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Monday, January 9, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Mishaps
Howdy all! :)
Well, you know how I work at Alpha? Well you can't work somewhere like that and not get hurt.
No, I didn't break my neck. Good guess though! :P
Actually, I was doing a rush order and was making amazing time. The part is what we call a punch plate. What we do is cast the punch plates, then we have to grind off the extra metal from the parts. Now this particular part is very small. The dimensions are about 1/2 inch wide, 1 inch long, and 1/8 inch thick. Pretty tiny right. :P So We had an order for 8000 of these. So once I got my grinding technique for this particular part down, I was doing about 12 parts per minute. That's fast for such a small part.
But, with speed comes increased potential for mishap.
So I was down to the last 30 minutes of doing these parts, (that would be 12x30=360 parts) , When my part slipped and my hand directly hit the grinder. Ouch. It took a biggish chunk of skin off my right index finger/knuckle. (See pic)
So of course I had to stop and go tell Dan (Kevin's right hand man). So Dan and I went back to the break room and got it all cleaned up and bandaged. Then we did all the paperwork required for a mishap. After that was finally done, we went back out to the floor and repaired my gloves with duct-tape. Yes, I was wearing 2 layers of gloves and the grinder went right through both layers. So we got that all repaired, and I went back out to grind the last 360 parts. Thankfully I was able to continue my speed and finish the job on time.
Well, you know how I work at Alpha? Well you can't work somewhere like that and not get hurt.
No, I didn't break my neck. Good guess though! :P
Actually, I was doing a rush order and was making amazing time. The part is what we call a punch plate. What we do is cast the punch plates, then we have to grind off the extra metal from the parts. Now this particular part is very small. The dimensions are about 1/2 inch wide, 1 inch long, and 1/8 inch thick. Pretty tiny right. :P So We had an order for 8000 of these. So once I got my grinding technique for this particular part down, I was doing about 12 parts per minute. That's fast for such a small part.
But, with speed comes increased potential for mishap.
So I was down to the last 30 minutes of doing these parts, (that would be 12x30=360 parts) , When my part slipped and my hand directly hit the grinder. Ouch. It took a biggish chunk of skin off my right index finger/knuckle. (See pic)
So of course I had to stop and go tell Dan (Kevin's right hand man). So Dan and I went back to the break room and got it all cleaned up and bandaged. Then we did all the paperwork required for a mishap. After that was finally done, we went back out to the floor and repaired my gloves with duct-tape. Yes, I was wearing 2 layers of gloves and the grinder went right through both layers. So we got that all repaired, and I went back out to grind the last 360 parts. Thankfully I was able to continue my speed and finish the job on time.
It doesn't look that bad in this picture. Looks worse for real. :P
Anyway, thank you God for it not being as bad as it could be!!!
I love my hands.
Have fun! And STAY SAFE. Byes :)
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Alpha Foundry
Hi there!
Sorry it's been awhile....AGAIN. :/ But I'm about to explain why so FASTEN SEAT-BELTS! :D
Ok, so maybe I've told ya'll already that I quit the Cabela's Costumer Service job and got a new one at a foundry. Well it's true. :D Anyway I'm now working at Alpha Foundry in Wright City, Missouri. It's an aluminum casting foundry that makes all kinds of aluminum products. A few of those are: gas pump fittings, gas pump handles, electrical conduits, pipe fittings, and much more.
So I bet you're wondering what all goes into making a product and possibly you're wondering where I fit in. Well let's start with the casting process.
Ok, so, casting, here we go. :D So first the aluminum is melted down in a big o'l pot thingy called a vat. The aluminum melts at about 1245 degrees. After its been melted, one of the workers takes a giant ladle and dips some out and pours it into these sand molds. Now, lets talk about these molds for a second. The molds take a whole process themselves. First the sand comes into Alpha as just common, tiny, fine grains of sand in 2000 lb bags. Don't worry, these bags are only moved by forklifts, no personnel are being abused. :P Ok so the sandbags are then lifted by the forklift over top of a big hopper and dumped into it. The hopper itself is about the same size as the bags and holds the same quantity. The hopper is then lifted to a position above the sand mold machine. The hopper is then connected to the mold machine by a flexible fabric hose. Now, the way the molds work is, there's these buttons that you push and 2 halves of an 800 degree iron mold come together as an arm swings over top of it. The arm then connects to the top of the mold and releases sand into it until it's full. Then the sand bakes for about 15 seconds and the arms come back apart and the worker pulls the now hardened molds out of the half molds and places it on a metal pallet. Once the pallet is full, it gets carted over to the pouring station. Ok, now that you are an expert on mold making now.... :P
So, we've gotten the liquid aluminum into the sand molds. Now they're slid under a giant hood with a chimney to the outside world. The reason for this is to catch most of the smoke from the hot aluminum burning the sand molds and pipe it outside the building. That way we don't all die. Pretty smart huh? :D Ok, so once they've cooled off a little, they are stacked on the opposite side of the hood next to a giant vibrating counter thingy known as "Shake Out". After the aluminum has had time to cool and cure, it is set (still in the sand molds) on Shake Out. Each individual part is then "hit" by a worker using the air hammer gun. This tool vibrates the part so that pretty much all of the sand mold brakes off. The now clean and free parts are then stacked into a wire basket on a pallet and sent over to the band saw. Now, the parts when they are poured are connected because there's several parts to one sand mold. So after Shake Out, they're still connected and have to be cut into individual parts. That's what the band saw center is for. There's a worker at the band saw who now takes the connected parts out of the wire basket, cuts them apart, and puts them into another wire basket. Next the parts are sent to Grinding. The guys over in Grinding then take each part out of the wire basket and removes any pieces of aluminum that doesn't belong, kind of finishing the part to smooth, you might say. Then the parts are put into a heat treatment machine. This cures the aluminum to the perfect point. Lastly, the parts are sent into a different section of the building known as the Machine Shop. Now these fellas put each part into a machine to finish them. Now there's a lot of different parts like I said, so there's different things that need to happen to the parts to finish them. So let's say the part we're fallowing is an aluminum elbow pipe fitting. So by the point it gets to in the machine shop, the last thing it needs is the threads to be cut into it. So this part is put into the threading machine. The threading machine is a big drill with a thread bit, inside of a box, and only operates when the door is closed. This insures the safety of the worker. once each part is drilled, it goes into boxes and are then shipped out the door to the costumer who ordered them.
