parts I worked there for a long time but it amazed me every day when I got the chance to watch them making the steel and the parts and checking the temps on the melters on the weekends was always nuts to do

Awesome to see blast furnaces still working. US steel Gary Works is the only one I know of working in the States. Steel Dynamics has two mini-mills within an hour of my house. One for coils, the other for I-beams. Making steel is A W E S O M E!

Best video I've seen on KZread, you should do more like this Alec! I'd have loved even more detail. Fred Dibner needs someone to follow his footsteps of bringing incrediblely complex industrial wonders to life for normal people. Thank you for sharing this. 😊

Hell yes I love seeing these guys get stoked about how enthusiastic Alec is about what they do..such a great vibe

@bishyeahbish3758

Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that they're not Actually that enthusiastic about their job. I think only naivety would believe that they have that much happiness and enthusiasm for their everyday job (I don't know why that's not obvious but hopefully this helped with the realisation of some actual reality for you bro. I'm just saying 🤷🏼‍♂️

@goodluck2522

Жыл бұрын

@@bishyeahbish3758 Sounds to me like your negative outlook on life is YOUR problem. You should address that.

@persildaz5090

Жыл бұрын

@@bishyeahbish3758 Port Talbot's entire economy is based on the steel works. Trust me, if the industry dies, the town dies with it. They are genuinely motivated to keep it going, because if they don't, their whole lives, families and town cease to exist.

@nxrth2085

Жыл бұрын

@@bishyeahbish3758 As a fellow Welshman who's father is also a steel worker, bollocks. You heard what they said, it's a generational thing, some thing to be proud of. I hope one day you can also find pride in your work.

@abloogywoogywoo

Жыл бұрын

@@bishyeahbish3758 You're obviously trolling mate. Of course people take pride in their work.

Love this video!! I actually rebuild and maintain the Caster equipment for Nucor Gallatin and worked prior rebuilding Nucor Decatur and Tuscaloosa’s casting equipment! Been doing it since I got out of high school in 2016 and definitely will say it’s an amazing job and field and love seeing the different designs and processes of the machines! Great video!

That scale of that operation is actually quite hard to digest. Absolutely incredible insight

I am Metallurgical and Materials Engineering student at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul. I shared this video to my classmates so many times, helps us to understand this process thanks a lot.

Fascinating! I love industrial processes on a crazy scale like this, the idea that if one process goes wrong everything would have to stop until it was sorted. You captured the atmosphere really well.

@davesmith5656

Жыл бұрын

Notice the absence of the anti-corporation loonies here.

I don't comment a lot, but im here all the time. Your enthusiasm and excitement is so contagious lol you really were like a kid in a candy store. Keep up the good work and most of all keep enjoying what you do.

Thank you SO much for making this video. I absolutely LOVE to see how things like this are made. It fascinates and amazes me to see the immense sizes, extreme temperatures and incredible power of the machines. Isn't it amazing how far we have come from sticks and rocks and living in caves? Your videos are always great (thank you for that) and this one is no exception. Keep up the good work.

My dad, brother, and I worked in a steel mill. My dad, for many years was one of those people who would reground those rollers (actually, they recrown them). It was hard and hot work, but that’s how my brother and I paid out way through college. Thank you for taking me down memory lane.

It really takes courage to work with those gigantic machines under extreme heat and smoke. though i saw the pollution was at its lowest ,generally it didn't happen in steel industry

Port Talbot is a few miles down the road from where I live did know that iron and steel has been produced on the very same site since the middle ages I'm surprised that you weren't shown the wall of the monastery where the original iron works was situated legend has it that steel will always be produced in port Talbot as long as the wall stands so there is a dedicated group of locals who ensure that it never does 😉

23 Years in the American steel industry and i always love seeing plants from around the world. thank you for sharing. amazing video.

@justinheitzman9188

Жыл бұрын

God i'd love to be able to go there and do some work. you either love a steel mill or hate it. and i def love them

@abi3751

8 ай бұрын

​@@justinheitzman9188are these jobs highly dangerous?

