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Unlikely Film Star: Thermic Lance

The recent film, The Bank Job, based on an actual 1971 bank-vault robbery in London, had a costar that really lit up the screen: a fiery thermic lance that sliced through concrete, rebar, and vault steel to get the crooks into the vault. Also known as a burning bar, the thermic lance relies on high-temperature combustion of iron to burn its way through metal and even concrete. The lance is typically a 10 to 30-ft iron or mild-steel
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Boilers (Industrial)
Industrial boilers are closed vessels that use a fuel source or electricity to heat water or generate steam for industrial heating and humidification applications.
Rebar Supports and Couplers
Rebar supports and spacers are used to secure the reinforcing steel or rebar in reinforced concrete structures. Prior to the final concrete pour, the rebar is assembled in-place with the rebar chairs, slab bolsters, or wagon wheels.
Rebar
Rebar is a structural member that is cast into concrete and masonry to provide strength and reinforcement.
Burners
Burners are heating devices that use air supplied specifically for the combustion of a fuel gas.
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Pressure washers direct a high-pressure stream or jet of water against a surface to clean, descale, degrease or prepare a surface.
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