So that's the casting process. Now I'll tel you where I fit in. :) I really don't have one particular area I work in right now. My title is Shake Out, but I've worked the sand molds, Grinding, Threading, and more. So I'm kind of floating around right now working wherever my Supervisor (Kevin) wants me to work. Kind of depends on what needs to be rushed. I usually get stuck into the rush orders.
Well that's about all there is to know about Alpha. :) It's a pretty neat place to work. Work hours are 6am-4:30pm Mondays through Thursdays and 6am-2:30pm on Fridays. So it's early and long, but I'm young and it's pretty fun. And I make good money. :)
Alrighty there's the update for now! Ya'll stay safe, work hard, have fun, and above all thank and praise the LORD for everything He's done for you!
Sorry it's been awhile....AGAIN. :/ But I'm about to explain why so FASTEN SEAT-BELTS! :D
Ok, so maybe I've told ya'll already that I quit the Cabela's Costumer Service job and got a new one at a foundry. Well it's true. :D Anyway I'm now working at Alpha Foundry in Wright City, Missouri. It's an aluminum casting foundry that makes all kinds of aluminum products. A few of those are: gas pump fittings, gas pump handles, electrical conduits, pipe fittings, and much more.
So I bet you're wondering what all goes into making a product and possibly you're wondering where I fit in. Well let's start with the casting process.
Ok, so, casting, here we go. :D So first the aluminum is melted down in a big o'l pot thingy called a vat. The aluminum melts at about 1245 degrees. After its been melted, one of the workers takes a giant ladle and dips some out and pours it into these sand molds. Now, lets talk about these molds for a second. The molds take a whole process themselves. First the sand comes into Alpha as just common, tiny, fine grains of sand in 2000 lb bags. Don't worry, these bags are only moved by forklifts, no personnel are being abused. :P Ok so the sandbags are then lifted by the forklift over top of a big hopper and dumped into it. The hopper itself is about the same size as the bags and holds the same quantity. The hopper is then lifted to a position above the sand mold machine. The hopper is then connected to the mold machine by a flexible fabric hose. Now, the way the molds work is, there's these buttons that you push and 2 halves of an 800 degree iron mold come together as an arm swings over top of it. The arm then connects to the top of the mold and releases sand into it until it's full. Then the sand bakes for about 15 seconds and the arms come back apart and the worker pulls the now hardened molds out of the half molds and places it on a metal pallet. Once the pallet is full, it gets carted over to the pouring station. Ok, now that you are an expert on mold making now.... :P
So, we've gotten the liquid aluminum into the sand molds. Now they're slid under a giant hood with a chimney to the outside world. The reason for this is to catch most of the smoke from the hot aluminum burning the sand molds and pipe it outside the building. That way we don't all die. Pretty smart huh? :D Ok, so once they've cooled off a little, they are stacked on the opposite side of the hood next to a giant vibrating counter thingy known as "Shake Out". After the aluminum has had time to cool and cure, it is set (still in the sand molds) on Shake Out. Each individual part is then "hit" by a worker using the air hammer gun. This tool vibrates the part so that pretty much all of the sand mold brakes off. The now clean and free parts are then stacked into a wire basket on a pallet and sent over to the band saw. Now, the parts when they are poured are connected because there's several parts to one sand mold. So after Shake Out, they're still connected and have to be cut into individual parts. That's what the band saw center is for. There's a worker at the band saw who now takes the connected parts out of the wire basket, cuts them apart, and puts them into another wire basket. Next the parts are sent to Grinding. The guys over in Grinding then take each part out of the wire basket and removes any pieces of aluminum that doesn't belong, kind of finishing the part to smooth, you might say. Then the parts are put into a heat treatment machine. This cures the aluminum to the perfect point. Lastly, the parts are sent into a different section of the building known as the Machine Shop. Now these fellas put each part into a machine to finish them. Now there's a lot of different parts like I said, so there's different things that need to happen to the parts to finish them. So let's say the part we're fallowing is an aluminum elbow pipe fitting. So by the point it gets to in the machine shop, the last thing it needs is the threads to be cut into it. So this part is put into the threading machine. The threading machine is a big drill with a thread bit, inside of a box, and only operates when the door is closed. This insures the safety of the worker. once each part is drilled, it goes into boxes and are then shipped out the door to the costumer who ordered them.