Alec the breaking news reporter! 🤣 I enjoyed it!

Never seen your content before , but I have worked at Tata for 26 years and what you saw in this video is exactly why people remain in this business , also you are right the video doesn't do justice to the scale of the kit we have nor the dangers around it . Brilliant video 👍

This is one of the most fascinating and educational videos I've watched in a very long time, thank you Alec! And how fantastic for you to see it in person, you are becoming a celebrity in your own right. Good on you buddy, good on you! God Bless!

I find it absolutely fascinating watching steel being made & then formed into all manner of different items.

I like how you had to subtitle "Mark-speak"! I thought for a second he was going to bust out in Gaelic!

This is so important. Traditional industries don't get the attention they deserve. This literally is what our world is made out of. I don't think enough MacBook/Starbucks people understand this. Looking forward to a PART 2, your enthusiasm is what makes the viewer appreciate how special this all is.

@shelbyherring92

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure alot do, it's just not something at the forefront of their minds... But I do agree, the average person should take time to learn and acknowledge the amount of blood, sweat, and tears that go into producing the everyday things we take for granted, especially on an industrial scale. This is why I always loved channels like Alec's and How To Make Everything because they showcase the years, spanning generations, of experience and knowledge that went into producing the materials we know today and that it is also very hard and technical work.

@nonyafkinbznes1420

Жыл бұрын

"Tata Steel" Very traditional British industry. 😆

@freeaudiojungle4407

Жыл бұрын

love steel making, hate macbook/starbucks people, simple as

@krashd

Жыл бұрын

@@nonyafkinbznes1420 Doesn't matter who owns it if it's on British soil and worked by Brits then it is by definition part of British industry.

@nonyafkinbznes1420

Жыл бұрын

@@krashd Yes, and British East India Company was actually Indian.

This was a great video to watch. Also, props to Jamie for the amazing video work and editing.

4:46 I love the fact that you felt the need to add subtitles to the South Wales accent 🤣

I live 10 minutes from Tata, have countless friends who work there and have never seen inside or the process so thank you for this video! Really interesting

that is beyond amazing, the scale, and level of men, machines and work it takes to turn iron into building blocks of almost everything. more please :)

Fantastic work Alec and Jamie, this was unbelievably cool.

I can see why they like their job, it feels like a completely different world and it's nice and toasty as well

I'm not a blacksmith and I would have loved to have that tour so I can't imagine how awesome it was for you to be there! lol

What a treat! I'm a metallurgical engineer and I can say there are very few steel plants that have the entire process all at one site - from pig iron to steel to final sheet product. One interesting fact is that when steel (or any metal for that case) is being rolled, it gets thinner and longer, but not wider. That's because the friction between the metal and the roller prevent it from deforming sideways. So it just gets longer. I've watched tapping of the blast furnace live, and I can tell you the heat is so intense it comes at you in waves. I had a clipboard and used it to shield my face from the intense heat. Those who do this all day long are some very tough folks.

This is an amazingly well put together video. such enthusiasm! Thank you 😁😁

It's amazing you could speak with such a huge smile on your face. What an incredible place to visit to see the scale of production that can be done.

I work in a ferrosilicon mill in the United States formerly known as The Tennessee Alloy Company, now Ferroglobe. My plant has been at its current site in northeast Alabama on the shore of the Tennessee river since at least the 50s. Before that it was further north in Tennessee along the same shore line. We have one 40 megawatt electric arc furnace that uses electrode paste for uninterrupted operations. The process is fascinating. We load quartz rock, limestone, coal, wood chips, and mill scale for steel content although we use to put actual steel turnings in. Carbon is added through the electrodes burning off in the molten metal, and a chemical reaction occurs in the bottom of the furnace creating the ferrosilicon. For those unaware ferrosilicon is added to steel, cast iron, and other metals and alloys for many purposes that I cannot explain. My dad worked there for 47 years, my brother worked there 13 years, he left to utilize his welding degree, and I have been there for a year and a half. I’ve also had extended family that worked there in the past.