Processing systems and methods for steel-making co-products

A system for handling and processing steel slag and/or steel scrap comprising:

• a support base, wherein the support base includes a pedestal, rails, a crawler, or a barge;
• an equilibrium-type crane assembly supported by the support base, the crane assembly including:
• a boom that is supported by and pivotable on a main support pivot, the boom including a first pivot at a proximal end thereof and a second pivot at a distal end thereof;
• an upper linkage arm including a third pivot at a proximal end thereof and a fourth pivot at a distal end thereof;
• a stick that is connected to the upper linkage arm at the fourth pivot at a proximal end of the stick and is connected to the distal end of the boom at the second pivot;
• a proximal linkage arm that is connected to the boom at the first pivot and that is connected to the upper linkage arm at the third pivot;
• the stick, the upper linkage arm, the proximal linkage arm, and a portion of the boom forming a four-bar linkage;
• an actuator system adapted for manipulating the four bar linkage in response to control signals
• a hydraulic quick-connect adapter located at a distal end of the crane assembly, and end-tools including at least a drop-ball tool, a clamshell bucket, a bucket, or a grapple that is adapted for at least one of digging slag from a slag pit and grasping scrap, wherein the drop-ball tool includes a magnet adapted for selectively lifting the drop-ball and upon reaching a desired height, disengaging the drop-ball from the magnet to enable the drop-ball to fall by gravity onto the scrap and/or slag;
• wherein the quick connect coupling is adapted for releasing any one of the end-tools from the crane assembly and coupling another one of the end-tools with the crane assembly.