Talk:Thermal lance
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[edit] Use in Sci-Fi
- Is it appropriate to say something a term is misused in science fiction? Cannot fiction writers appropriate or make up any term they want? 15:48, 6 February 2007, User:150.216.55.131
- I tend to agree, I mean a science fiction writer would not be misusing the term "Thermal Lance" in a story if he made it into a Ray-Gun type weapon. In Sci-Fi it doesn't matter if there is already a real world object with that name, it still makes sense in the fictional universe created, you can call it whatever you want. --Hibernian 19:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- But it confuses real-world people reading science fiction, growing up thinking that a thermic lance is a sort of raygun. Anthony Appleyard 20:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thermic Lances in the Steel Industry
In the steel industry, we often use simple 6 to 8 foot long iron pipes (attached to an oxygen valve) as thermic lances. But we also tend to use aluminum shot mixed into the material we are cutting in order to increase cutting ability of the lance. 15:48 6 February 2007, User:150.216.55.131
- Wouldn't this mixture constitute thermite, contrary to what this article explicity says? —Ben FrantzDale 18:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- No. Thermite is aluminum powder and iron oxide. It is self-sustaining once ignited.--agr 04:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Advantages over Oxyacetylene
- What are the advantages of using this over a plain acetylene torch? Speed? Ability to bore using this tool? Increased cutting depth over acetylene torches? These questions seem logical to me since the thermal lance requires an acetylene torch for warmup and lightoff. Why bother? --72.73.107.103 03:26, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Having gotten to see them in action (see photo), it's roughly the difference between a jig saw and a chain saw. --agr 04:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- It's just produces more energy in the form of heat than a oxyacetylene torch. 15:48, 6 February 2007, User:150.216.55.131
