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National Account Manager - For an FMCG company, bored with it and I would love to set up on my own doing something else. Anything else in fact!
I am a goldsmith/ Cad designer / Workshop manager for a small luxury jewellery brand.
Originally Posted by johnbaz
I'm a burner in a heavy foundry, We make castings of up to 580 tonnes but they usually finish up at half-ish that weight..
This is what I do..
And some of what we produce...
I used to love doing what I do but now it's taken it's toll after 35 years and my joints are kaput, I can't see myself being able to do it for much longer
John
WOW! That is some serious casting!
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Hi Jeremy
A burner removes the excess on the castings, when the steel is poured in to the mould, it starts the cooling process and as it cools, it shrinks so a reservoir of steel is placed at strategic parts of the mould (over the thickest parts as they take the longest to cool)..
These reservoirs are called risers but we call them 'heads' without them the castings would be hollow as the steel feeds in to the lower parts of the mould..
We clean and then remove the heads (along with any flash, and the feeders) using Oxy lances and HiLo 3' cutters..
Here's a pic of a casting that's just come out of the moulding pits, the heads are the round bits on top, the ropes are hung on the trunnions on the main head, the feeders (or runners) are the bits that are sticking up at the r/h side..
We used to have to clean them using wind hammers (that's what's done me joints in!!) now we have an excavator fitted with a hydraulic pecker, it's much quicker and easier on the body!!)
Another part of our job is opening the gates of the ladles, here's a (Rubbish!) pic of us pouring five ladles in to a job but there is another top up ladle that goes in when these have stopped running,,
There are three ladles standing and two hanging in the cranes and a top up to follow making the casting almost 600tonnes in the black...
Sorry for the poor quality but I think I took it on my phone plus, it's quite dark in the foundry! (and i'm rubbish taking pics)
We also open up bores for machining (saves months of machining in some jobs along with thousands of pounds for the machining!)
This one is opened up twice, firstly at around one metre dia, then to 1.8m then it's stood on it's end and we cut a taper at slightly over 2m deep and around 20cm from the outer edge (It ends up like a funnel!!)
The plug that comes out!
My mate acting daft but also giving an idea of scale, he's 6'1" tall
We also shape jobs too to lessen the amount of work needed..
We shaped this last night, there was a chunk to remove from the other side too..
Another job that we finished a couple of weeks ago, the heads were removed, it then went through to the fettling shop where those lads will smooth out any burning lines that were left using an arc air machine, this leaves a totally smooth finish!!
Cheers, john
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ thanks for the pics John, very interesting job there.
That wouldn't be a certain 'Finish'ed goods manufacturer would it? (Only 'pun' I could come up with the brands... )
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That wouldn't be a certain 'Finish'ed goods manufacturer would it? (Only 'pun' I could come up with the brands... )
in the sausage business!
Is business seasonal?
My french spelling, I meant herd squirrelsDo you mean you herd squirrels or you hurdle them? Or does 'herdle' mean to combine the two?
Incidentally the curry was excellent, by far the best I've had in a long time.
That's awesome. What I wouldn't give for a hydraulic peckerHi Jeremy
A burner removes the excess on the castings, when the steel is poured in to the mould, it starts the cooling process and as it cools, it shrinks so a reservoir of steel is placed at strategic parts of the mould (over the thickest parts as they take the longest to cool)..
These reservoirs are called risers but we call them 'heads' without them the castings would be hollow as the steel feeds in to the lower parts of the mould..
We clean and then remove the heads (along with any flash, and the feeders) using Oxy lances and HiLo 3' cutters..
Here's a pic of a casting that's just come out of the moulding pits, the heads are the round bits on top, the ropes are hung on the trunnions on the main head, the feeders (or runners) are the bits that are sticking up at the r/h side..
We used to have to clean them using wind hammers (that's what's done me joints in!!) now we have an excavator fitted with a hydraulic pecker, it's much quicker and easier on the body!!)
Another part of our job is opening the gates of the ladles, here's a (Rubbish!) pic of us pouring five ladles in to a job but there is another top up ladle that goes in when these have stopped running,,
There are three ladles standing and two hanging in the cranes and a top up to follow making the casting almost 600tonnes in the black...
Sorry for the poor quality but I think I took it on my phone plus, it's quite dark in the foundry! (and i'm rubbish taking pics
We also open up bores for machining (saves months of machining in some jobs along with thousands of pounds for the machining!)
This one is opened up twice, firstly at around one metre dia, then to 1.8m then it's stood on it's end and we cut a taper at slightly over 2m deep and around 20cm from the outer edge (It ends up like a funnel!!)
The plug that comes out!
My mate acting daft but also giving an idea of scale, he's 6'1" tall
We also shape jobs too to lessen the amount of work needed..
We shaped this last night, there was a chunk to remove from the other side too..
Another job that we finished a couple of weeks ago, the heads were removed, it then went through to the fettling shop where those lads will smooth out any burning lines that were left using an arc air machine, this leaves a totally smooth finish!!
Cheers, john
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I've always liked you !!!!!
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Not telling.
Oh alright, I make these kinda things for a living.
Hey someone's gotta do it!
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Though reading this I also want to work in that huge foundry...that looks awesome.
Going by some of the stuff mentioned I guess I could be classed as a:
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