So that's the casting process. Now I'll tel you where I fit in. :) I really don't have one particular area I work in right now. My title is Shake Out, but I've worked the sand molds, Grinding, Threading, and more. So I'm kind of floating around right now working wherever my Supervisor (Kevin) wants me to work. Kind of depends on what needs to be rushed. I usually get stuck into the rush orders.
Well that's about all there is to know about Alpha. :) It's a pretty neat place to work. Work hours are 6am-4:30pm Mondays through Thursdays and 6am-2:30pm on Fridays. So it's early and long, but I'm young and it's pretty fun. And I make good money. :)
Alrighty there's the update for now! Ya'll stay safe, work hard, have fun, and above all thank and praise the LORD for everything He's done for you!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Busy Busy Busy
Hey all!
Sorry I haven't posted in FOREVER! I've been pretty busy.
I started working at Cabela's about 2 months ago in Customer Service. Now I have put in my 2 weeks and my last day there is the 7th of DEC.
I just got a new job at Alpha Foundry aluminum casting. It looks pretty "fun" in the sense of excitingly interesting. :) I took a tour before I filled out the application, and I got to see the guys making the molds, and the tour guide opened the melting pot so I could see the 1250 degree melted liquid aluminum. It was pretty awesome! :)
I've also been doing little odd things around the farm....kinda finishing up the cleaning up at such. It's all shaping up nicely....although I miss our giant 1466 FARMALL INTERNATIONAL tractor. It was fun to drive and just seeing it sitting there gave you the romantic "classic farm life" feeling. :P
Another event that happened is that on the 8th of NOV I spun out in the rain on I-70 eastbound in Foristell MO and hit a concrete barrier backwards at 60-65 mph. Then I slide back across the interstate with 2 side-by-side semis flying at me and I hit the median cables. My car was damaged enough that it made more sense to get a new one, and I had heavy whiplash and a lot of bodily soreness. Which the soreness and weakness to my left shoulder/arm is still there even after 3 weeks. But thank-you Lord that You protected me and kept me safe!
Anyway, just a quick update. It's 12:30pm and I got to go to the chiropractor in the morning then go to work...so perhaps I'll post more later.
Again, sorry for the wait, to those that fallow this blog.
Now ya'll have a jolly good day, ya hear?! :)
Sorry I haven't posted in FOREVER! I've been pretty busy.
I started working at Cabela's about 2 months ago in Customer Service. Now I have put in my 2 weeks and my last day there is the 7th of DEC.
I just got a new job at Alpha Foundry aluminum casting. It looks pretty "fun" in the sense of excitingly interesting. :) I took a tour before I filled out the application, and I got to see the guys making the molds, and the tour guide opened the melting pot so I could see the 1250 degree melted liquid aluminum. It was pretty awesome! :)
I've also been doing little odd things around the farm....kinda finishing up the cleaning up at such. It's all shaping up nicely....although I miss our giant 1466 FARMALL INTERNATIONAL tractor. It was fun to drive and just seeing it sitting there gave you the romantic "classic farm life" feeling. :P
Another event that happened is that on the 8th of NOV I spun out in the rain on I-70 eastbound in Foristell MO and hit a concrete barrier backwards at 60-65 mph. Then I slide back across the interstate with 2 side-by-side semis flying at me and I hit the median cables. My car was damaged enough that it made more sense to get a new one, and I had heavy whiplash and a lot of bodily soreness. Which the soreness and weakness to my left shoulder/arm is still there even after 3 weeks. But thank-you Lord that You protected me and kept me safe!
Anyway, just a quick update. It's 12:30pm and I got to go to the chiropractor in the morning then go to work...so perhaps I'll post more later.
Again, sorry for the wait, to those that fallow this blog.
Now ya'll have a jolly good day, ya hear?! :)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Life
Life
Life is a mystery we cannot know,
The sorrow of the world shall not overflow.
Whether life is edgy,
Or a little sketchy,
We shall soon to Glory go.
We very soon see, the day of God,
When our spirit isn’t blinded by the fog,
For His right judgment the world will go,
And we with happy rejoicing shall glow.
When the time of our years shall end,
And the chariot of God descends,
We shall see the Holy King of all,
Saving the rich, poor, big and small.
-Brady Cutler
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Oops!
So....I know there's some of you that wanted to hear the next part of my "Sunday Sermon" story. Well, unfortunatly....I'm having trouble remembering where I was going with it. Arg! So, as I'm coming up with the nex part of the story, you may see other posts unrelated....BUT....I will get back to it asap. :) Thanks!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I'm back!!!
FINALY!!! I just got my computer all figured out, and I'm back now to complete my stories!!! YAY!! :)
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