some work pics for youll!

[Ben]

working a on erm large vessel last night, the weld we were shooting was 12.8 diameter and around 40m circ, 65mm thick and about 12-15meters off the ground.

Took bloody ages...

Ouside:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/036.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/034.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/030.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/053-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/054-1.jpg

Inside is fully clad with stainless:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/046-1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/047-1.jpg

[Ben]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/049-1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/050-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/042.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/076.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/085.jpg

[Ben]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/061-1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/064.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/065.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/079.jpg

[hendrix]

niiice!!
What gas is in the radioactive holder??

[Ben]

Its not gas its a radioactive pill of cobalt 60.

[mowgli]

so whats it for then??????

[Ben]

we use it in the same way a radiographer in a hospital will xray your bones, we look for flaws in welds/castings etc.

[hendrix]

ahhh makes sense now!

[mowgli]

we use it in the same way a radiographer in a hospital will xray your bones, we look for flaws in welds/castings etc.

no, not the xray thing, the bloody great lump of steel!!!!!!!!

I already know from previous posts that you xray metal

[hendrix]

pretty radioactive iirc

[Ben]

We use cobalt for the bigger stuff like that and we use these little babies for smaller stuff...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Image050.jpg

[Tilly]

boring

[Ben]

no, not the xray thing, the bloody great lump of steel!!!!!!!!

I already know from previous posts that you xray metal

Its reactor for a petrochemical company in the middle east somewhere, the two pieces in the pictures are being laid down and welded together, gross weight will be in region of 750tonnes

[hendrix]

I'm guessing it will be going on most the journey by boat??
Certainly beats my job being tied to a desk!

[Ben]

yeah the outside pic where the cranes are is literally on the main canals which feed antwerp so they just lift them out the paintshop and onto the awaiting boats, very rarely touch the road.

[Ben]

This was an ammonia exchange tower that another company we do work for built, one of my first big jobs...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/05032008001.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Image034.jpg

[wisewood]

boring

LMFAO. I have to admit i am a little lost myself.

[Tilly]

thats cause your a geek who sits in a boring office all day, you probably have fairy soft hands too. Leave the big boys too this one me thinks andy

[Ben]

lmfao

[wisewood]

PMSL. I do have fairy soft hands. yes. I maintain them with a daily ritual of moisturisers too. I dont mind being more brains than braun.

[Ben]

We have to do more "brain" work than braun, how are you on the inverse square law Andy?

[wisewood]

Not something thats come up in the accounting environment yet. How's your knowledge of international accounting standards?

[Ben]

Not to bad to be honest, one of my sisters is a independent finanical advisor and the other a bank manager, get ****ed off listening about it.

[Ben]

And the inversve square law is mathematics lol so close enough.

[wisewood]

So do i to be honest mate. Finance isnt really by thing, but it'll do for now. I might as well get qualified and well paid at something so i can be comfortable while i decide i want to launch my own knit wear range or something.

[wisewood]

And the inversve square law is mathematics lol so close enough.

yeah i figured it would be. But maths and accounting is totally not the same thing lol. ANything more advanced than multiplication scares me to death. I analyse things, i dont do calculations - thats why god invented spreadsheets with pivot tables.

[Panman]

I used to work at a turkey farm.

[Martin]

kool work ben, i work on a a steel works and we have 3 massive vessels for turning the molten metal while scrap alloy is mixxed in then its pours in to a laddle and of it goes..

[craig green]

- thats why god invented spreadsheets with pivot tables.

:roll: lol