On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Chuck Kuecker <ckuecker@ckent.org> wrote:
>
>
> It's a union shop, so I can't work TOO hard...set a bad example...
>
> :)
>
> Chuck Kuecker
>
> On 4/25/2011 11:16 AM, Druid Noibn wrote:
> > Hi Chuck,
> >
> > Congratulations and the best in the new position.
> >
> > It might be best to make yourself a star performer first - as you
> indicated, jobs are hard to come by.
> >
> > Be well,
> > DBN
> >
> > --- On Mon, 4/25/11, Chuck Kuecker<ckuecker@ckent.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Chuck Kuecker<ckuecker@ckent.org>
> > Subject: [gingery_machines] Got a job!
> > To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 12:01 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Coming out of lurk mode to spread the news - I just accepted a job at
> > the Grede iron foundry in Browntown, Wisconsin, as a maintenance
> > mechanic - I'll be keeping the foundry running - and possibly getting
> > access to some molding sand and coke. :) This ends my search for
> > full-time employment that has been going since February 2010.
> >
> > http://www.grede.com/about/locations-browntown.aspx
> >
> >
> http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grede+browntown&fb=1&gl=us&hq=grede&hnear=Browntown,+WI&cid=0,0,17849166474163187374&ei=N5a1TbDDKs_SgQfZhZjGCw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQnwIwAw
> > <
> http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grede+browntown&fb=1&gl=us&hq=grede&hnear=Browntown,+WI&cid=0,0,17849166474163187374&ei=N5a1TbDDKs_SgQfZhZjGCw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQnwIwAw
> >
> > The plant has one big cupola, and both manual and automated molding
> > lines. The bottom of the cupola is not lined with firebrick - it's just
> > a 5/8" thick steel wall with a continuous cooling water flow over the
> > outside, according to the maintenance manager who gave me the plant
> > tour. He says if the water flow fails, there's about a 30-second grace
> > period before the wall melts. There's a backup water system, of course.
> > The cupola is fed with air with 4% oxygen enrichment from a big liquid
> > O2 tank out front.
> >
> > One automatic molding line does everything from filling and ramming the
> > flasks and changing out the patterns to pouring the metal.
> >
> > There are several core rooms including one with an automated core making
> > machine that cures the cores with a shot of isocyanate - the core sand
> > is premixed with a two-part binder. All the sand is recycled. Used core
> > sand is used for road fill, flask sand is run through a 400 horsepower
> > muller with computer controls and an automatic compression strength
> > tester that lets the computer know how much binder and water needs to be
> > added.
> >
> > I'll post anything interesting I come across.
> >
> > Chuck Kuecker
> >
>
>
>
--
Nick A
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