In the video, one can see how [Finn] uses thermite charges to weld massive copper conductors together in a matter of seconds inside a graphite mold. Straight joints, T-joints, and others are a ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on a deadly 2023 train derailment north of Pueblo. Here's what it concluded.

"The probable cause of the derailment," the report concludes, "was the train encountering a rail break that occurred when a mismatched thermite weld failed; the thermite weld cracked near the rail ...

The report goes on to say that the thermite weld cracked near the rail’s base because the welder, for unknown reasons, likely did not use a compromise kit during the welding as is required by ...

We managed to generate enough heat in our thermite reaction to weld two pieces of steel plate. That means the temperature generated by our reaction was higher than 2900°F (1600°C)! The thermite ...

During the International Exhibition for Track Technology from 28 to 30 May 2013 in Münster, Germany, the Goldschmidt Thermit Group will present its SMARTWELDCONTROL. It is a specially designed tool ...

The rail break occurred when a thermite weld completed less than five months before the derailment fractured along "a layer of underlying weld flash" which "flowed into a gap beneath the base ...

NTSB says recent weld was probable cause of accident The rail break occurred when a thermite weld completed less than five months before the derailment fractured along "a layer of underlying weld ...