Bulk Equipment Gradall XL 5210 V reaching into a hot ladle in a steel mill

Gradall

Steel and aluminum mill maintenance machines

Built to Work. Built to Last.

Manufactured in America to the highest quality standards, Gradall metal mill maintenance machines are built for hard work and a long machine life, backed by a name respected worldwide in construction equipment. Bulk Lift Products supports every machine with parts, service, and rental options.

Gradall metal mill maintenance machine telescoping boom

Gradall metal mill maintenance machines are built for hot, rugged work.

Bulk Lift Products is the authorized Gradall distributor for steel and aluminum mill maintenance machines. Gradall XL Series V machines run on crawler or rough terrain rubber tire undercarriages and carry a low-profile telescoping boom that reaches deep into furnaces and ladles for tear-out, debricking, tap hole work, and dross skimming. They are built in America to handle the pounding, vibration, and heat of daily mill maintenance, and Bulk backs them with parts, service, and rental options. Steel mill machines are covered first. Skip to aluminum mill machines.

Steel Mill Maintenance Machines

XL 3210 V through XL 7310 V, eight models on crawler or rough terrain wheeled undercarriages. Boom range, swing, and 360 degree tilt rotation give precise control for ladle and BOF maintenance, tap hole cleanout and replacement, and work in confined or crowded areas.

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Steel Mill Use Cases

Ladle maintenance: clean bottoms and side walls, debrick wear lining without damaging the permanent lining, rake and remove slag with minimum metal loss, and push out the plug at the base of the ladle. BOF maintenance: descull the converter lip, clean and replace tap holes, and debrick, repair, and drill tap holes with the hydraulic tap hole drill attachment and tap hole insert tool. Torpedo ladles: remove hard slag from hot metal troughs, clean out refractory brick, and handle torpedo car cleanup. Electric furnaces: clean and replace tap holes, debrick refractory lining, and rake hot slag from the pit below the furnace.

Gradall XL wheeled steel mill maintenance machine positioned on timbers

Aluminum Mill Maintenance Machines

XL 4240 V crawler and XL 4340 V wheeled. Articulating booms reach through the furnace mouth to skim dross and maintain furnace walls and bottoms. The boom raises 29 inches horizontally and tilts 8.1 degrees above grade and 19 degrees below grade.

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Booms That Reach Inside the Furnace

A three-section, cable-actuated, non-tilting boom with adjustable level working height telescopes out to 48 feet. Roller assemblies remove for easy maintenance, and the low profile keeps the boom clear of the furnace mouth with full-length visibility through the working cycle.

Diagram of Gradall telescoping boom raise and tilt movement

Aluminum Mill Use Cases

Aluminum smelting and casthouse work: pot cleaning, furnace teardowns, and reaching through the mouth of the furnace for dross removal and cleaning. Gradall application stories from Ravenswood, West Virginia and Oswego, New York cover dross skimming with the XL 4340 V in daily service.

Gradall XL 4240 V crawler aluminum mill maintenance machine at a furnace

Aluminum Mill Spec Sheets

XL 4240 V Crawler XL 4340 V Wheeled

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