Transformers for Sale

Hi Fellow Engineers,

For those of you who do not know yet, I have bought my equipment and is in the process of transporting it all to South Africa, where I will set up my first Foundry to remelt whatever I can find and sell.

I have found that the transport costs, (apart from the time it takes - I started in January and I am not done yet) is truly huge. I bought a set of equipment for US$ 350,000 and the transport is now in excess of US$ 100,000.

The next interesting fact is that we are running a 50Hz electrical grid in contrast to the US 60Hz. So the equipment I bought have to be modified to run properly here. The transformers however cannot be converted so easily and I have to buy special transformers to make my plant work.

That started me thinking, why not leave the two transformers in the US, in fact try to sell it to someone that can use it for whatever purpose and save some transport time and cost. I attach the spec the only way I know. I can be contacted on e-mail for more info. My initial idea was to break it apart and sell the components as scrap (i.e. it contains about 3,000kg of copper) - just an idea .....

My e-mail address: tc@envirosteel.com

Anyone interested in purchasing this from me? I will accept any reasonable offer.

TC