ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Ladle transfer car

Okay kiddo, imagine you are in a big kitchen and there is a big pot of soup. The soup is so hot and heavy that you can't carry it by yourself. So, you need a big spoon, called a ladle, to scoop out the soup and put it into bowls.

Now imagine that instead of a kitchen, we are in a big factory where they make steel. The soup is actually molten metal, which means it is so hot that it's like a liquid fire. And instead of a ladle, we have a big machine called a ladle transfer car.

This ladle transfer car is like a giant cart that has a big bucket, called a ladle, on top of it. This ladle is used to scoop out the hot molten metal from one place in the factory and move it safely to another place without anyone getting hurt.

The ladle transfer car is controlled by a person who sits in a special room and uses buttons and levers to move the car around. They have to be very careful because the ladle is full of hot metal, which can burn or even explode if it's not handled properly.

So, in summary, a ladle transfer car is like a big cart with a bucket on top that's used to move hot molten metal safely around a factory, sort of like how you use a ladle to scoop soup out of a pot.