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Looks fun. I've done a few engine swaps on vans, one was a 2011 E150 with a 4.6, the second was a 2008 4x4 handicap conversion E350 that went from a 5.4 to a 6.0 diesel. That job was a nightmare.
Now I'm back to fabrication work, building truck beds and bumpers mostly.
Part of my domain where I earn a buck. These are four Husky Hylectric 500 HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) injection machines --$2 million dollars per machine. 3 of these machines makes one 5 gallon bucket (ea) about every 17 seconds. The other injection machine, to the far left, makes four 5 gallon lids at a time, also about every 17 seconds.
Steve, you are in MY domain. Been in screw/barrel manufacturing/rebuilding for 31 yrs now. Those Husky's, are they the old spline drive units or newer API thread drives? Broken any?
We have a local customer in Ohio called Century Container that does bucket/lids also. I'll say though their building isn't quite so shiny and new LOL!!
Steve, you are in MY domain. Been in screw/barrel manufacturing/rebuilding for 31 yrs now. Those Husky's, are they the old spline drive units or newer API thread drives? Broken any?
We have a local customer in Ohio called Century Container that does bucket/lids also. I'll say though their building isn't quite so shiny and new LOL!!
They're API. The plant was built in 2011 and went online in 2012. I went to work here in 2013. We have a refinery that makes the oil. My department/division makes 1 quart, 4 qt and 5 qt, blow mould bottles and 2 gallon blow mould jugs.
The injection side makes 5 gallon buckets and lids. We produce the containers for our packaging division (also on the same plant site). They fill the containers for the refinery. In the last year, we've also started selling the empty containers directly to outside sources so, my division isn't dependent solely on our own refinery/packaging divisions for the sale of the containers we manufacture.
So far (knock on wood) our injection machines have never broken a screw. --we did have a screw that got stuck in the barrel once but, after some effort, we finally got it freed up and running again.
^^Ya, but 70% of my time that is what I look at. But the other 70%(lol...I have more then 100%) sends me all around the USA doing onsite work(inspections and blueprints) plus fix everything broken here, including plumbing, electrical, trucks, towmotors, sinks, toilets, computers, etc, etc. Throw in sales help, plant manager, truck driver. etc. I've done it all here, my comment typically is "I don't have authority to sign a paycheck, but beyond that I do it all". Besides the owner, I have been here since day two.
Those API threads are okay if you don't run them hard. If you start pushing recovery times you will break them, right in the middle of the thread. We have another customer here in Ohio that we have a regular supply of them(85 and 100mm) We had to make male/female gauges as we don't have Husky's print and not sure if they made them to typical API or some variation(I know OEM's like to screw with stuff so you can't duplicate). Husky warrantied a few back in the day, but they they told them they were running them too hard. We could fix them much cheaper then a new OEM screw. They must think it is worth it to constantly fix them?
Blow molding is a pretty cool process. Locally we have a research development company we do work for. They do all sorts of packaging experiements(like for Colgate and the like). They are constantly trying new things to make packaging lighter and cheaper. If you ever notice water bottles are really thin today? Ya, he calls them water BAGS, not bottles. He hates them as much as I do, but companies will put up with complaints from people before ever going back to thick wall bottles. Every try to pick up a one gallon water bottle(not milk jug) and pour it? It collapses in your hand if you don't use two hands.
^^Ya, but 70% of my time that is what I look at. But the other 70%(lol...I have more then 100%) sends me all around the USA doing onsite work(inspections and blueprints) plus fix everything broken here, including plumbing, electrical, trucks, towmotors, sinks, toilets, computers, etc, etc. Throw in sales help, plant manager, truck driver. etc. I've done it all here, my comment typically is "I don't have authority to sign a paycheck, but beyond that I do it all". Besides the owner, I have been here since day two.
Those API threads are okay if you don't run them hard. If you start pushing recovery times you will break them, right in the middle of the thread. We have another customer here in Ohio that we have a regular supply of them(85 and 100mm) We had to make male/female gauges as we don't have Husky's print and not sure if they made them to typical API or some variation(I know OEM's like to screw with stuff so you can't duplicate). Husky warrantied a few back in the day, but they they told them they were running them too hard. We could fix them much cheaper then a new OEM screw. They must think it is worth it to constantly fix them?
Blow molding is a pretty cool process. Locally we have a research development company we do work for. They do all sorts of packaging experiements(like for Colgate and the like). They are constantly trying new things to make packaging lighter and cheaper. If you ever notice water bottles are really thin today? Ya, he calls them water BAGS, not bottles. He hates them as much as I do, but companies will put up with complaints from people before ever going back to thick wall bottles. Every try to pick up a one gallon water bottle(not milk jug) and pour it? It collapses in your hand if you don't use two hands.
Nothing from Husky (made in Canada) is cheap. The moulds alone are a quarter of a million dollars each and weigh nearly 7,000lbs. Fortunately, we have a big overhead crane to pick them up with.
I will play along. I work at a family business. Alternative heating and cooling.I manage everything. Job duties include Sales, service, scheduling, ordering, receiving, computer IT, filling in for whatever. I spend many hours on the phone fixing everything.
03-22-2017, 06:55 PM
