A ladle transfer car is a

material handling Material handling involves short-distance movement within the confines of a building or between a building and a transportation vehicle. It uses a wide range of manual, semi-automated, and automated equipment and includes consideration of the pro ...

tool which is used in

foundries A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals pr ...

. The car carries a metal ladle, typically torpedo-shaped (with two pointed ends), from one location to another for processing molten liquid metal. It can also be called a molten steel transporter, a bottle car, or a Tundish transfer car. The ladle is placed on a rail car but can be removed to pour out the molten liquid.

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Low loader wagon with 16 wheel sets of the type Uaais 823 of the NCS (NUCLEAR CARGO + SERVICE GmbH, Hanau), set as 35 RIV 80 D-NCS 9957 000-6, parked on 08/16/2011 in Siegen-Eintracht.
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